Tag Archives: Nan Orrock

Political Notes – Barge addresses concerns over plunging grad rate

State school Supt. John Barge tries to calm concerns about the state’s declining graduation rates . . .

Tags: ALEC , Cobb EMC , dredging , Earl Ehrhart , Facility Group , federal prosecution , graduation rates , John Barge , Nan Orrock , port of Charleston , solar energy , South Carolina

Safety net, worker rights being shredded, Dems say

Democratic lawmakers say legislation moving through the General Assembly will give Georgia the weakest unemployment insurance system in the country . . .

Tags: Fran Millar , job creation , jobless benefits , Nan Orrock , unemployment insurance trust fund , Virgil Fludd

Political Notes – The demise of the school voucher bill

Sen. Chip Rogers still can’t get his school voucher bill passed; how did the pollsters’ findings compare with the actual results of the Georgia primary? . . .

Tags: Amos Amerson , Chip Rogers , Georgia primary , Jim Butterworth , Joe Jarrard , Nan Orrock , Nathan Deal , National Guard , offshore jobs , polling firms , Ralph Hudgens , school vouchers

Senate passes anti-contraception bill

Senate bill won’t require religious employers to cover contraceptive prescriptions for their employees . . .

Tags: contraception , Josh McKoon , Nan Orrock , religious exemption , Senate Republicans , Valencia Seay

Senate bill requires ‘self-development classes’ for food stamp applicants

Food stamp applicants will be required to take high school courses or ‘self-development classes’ before they can get the assistance under a bill adopted by the Senate . . .

Tags: Ed Harbison , food stamps , GED diplomas , Nan Orrock , self-development classes , William Ligon

Capitol rally protests undocumented student bill

Activists at capitol rally call for the defeat of anti-immigrant legislation . . .

Tags: Chip Rogers , Nan Orrock , Pedro Marin , SB 458 , undocumented students , University System

Women lawmakers take a cut at vasectomies

Rep. Yasmin Neal turns the tables on her legislative colleagues and introduces a bill that is an attack on the reproductive rights of males . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Abortion , Doug McKillip , Nan Orrock , vasectomy , Yasmin Neal

Senate committee approves reduction in jobless benefits

Legislation moving in the Senate would cut back payments of unemployment benefits to laid-off workers . . .

Tags: Charlie Bethel , Elizabeth Appley , Fran Millar , jobless benefits , Nan Orrock , unemployment trust fund

Senate, House pass immigration control bill

Immigration control bill wins approval in the Senate on party-line vote, is headed for a House vote later Thursday . . .

Tags: Georgia Senate , immigration , Nan Orrock , Renee Unterman

Fort calls for boycott over immigration bill

Latino activists rallied at the capitol Thursday to protest immigration control bills that will be coming up for votes in the closing days of the legislative session . . .

Tags: immigration , Matt Ramsey , Nan Orrock , Rich Golick , Simone Bell , Vincent Fort , Yasmin Neal