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David Pennington: Georgia is Expanding the Girth of State Government

May 12, 2013

Despite the tough times in Georgia, our leaders keep expanding state government by centralizing more power in Atlanta, spending more of our tax dollars,...

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Online retailer rebels against state tax

Jan 24, 2013

Georgia-based Amazon shoppers continue to elude a newly implemented state tax, according to Amazon’s records. State lawmakers adopted a new sales tax...

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Body Scanners vs a Woman of a Certain Age

Jan 24, 2013

I wrote this column three years ago when the scanners came out.  Now, we’ve found out that some TSA employees have been in back rooms making fun...

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Flu Epidemic On the Rise in Georgia

Jan 15, 2013

Officials declared Georgia  on the rise of a flu epidemic, after nearly a decade of a an relatively low viral count. The pandemic is expected to worsen...

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Randy Evans: “Carley Changes Political Landscape”

Oct 7, 2011

Justice George Carley turned Georgia judicial elections upside down with a single decision this week.  Here is what happened. 2012 was shaping up as a...

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Martha Minute: Troy Davis’ Death Row Case in Georgia Goes Global

Sep 19, 2011

A social media campaign to stop an execution in Georgia next week is drawing support from hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Celebrities,...

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‘Rollback Rate’ Could Mean Surprise Tax Increase for Many

Jul 6, 2011

A quirk in a 12-year-old state law allows counties, cities and schools to raise property taxes without informing residents ahead of time –  and...

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Judge Halts Parts of Anti-Illegal Immigration Law

Jun 28, 2011

A federal judge on Monday put on hold some of the most controversial parts of Georgia’s new anti-illegal immigration law pending the outcome of...

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BUCKHEAD: Stung by Perdue defection, Gingrich campaigns in Georgia

Jun 22, 2011

ATLANTA – Based on the size of the crowd of admirers at his Buckhead headquarters, one could conclude that the presidential campaign of Newt Gingrich...

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Deal and OneGeorgia Okays $8M in Grants for Rural Georgia

Jun 15, 2011

About $8 million in grants and loans will go to economic development projects in rural Georgia. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and the OneGeorgia Authority Board...

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Atlanta Court Becomes Health Care Battleground

Jun 8, 2011

The cornerstone of the law — the requirement that almost all Americans purchase a minimum level of insurance by 2014 or face a tax penalty —...

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Georgia’s New Congressional Map Takes Shape

Jun 1, 2011

First of a four part series on Georgia’s reapportionment Where does 14 equal four? According to results from the nation’s 2010 census gatherers,...