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Graves to resign to run for Congress
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 22:19This came across my inbox almost as a was hitting publish on the previous post. State Rep. Tom Graves will resign on Tuesday to run in GA-9 State Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ranger), the leading Republican candidate for Congress in Georgia’s 9th District, released the following statement announcing his resignation from the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday, [...]
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Governor sets special election date in GA-9
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 21:48The resignation of US Rep. Nathan Deal, who is running for governor, will have an impact on at least two members of the legislature, Rep. Tom Graves and Sen. Lee Hawkins. They will have to resign their seats when they qualify to succeed Deal: Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he has issued a writ of [...]
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Adelman resigns
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 21:41After being confirmed by the United States Senate as the new ambassador to Singapore, Sen. David Adelman has resigned from the legislature: Sen. David Adelman said his final goodbyes Monday, making what he said was the speech his wife has been trying to make him deliver for more than seven years. Last Friday, the U.S. Senate confirmed [...]
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Hospital tax will be heard tomorrow
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 21:36Gov. Sonny Perdue’s floor leaders will present legislation tomorrow to the House Appropriations Committee that would impose a 1.6% tax on hospitals. This new tax will cost hospitals over $200 million and benefit of public facilities.
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Georgia General Assembly Moves Crossover Day To Friday
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 16:24Crossover Day, one of the longest legislative days of the year, has been moved from Thursday to Friday. The Georgia House & Senate today adopted Senate Resolution 1322 which sets the 29th and 30th legislative days for Wednesday, March 23rd and Friday, March 26th. The legislature will not be in session on Tuesday of this [...]
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Legislative News Round-Up for March 22nd
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 12:16The General Assembly is meeting today for Day 28 of the session. They’ll meet tomorrow, take Wednesday off and come back for a marathon Crossover Day on Day 30. We’ll be live-blogging that here throughout the day on Thursday. - Georgia lawmakers try to meet deadline Walter Jones, Morris News Service - In the Georgia Legislature, the [...]
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Lawmakers: Day 27
Mon, 03/22/2010 - 10:37On Day 27, Lawmakers covers a ban on texting while driving, the transportation sales tax proposal and more.
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Commentary: Budget Task Force Recommends Slate of State Efficiencies
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 12:22The following commentary was written by Mike Klein for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The GPPF publishes a column weekly, it can be found here. Fewer state government employees, lower salaries, reduced benefit packages and a possible sales tax increase on “selected services” are among about four dozen proposals that a state Senate budget task force [...]
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Legislative News Round-Up for March 18th
Thu, 03/18/2010 - 17:57The legislature will meet on Tuesday, March 23rd for Day 28 of the session. Crossover Day is Thursday, March 30th. We’re going to be in for a busy week. – Ga. Jobless Rate A New Record High Edgar Treiguts, Georgia Public Broadcasting - House approves measure to strengthen sales tax collection Nancy Badertscher, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Ralston [...]
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Legislative leaders announce plans to form tax reform committee
Thu, 03/18/2010 - 17:47Legislative leaders, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Speaker David Ralston, House Majority Leader Jerry Keen and Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, announced plans to create the Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians (HB 1405), which could lead to a substantial overhaul of the state’s tax system. Part 1: Part 2:
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