Wed., June 19, 2013 1:56am (EDT)

Articles Tagged "bill"

  • Wed., April 24, 2013 2:00pm
    Georgia’s Technical College System Commissioner Ron Jackson said leaders at the state’s technical schools are anxious about how automatic federal budget cuts could impact TCSG the same day Governor Nathan Deal signed a bill to help them.
  • Fri., March 29, 2013 5:12pm
    A day after the General Assembly adjourned for the session, water watchdogs are celebrating the failure of a bill that could have barred property owners from irrigating on their own land. The bill would have given the state the power to implement water augmentation program to increase the flow of the river, but would block those down river from the project from accessing the water.
  • Fri., March 30, 2012 8:52am
    A bill that would help protect consumers against forgeries or so-called robo-signing by mortgage companies is headed to Governor Nathan Deal’s desk. Both chambers of the state legislature passed the bill. Until now, prosecutors couldn’t mortgage companies for falsifying foreclosure documents.
  • Tue., May 3, 2011 9:51am
    Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that paves the way for public-private partnerships to build reservoirs and other water infrastructure projects.
  • Tue., March 1, 2011 5:28pm
    The state House passed a bill Tuesday that would overhaul Georgia's HOPE scholarship. It includes an amendment that requires a new minimum grade point average for students to keep the full HOPE scholarship while in college.
  • Mon., February 28, 2011 2:47pm
    The author of a bill aimed at curbing Georgia’s illegal immigrant population expects it to get a committee vote this week.
  • Wed., June 2, 2010 1:35pm
    Gov. Perdue has signed a transportation bill that will allow Georgia...
  • Thu., May 27, 2010 3:40pm
    A bill intended to prevent and address bullying at school is now law.
  • Tue., May 25, 2010 4:52pm
    More alligators could be hunted in Georgia under a proposed change to state
  • Wed., May 12, 2010 5:17pm
    Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed legislation that would hike dozens of Georgia