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Obama - Wealth Envy Warlord
Before I climb in the captain’s share and turn the ignition switch on the BoortzBus, I wanted to vent a bit about 0bama’s constant and intense class warfare campaign. In actuality it’s a campaign based on wealth envy. “Those people are making more money than you, and they’re not paying ...
Who's who in the APS indictments
Five top administrators, including retired APS superintendent Beverly Hall, six principals, two assistant principals and six testing coordinators, were among 35 former Atlanta public schools employees charged with 65 counts in an indictment returned by a Fulton County grand jury on Friday. The indictment contained a total of 65 counts, ...
APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.
Fight continues over lottery and gaming machines
A small group of House and Senate members continues to try to reach a compromise on a bill to put video gaming machines under the purview of the Georgia Lottery. The bill is being touted by Gov. Nathan Deal as a way to generate money for the HOPE Scholarship while ...
Deal supportive of push for new abortion restrictions
Gov. Nathan Deal is backing the Senate’s surprise move to make it illegal for any state-sponsored insurance plan to pay for abortions. “Within the context of the state employees’ health benefit plan, this should be an auxiliary benefit that’s paid for separately,” said Deal, who said he was taken by ...
Senate to vote on ethics reform
The state Senate is set to vote today on a tough ethics reform bill, but it’s already receiving criticism from the man who wrote it. The bill by House Speaker David Ralston included a ban on gifts from lobbyists except for dinners for large groups and out-of-town trips, excluding travel. ...
Daycare worker bill heading to Gov. Deal
Those applying to become daycare workers would undergo more scrutiny under a bill now headed to Gov. Nathan Deal. If the bill is signed into law, Georgia would join more than 25 other states that require licensed and in-home daycare workers undergo a national fingerprint background check. Sen. Butch Miller ...
Ethics reform bill faces hearing
Will a Senate committee gut an ethics proposal by House Speaker David Ralston? The measure that includes a ban on gifts from lobbyists will get a public hearing later this morning. The ban makes exceptions for dinners for large groups of lawmakers and out-of-town trips. But Sen. Josh McKoon ...
Ethics, guns in the spotlight
Two of the biggest topics at the Georgia Legislature this year — ethics and guns — will dominate discussion Tuesday, as state lawmakers gear up for their last two weeks of work.A 9 a.m. public hearing by the Senate Rules Committee will focus on an historic piece of legislation, one ...
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