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Mon., October 3, 2011 8:05pm
Two Georgia Republican members of Congress want to help struggling homeowners make their mortgage payments. It's a push to allow penalty-free withdrawls from retirement savings. Senator Johnny Isakson and north Georgia congressman Tom Graves are co-sponsoring a bill to allow homeowners to tap their 401-K accounts.
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Mon., June 27, 2011 1:40pm
Revenue from new legislation will go to local emergency response centers. The measure changes the way people who use prepay wireless services pay a so-called “911 fee.”
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Tue., May 3, 2011 8:51am
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that paves the way for public-private partnerships to build reservoirs and other water infrastructure projects.
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Tue., March 22, 2011 5:33pm
A Senate committee today passed a measure that creates a commission to scrutinize bills relating to health insurance.
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Thu., February 3, 2011 7:11am
A Georgia lawmaker will file a bill targeting illegal immigrants. The bill would require businesses to use a database to ensure new hires are allowed to work in the United States.
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Tue., February 1, 2011 7:48am
Proposed legislation would make it illegal to pull money from citizen's bank accounts without their permission. The legislation was proposed after a computer glitch took thousands of dollars in state tax refunds from taxpayer's bank accounts last week.
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Thu., October 28, 2010 8:28am
The committee created last month to tackle immigration reform will meet on Thursday.
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Wed., June 9, 2010 6:27am
Governor Sonny Perdue signed dozens of bills yesterday, but also used his veto pen on 27 pieces of legislation.
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Tue., June 8, 2010 8:04am
Governor Sonny Perdue will have dozens of bills to either sign or veto after returning from Cuba today.
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Wed., May 12, 2010 4:17pm
Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed legislation that would hike dozens of Georgia
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