Tag Archives: Nathan Deal

Political Notes – Carley will take over, briefly, as chief justice

Supreme Court Justice George Carley prepares for his swearing in as the next chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court . . .

Tags: bankruptcy , Brenda Fitzgerald , Carol Hunstein , childhood obesity , George Carley , Georgia Supreme Court , Nathan Deal , Newt Gingrich , SHAPE

Political Notes – Lawmakers will scrutinize new planning director

A legislative committee is appointed to hold confirmation hearings on the appointment of Toby Carr as the DOT’s new planning director . . .

Tags: Athens plant , Caterpillar , DOT planning director , Ed Rynders , House Transportation Committee , Jay Roberts , Mitt Romney , Nathan Deal , Toby Carr , Todd Long

On the campaign trail: PSC’s Wise now has opposition

Both of the incumbents on the Public Service Commission running for reelection this year, Stan Wise and Chuck Eaton, will have opposition . . .

Tags: 12th Congressional District , 9th Congressional District , Carrie Deal Wilder , Chuck Eaton , Denise Deal , Doug Collins , John Barrow , Martha Zoller , Mickey Stephens , Nathan Deal , Pam Davidson , PSC , Rick Allen , Stan Wise , Steve Oppenheimer , Wright McLeod

Political Notes — T-SPLOST supporters digging into some very deep pockets

The promoters of the T-SPLOST highway tax referendums are hitting up contributors for some very big donations to the cause . . .

Tags: cutting red tape , Doug Callaway , Frank Poe , fundraising , Georgia Democratic Party , Nathan Deal , Russell Edwards , T-SPLOST , World Congress Center

JNC recommends five lawyers for two judgeships

Gov. Nathan Deal receives five nominations for two vacant judgeships in North Georgia . . .

Tags: Enotah Judicial Circuit , Judicial Nominating Commission , Justice George Carley , Nathan Deal , Superior Court judgeships

Endangered rivers list includes Chattahoochee

A national conservation group ranks the Chattahoochee River, Atlanta’s main source of drinking water, as the third most endangered waterway in the U.S. . . .

Tags: Bear Creek , Chattahoochee River , endangered rivers , GEFA , Glades Reservoir , Nathan Deal , reservoirs

State policies keep blacks, Latinos, low-income students out of college, report finds

A report from the Institute for Research on Higher Education says Georgia’s policies make it more difficult for blacks, Latinos and low-income students to get a college education . . .

Tags: Board of Regents , college accessibility , graduation rates , Hank Huckaby , HOPE scholarships , Nathan Deal , Technical College System , transfer procedures , University System

Political Notes – Does the gay marriage issue hurt Obama?

President Obama’s statement on gay marriage doesn’t seem to have helped him among Georgians, but the issue could play differently on the national level . . .

Tags: Amanda F. Williams , Barack Obama , DOT minority/women hearings , gay marriage , George Hooks , Nathan Deal , Republican leadership , Roger Lane , Sue Everhart , University of Georgia commencement

DOT tries again on Northwest toll project

DOT will ask for bids on the long-discussed Northwest Corridor toll lane project for Cobb and Cherokee counties . . .

Tags: DOT , Nathan Deal , Northwest Corridor , toll lanes

Board okays higher health premiums for school systems

A decision by the Board of Community Health means that local school systems will be paying increased health insurance premiums for their teaching and non-teaching employees . . .

Tags: bariatric surgery , Board of Community Health , DCH , Nathan Deal , school health insurance , State Health Benefits Plan , Trudie Nacin