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	<title>Tom Crawford&#039;s Georgia Report &#187; Sam Olens</title>
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		<title>Political Notes – Georgia’s out of the running in this race</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/12/16/political-notes-%e2%80%93-georgia%e2%80%99s-out-of-the-running-in-this-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casey Cagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chip Rogers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wilkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race to the Top]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robo calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tommie Williams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia falters in the latest round of "Race to the Top" grants for K-12 education programs, does not get any federal money . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court will look at Arizona’s immigration law</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/12/12/supreme-court-will-look-at-arizona%e2%80%99s-immigration-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona's controversial immigration law, which was a model for a similar law passed in Georgia this year, will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes – Olens opposes robocalls to cell phones</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/12/07/political-notes-%e2%80%93-olens-opposes-robocalls-to-cell-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[absentee ballot fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judgeship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robo calls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tad Leithead]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Sam Olens and his colleagues urge Congress not to pass legislation that would open up cell phones to robocalls from businesses . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Merck will pay $15 million to settle Medicaid claims</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/11/29/merck-will-pay-15-million-to-settle-medicaid-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vioxx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Sam Olens announces a settlement with Merck over misrepresentations to the Medicaid program involving the drug Vioxx . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court will hear challenges to healthcare act</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/11/14/supreme-court-will-hear-challenges-to-healthcare-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal healthcare act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court, as long expected, will hear and decide constitutional challenges to the federal healthcare act . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Political Notes &#8212; Interim president named for Georgia Highlands</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/28/political-notes-interim-president-named-for-georgia-highlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Georgia Highlands College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hank Huckaby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacksonville ports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Zoller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal job approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Watts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water wars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Hank Huckaby finds an experienced administrator to take over at Georgia Highlands College; Sam Olens predicts a settlement of the tri-state water dispute . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia recovers Medicaid funds in Pfizer settlement</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/21/georgia-recovers-medicaid-funds-in-pfizer-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detrol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off-lablel drug marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a settlement with Pfizer over charges of illegal off-label drug marketing, Georgia will be paid back nearly $200,000 for its Medicaid program, the attorney general's office said . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Olens sues EPA over coal plant emission standards</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/07/olens-sues-epa-over-coal-plant-emission-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[air quality regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal-fired power plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia's attorney general goes to federal court in an attempt to overturn an EPA rule that regulates emissions from coal-fired power plants . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia sends redistricting maps to Washington</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/10/06/georgia-sends-redistricting-maps-to-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Deal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redistricting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voting Rights Act pre-clearance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia submits its legislative and congressional redistricting plans for Voting Rights Act pre-clearance . . .]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia, other states seek Supreme Court review of healthcare law</title>
		<link>http://gareport.com/story/2011/09/28/georgia-other-states-seek-supreme-court-review-of-healthcare-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Crawford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Olens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia and 25 other states ask the Supreme Court to go ahead and rule on the constitutionality of the federal healthcare reform act . . .]]></description>
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