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- Friday, May 24, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Legislature 2008
House Republican to Cagle: Act on vetoes or face impeachment charges
A state House Republican said Friday he would bring impeachment charges against Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle if the Senate refuses to consider a dozen veto overrides the House passed on the first day of the legislative session.
A chunk of Perdue’s $21.4 billion budget goes to Northeast Georgia projects
ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday released his budget plan for fiscal year 2009, which begins July 1. The $21.4 billion plan contains several Northeast Georgia projects. Gainesville State College would receive $2.4 million to design a three-story 130,000-square-foot academic building. Funding for construction would likely come in the 2010 budget. The building, with an estimated cost of $35 million, would be the largest on the Oakwood campus. ...
Perdue wants to cut taxes for owners of property, cars
ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed the largest budget in Georgia history on Wednesday while floating a plan that would cut taxes for owners of property and cars. Perdue laid out the highlights of his $21.4 billion budget during his annual State of the State address to a joint session of the state legislature. The governor sounded a theme of Georgia as more than a regional leader. ...
Rep. James Mills’ legislation targets vehicles of illegal immigrants
The dean of Hall County's legislative delegation has proposed a bill that would be another step in the state's effort to enforce immigration laws.
Panel waters down gun bill; State of State address is today
Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday that he opposes a gun bill backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow employees to keep their firearms in their locked cars at work.
Cagle calls House veto overrides 'petty politics'
Last week, Gov. Sonny Perdue, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker Glenn Richardson toured the state in what was billed as a "Unity Tour," to tout their common positions on education and water.
Legislature '08: Native son Cagle presides over Senate again
For Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, today marks the beginning of his sophomore year in the state's second highest office. In his first year as lieutenant governor, Cagle, who turned 42 on Saturday, quickly made the adjustment into the parliamentary maneuvering he must perform as the presiding officer of the Georgia State Senate. He also ended four years of partisan bickering between the Senate's majority of Republicans and Cagle's ...
Legislature preview: Power trip divides state leaders
Political dissension under the gold dome of Georgia's state capitol is not new.
Legislature '08: An eye on the issues
WATER PLAN: A plan prepared by the State Water Task Force has been submitted to the legislature. It can be modified by the House or Senate Natural Resources committees, but will face an up or down vote when it reaches the floor of the respective chambers. Most legislative leaders are predicting the plan, which creates water districts, will not be changed before it is voted upon. Hall County already is included in the ...
Perdue expected to stick with a modest agenda
ATLANTA -- If Gov. Sonny Perdue's agenda for the new year sounds familiar it should.
Legislature '08: The local agenda
As the curtain rises Monday on the 2008 session of the Georgia General Assembly, Hall County's legislative delegation has a wide range of legislative priorities. We asked the members of the delegation -- Reps. Carl Rogers, James Mills, Doug Collins and Tommy Benton and Sen. Lee Hawkins -- to tell us what they think the top issues are. THE GREAT PLAN: Among the key issues, House Speaker Glenn Richardson's plan to ...
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