State Transportation Board member Brandon Beach announces he will oppose Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers in the GOP primary . . .
Sen. Tommie Williams fails once more in his attempt to gain House passage of his deadhead logging bill . . .
A deadhead logging bill that seems to rise and sink in every legislative session floats out of the House Natural Resources Committee . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal launches his “Complete College Georgia” effort that’s intended to encourage more students to complete work on a college degree . . .
Sen. Tommie Williams secures Senate passage of yet another bill to legalize deadhead logging in South Georgia rivers . . .
The Georgia Senate remains divided in a power struggle between factions of Republican senators . . .
Sen. Ross Tolleson is considering a challenge to Senate President Pro Tem Tommie Williams, which would change the balance of power in the upper chamber . . .
Newt Gingrich’s December surge flares out as he drops to a fourth-place finish in the Iowa GOP caucuses . . .
Georgia falters in the latest round of “Race to the Top” grants for K-12 education programs, does not get any federal money . . .
It does not appear likely that the General Assembly will enact major tax law revisions in 2012 given that there are some differences of opinion among the House and Senate leadership . . .
