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Fri., May 25, 2012 3:45pm
Candidates for local, state and Congressional races paid their fees and filed the paperwork to run this week. Many incumbents won’t face opposition but there’s at least one notable match-up.
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Fri., May 25, 2012 12:04pm
Military officials say a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall is now open to the public at Fort Gordon. The Augusta Chronicle reports that the traveling wall opened Thursday after a solemn ceremony. Col. Robert Barker, the garrison commander, invited people to visit the three-quarter-scale model of the national monument over Memorial Day weekend.
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Thu., May 24, 2012 5:13pm
At the state GOP convention last weekend, the party’s executive committee voted to add five non-binding questions for voters on the July 31 primary ballot. The state Democratic party is following suit, with questions of their own.
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Wed., May 23, 2012 3:46pm
Anyone in Augusta wanting to run for county commission and school board won’t be filing their paperwork this week during the qualifying period. A federal court has yet to redraw lines for those election districts.
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Wed., May 23, 2012 3:44pm
Ethics Watchdog group Common Cause Director William Perry joined Georgia Tea Party Patriots and Georgia Conservatives in Action to encourage candidates to sign a pledge--- to limit lobbyist gifts to legislators to $100
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Wed., May 23, 2012 12:08pm
A north Georgia reservoir is filled with water after more than a decade of planning and construction.
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Tue., May 22, 2012 3:38pm
Candidates across Georgia will descend on the state Capitol and local election offices starting Wednesday to declare themselves for local, state and Congressional races. When the qualifying period closes on Friday, campaigning will begin in earnest for the July 31st primary.
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Tue., May 22, 2012 3:28pm
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce released a report card Monday grading state lawmakers on the chamber's top nine priorities in this year’s General Assembly. When special interest groups release lawmaker rankings, they can drive votes and donations, experts say.
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Tue., May 22, 2012 2:48pm
In the past few years, seven chief Superior Court judges have stepped down while facing allegations of misconduct. And judges in Georgia continue to resign in greater numbers as a result of judicial investigations.
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Mon., May 21, 2012 4:40pm
Georgia’s budget cuts to education will hinder the state’s ability to reach college graduation targets and attract high-paying jobs. That’s according to a new study that says the state is underfunding K-12 education by about $1 billion each year.
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