Atlanta attorney Maria Sheffield says she will run in the GOP primary for the 12th Congressional District; prospects are not bright for Lake Lanier refilling next year . . .
Atlanta lawyer Maria Sheffield will announce by Dec. 1 whether she will get into the crowded 12th Congressional District GOP primary . . .
Several Georgia congressmen voted this week to repeal a tax law and bragged about killing a regulatory requirement that was “onerous” and a “burden” on small businesses; they neglected to say that they voted, twice, to pass that same tax law. . .
Georgia congressmen take credit for repealing a tax withholding requirement, but don’t mention that they voted to adopt it in the first place . . .
Maria Sheffield, an unsuccessful candidate for insurance commissioner last year, is thinking about a race for the Republican nomination in the 12th Congressional District . . .
Doug Collins has outraised Martha Zoller in the early stages of the 9th Congressional District race; a look at the money flowing in to the other congressional races . . .
In one of the more unusual political alliances we’ve seen recently, Georgia Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss find themselves working with Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Bob Menendez on the home refinancing issue . . .
One of Georgia’s most important agricultural associations said the state’s new immigration law had a large — and negative — economic impact on farmers . . .
Former 12th District congressman Max Burns, who is said to be interested in running for his old congressional seat, is on the short list of candidates being considered for the president’s job at Gordon College in Barnesville . . .
Sens. William Ligon and Barry Loudermilk are identified in a TV news report as the two senators for whom a legislative secretary worked before she was dismissed; the secretary’s law firm later received an $80,000 payment from the Senate over claims of racial discrimination . . .
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