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Attorney General Olens Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Second Amendment
Attorney General Sam Olens and a bipartisan coalition of 19 Attorneys General have filed an amicus brief requesting that the Supreme Court of the United States review Alan Kachalsky, et al. v. Susan Cacace, et al., a case challenging a New York law that infringes on the constitutional right to bear arms.
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Bill would close talks on troubled school boards
State education officials could deliberate privately on whether to recommend the removal of troubled school boards under a plan being considered by Georgia legislators.
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5 killed, 2 injured in head-on crash in west Ga.
A driver ignoring a no-passing zone on a west Georgia highway crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into another car, killing himself and four others, including a 1-year-old boy, the Georgia State Patrol said Saturday.
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Gov. Deal in driver’s seat at state Capitol
Gov. Nathan Deal, who learned the art of legislating during nearly two decades in Congress and as a state senator before that, has put those lessons to work as Georgia’s chief executive.
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Iowa governor pardons pig before bacon festival
A young pig has won a reprieve from the frying pan just as Iowa’s popular bacon festival is about to begin.
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Deal backs effort to expand access to tech schools
Gov. Nathan Deal, along with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, House Speaker David Ralston and state Rep. Stacey Evans (D-Smyrna), announced today a proposal that will lower to its original level the GPA requirement for the HOPE Grant, which goes to students in the technical college system.
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Okefenokee NWR Visitor Center Now Open 7 Days a Week Until June
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge’s midwinter-spring visitation is on the upswing, and the east
entrance’s Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center is now open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. -
Powerful storm flips cars, decimates homes; 2 dead
A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and dangerous winds that overturned cars on a Georgia interstate and demolished homes and businesses, killing at least two people.
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Ga. car tax law makes leasing less attractive
A new law on Georgia car taxes has made leasing a vehicle a less attractive and more expensive option than buying a car outright.
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Chambliss, Isakson to Obama: Let’s Finish the Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, U.S. Sens. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) joined their Senate colleagues in urging President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project, which would connect the Canadian oil sands to refineries in Texas.
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Attorney General Olens Files Amicus Brief in Support of the Second Amendment
