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Editorial: Checking in at Capitol, where they've been busy
Proposals on gambling, cannabis oil, guns and online sales tax keep legislature hopping
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Georgia's State Capitol
While we’ve been distracted these last several weeks by the Falcons’ run to the Super Bowl and the daily reality show “Celebrity Presidential Apprentice” unfolding in Washington, the Georgia legislature has been humming along in the background like your refrigerator. The first portion of the session is when bills are introduced and begin to wind their way through committee in search of support. Most eventually will find their way into the same scrap heap as those Super Bowl Champion T-shirts we all hoped to be wearing this week.