A coalition of ethics advocates is making another attempt to get legislation passed that will place limits on what lobbyists can spend to influence legislators . . .
Newt Gingrich has slid from the top to the middle of the pack among Republican presidential hopefuls, and concedes that he will lose in the Iowa caucuses . . .
It was a bad weekend, media-wise, for presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul; Georgia Tea Party groups may take a shot at House Speaker David Ralston . . .
One of the supreme ironies of this election cycle is that anti-tax tea partiers are wowed by a candidate who wants to raise their taxes . . .
Black presidential candidate Herman Cain drops by the capitol, says he does not see any racist intent in the Tea Party movement . . .
Local government lobbyists played a key role in defeating the Tea Party’s attempt to have local tax referendums held in conjunction with general elections . . .
There’s no longer much enthusiasm among the capitol leadership for moving the date of the T-SPLOST tax referendum, which for now remains on the July 31 ballot . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal says legislative Republicans can change the date of the T-SPLOST vote in next year’s regular session if they want to, but the issue is “not on my agenda” . . .
