Savannah legislators say if the state is going to test welfare applicants for drugs, it ought to test elected officials as well . . .
Economic forecasters from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University look at the state’s near-term economic picture, and it is not a pretty one . . .
Legislators from the House and Senate have prefiled bills that would require Medicaid and TANF applicants to pay for and pass a drug test to be eligible for benefits . . .
The National Restaurant Association acknowledges it paid a financial settlement to the woman who filed a sexual harassment complaint against presidential candidate Herman Cain . . .
State legislators draft bills that would require drug testing for persons who apply for benefits from the Department of Human Services . . .
Supporters of SB 63 say it will eliminate the fraudulent payments in the Medicaid program; critics of the bill raise a lot of questions about that claim . . .
Sen. John Albers introduces legislation that would prohibit future extensions of tolls in the state unless authorized by the General Assembly . . .
Legislators are already making plans to reverse Gov. Sonny Perdue’s extension of the tolls on Georgia 400 . . .
