Quick Poll
Does your Thanksgiving travel plans include staying at home, traveling in-state or traveling out-of-state?
- In-State: 1
- Out-of-State: 2
- Stay Home: 4
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State's case-management approach scores some health-insurance savings
November 17 | 6:20 AM | Comments (0)
Figures released Thursday show Georgia taxpayers saved between $123 million and $140 million in the last fiscal year because of the state's own health-care reform of sorts.
Georgia congressmen draw a little attention to themselves
Posted 11/17/2009 | Comments (0)
ATLANTA -- In a city with as many reporters as Washington, it would seem almost impossible for a politician to avoid frequent publicity.
Stimulus money preserves more jobs than it creates
Posted 11/7/2009 | Comments (0)
Stimulus funds have preserved more government jobs in Georgia than they have created, according to the state's first progress report.
Atlanta mayor's race has statewide implications
Posted 11/3/2009 | Comments (0)
November's election could spell the end to a generation of black mayors in the state's capital city and usher improved relations between the city and the state, with the result that Georgia taxpayers provide more benefits to Atlanta.
Doctors prescribe more doctoring, less quibbling
Posted 10/27/2009 | Comments (0)
Over the weekend, the Medical Association of Georgia's convention in Savannah provided a forum for it to renew its opposition to the most sweeping parts of the Democrats' health care proposal pending in Congress.
Candidates hope good behavior will get them into primary heaven
Posted 10/20/2009 | Comments (0)
The 2010 elections may seem so far off that nothing is happening, but it's not for lack of effort on the part of the candidates for various state offices.
Influencing judges could be harder
Posted 10/13/2009 | Comments (0)
Judges may be removed from the appearance of bias in favor of contributors to their campaigns as the result of a federal court ruling and pending state legislation.
Charter schools battle goes to court
Posted 10/6/2009 | Comments (0)
Public-school educators frustrated by budget cuts, government mandates and criticism have taken their resistance to charter schools' relative freedoms to a new level, the courthouse.
Georgians field marshals in czar wars
Posted 9/29/2009 | Comments (0)
Two Republican congressmen from Georgia have been as vocal in criticizing the Obama administration's policy czars as anyone, and the traction they have gained may indicate the rise of the GOP.
New justice making mark on Georgia Supreme Court
Posted 9/22/2009 | Comments (0)
A week ago today, just 8 minutes and 16 seconds into hearing his first case as a judge, Supreme Court Justice David Nahmias may have set a record as the quickest rookie to speak up during oral arguments.
Keeping tax deadbeats out of office tougher than it sounds
Posted 9/15/2009 | Comments (0)
Exposing and punishing elected officials who fail to pay their state income taxes isn't as simple as it might seem.
New era at DOT may not be glitch-free
Posted 9/1/2009 | Comments (0)
A balanced budget, a new law, a new commissioner and the governor's new man handling planning all together represent huge changes at the Georgia Department of Transportation, but they're is no guarantee everything will run smoothly.
Money can be more of a challenge than academics at start-up charter schools
Posted 8/25/2009 | Comments (0)
The red ink on many charter schools' report cards aren't from poor academic grades but from money challenges, though recent legislation is easing some of those difficulties just as dozens of groups seek to start new schools.
Georgia's water wars could wound candidates
Posted 8/18/2009 | Comments (0)
Sensing a political opportunity, Democrats running for governor are blaming one another for Georgia's water shortage.
Good to have friends in high places
Posted 8/11/2009 | Comments (0)
Governors can smile on local areas or look the other way. In the case of Gov. Sonny Perdue, he has been smiling on Central Georgia -- specifically Macon and Warner Robins.
The appointed branch of government wields considerable influence
Posted 8/3/2009
Toppling a windmill is rare
Posted 7/28/2009 | Comments (0)
ATLANTA -- Attorney Walker Chandler has a history of tilting at wind mills, and many observers thought that's what he was doing when he made oral arguments before the Georgia Supreme Court for scrapping the state's electronic voting machines.
State officials say they're making examples of the four schools in test-cheating scandal
Posted 7/21/2009 | Comments (0)
When state officials announced there is reason to suspect the current test-cheating scandal is five times larger, they said they had two good reasons for not widening their investigation beyond four elementary schools.
Recession hits campaigns, too
Posted 7/14/2009 | Comments (0)
During the next few days as political campaigns file their quarterly fund-raising reports, look for more modest amounts than in recent years and boasting about non-monetary triumphs.
Why newspaper journalism is essential
Posted 7/7/2009 | Comments (0)
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford might have finished out his tenure in office and mounted a stellar campaign for the White House without anyone learning of his extramarital affair, separation from his wife and lies to his staff and colleagues if tenacious newspaper reporters hadn't been on the job.
'Bad guys' want to have a say
Posted 6/29/2009