State school Supt. John Barge tries to calm concerns about the state’s declining graduation rates . . .
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Democratic lawmakers say legislation moving through the General Assembly will give Georgia the weakest unemployment insurance system in the country . . .
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? . . .
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Senate bill won’t require religious employers to cover contraceptive prescriptions for their employees . . .
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 . . .
Activists at capitol rally call for the defeat of anti-immigrant legislation . . .
Rep. Yasmin Neal turns the tables on her legislative colleagues and introduces a bill that is an attack on the reproductive rights of males . . .
Legislation moving in the Senate would cut back payments of unemployment benefits to laid-off workers . . .
Immigration control bill wins approval in the Senate on party-line vote, is headed for a House vote later Thursday . . .
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 . . .