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Republicans Spar Over Ethics

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Published July 12, 2010 at 3:27 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) With just nine days left until Georgia's primary, the leading Democratic and Republican candidates for governor faced off in back-to-back debates Sunday night ... Republicans sparred over ethics, with state insurance commissioner John Oxendine hitting back against fresh allegations that he was the target of an investigation in the mid 1990s looking into whether he pressured insurance executives seeking rate increases to hire attorneys who were campaign supporters ... Former Attorney

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Judge Rules for Transgender Woman

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Published July 7, 2010 at 3:46 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A federal court has ruled in favor of a former Georgia state legislative aide who claimed she was fired after telling her boss she would come to work dressed as woman as she transitioned from man to woman ... U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story wrote in his ruling Friday that Vandy Beth Glenn's firing violated her constitutional rights under the Equal Protection Clause ... Glenn, a transgender woman formerly known as Glenn Morrison, said in a July 2008 lawsuit that Legislative

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The Best Of The Drifts - Political Roux

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Published June 9, 2010 at 7:49 a.m.
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Originally published December 3, 2009 ... The Politics Of Rue ... To make a proper roux, you need two things - lots of stirring and lots of heat. Much care must be given to this frantic combination lest you get burned by the spatter ... The slow simmer for Georgia Republicans began three weeks ago with the suicide attempt of Speaker Glenn Richardson. All seemed to reset as political types of all stripe gracefully uttered words of sympathy and understanding. Richardson emerged from the dark cloud

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 39

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Published April 27, 2010 at 9:29 p.m.

A daily recap of the Georgia Public Broadcasting show "Lawmakers". The show airs weekdays at 7:00pm with a replay at 5:30am the following weekday ... Day 39 ... * Welcome to the present. I can almost hear the yelps of the long night. I know they are still down there. Thrashing around. But the show must go on ... * Shot of the live sausage making ... * Both Susan and Nwandi back in the studio ... * Seatbelts in trucks passed! Little Don Thomas probably gave a yelp and drank an Ensure ... *

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 37

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Published April 26, 2010 at 8:19 p.m.

A daily recap of the Georgia Public Broadcasting show "Lawmakers". The show airs weekdays at 7:00pm with a replay at 5:30am the following weekday ... Day 37 ... Originally airedl 4-20 (toke) ... * The present approaches ... * Susan in studio and Nwandi in the newsroom. Nwandi explains the newsroom is at Hogwarts. Mystery solved ... * Senate Appropriations passed the 2011 budget. It's in the final lap ... * The tape machine ate the budget! It's abyssal craw knows no sate! ... * Democrats are

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Ethics Bill Heads To Governor

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Published April 21, 2010 at 11:15 p.m.

ATLANTA (AP) The state Legislature on Wednesday adopted an ethics package that supporters say will make government more transparent ... The bill was authored by House Speaker David Ralston, who rose to power late last year after his predecessor was hit with allegations of an affair with a lobbyist. Ralston pledged to make strengthening ethics a centerpiece of his agenda this year ... The wide-ranging bill adopted Wednesday night requires lobbyists to disclose more frequently what they spend

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I-Team: Ethics Reforms Bill Deadline

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Published March 24, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.

With legislative deadlines looming, an ethics bill promised byGeorgia's new House speaker, is expected as early as Thursday.Speaker David Ralston vowed to tackle ethics in the wake of theGlenn Richardson scandal ...

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Facelift Proposed For Georgia's Tax Code

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Published March 18, 2010 at 6:35 p.m.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia's tax code needs a facelift ... The leadership of the House and Senate on Thursday pushed for the creation of two panels that would offer suggestions for revamping Georgia's tax laws, which they say are outdated and must be fixed before the economy rebounds if the state is to remain competitive and attractive ... A new bill would establish the 11-member 2010 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians and the 12-member Special Joint Committee on Georgia

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 24

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Published March 15, 2010 at 9:43 p.m.

A daily recap of the Georgia Public Broadcasting show "Lawmakers". The show airs weekdays at 7:00pm with a replay at 5:30am the following weekday ... Day 24 ... * We must speak of the budget, precious. No, no. We must speak of the budget, precious. Not listening, not listening! ... * It's Friday! That's means PROJECT TOM CRAWFORD! ... * Governor Perdue announced the revenue figures and it ain't good. First, we're going to take some of the stimulating from the 2011 budget and move it back into

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Gonzo Lawmakers - Day 17

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Published Feb. 22, 2010 at 10:09 p.m.

A daily recap of the Georgia Public Broadcasting show "Lawmakers". The show airs weekdays at 7:00pm with a replay at 5:30am the following weekday ... * Good gracious. I'm 11 days behind. This is from Feb. 11. But it's a weekly recap which means Project Tom Crawford ... * Supplemental budget passed the House. This is the bridge budget which gets us to the end of the year. Although this is normal, it's a bit more grim this year ... * First up is the Minority Leader, Dubose Porter. He's running for

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