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Gingrey introduces SAFE Act in Congress
Within hours of Monday’s US Supreme Court decision striking down an Arizona law that required registered voters to prove their citizenship, Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey introduced what he entitled the SAFE Act. “SAFE stands for Securing America’s Fair Elections Act,” Gingrey explained in an interview with WSB’s Pete Combs. “That ...
Most Georgians support immigration reform
A new poll shows that more than half of Georgians support Immigration Reform. According to Harper Polling, 61-percent of those polled support the plan, 20-percent oppose it and 19-percent are unsure. Pollsters also asked 562 people if they support or oppose a plan that would ensure undocumented immigrants living in ...
Did Clintons, Obama make deal for 2016 support?
According to a new version of Ed Klein's best-selling book "The Amateur," the Clintons made a deal with Obama to endorse Hillary in 2016.
State Supreme Court to hear from ousted DeKalb School Board members
Who runs one of the state’s biggest school district is on the docket at the Georgia Supreme Court today, as justices hear the case of those DeKalb school board members replaced earlier this year by Governor Nathan Deal. At the heart of the issue: Did Governor Deal have the right ...
Atheists allowed to donate material to GA State Parks
Visitors to Georgia's state-owned lodges and cabins may soon find more than just Bibles in their bedside tables. The national group American Atheists is planning to take up the governor's invitation to donate their own material. It was a complaint by an atheist that prompted the state to first remove ...
Wackiness abounds during 2013 Bay Area race
Officials say that over 30,000 runners participated in the 102nd Bay to Breakers Sunday morning and as of noon that day, San Francisco Police had yet to report any notable incidents.
President Obama delivers commencement speech
President Barack Obama traveled to Atlanta to speak at the Morehouse College spring commencement, May 19, 2013.
Deal defends bills on Fulton Co. government
Gov. Nathan Deal defends his decision to sign nearly a dozen bills aimed at reshaping Fulton County's government. Among them is one to prevent commissioners from raising property taxes for the next years. Deal denies he was pressured by Republicans to sign the measure citing Fulton's overspending as part ...
Deal signs bills for changes in Fulton Co.
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed nearly a dozen bills aimed at changing the governance of Fulton County. Among them, one that prevents the county commission from raising property taxes for the next two years and then make it more difficult to do so after that. After a meeting with Deal ...
Isakson in favor of Internet sales tax
The state of Georgia has lost out on sales tax for decades, but the U.S. Senate is planning on changing that this afternoon. And one Georgian is strong supporting the measure. Johnny Isakson, speaking to the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce at the Galleria, says it's about time. "In some ...
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