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Crawford: Lawmakers should go where the money is (Gainesville Times)
Georgia legislators have had to delete $1.2 billion from the current year’s budget because the recession has killed tax revenues. Lawmakers will have to reduce the budget for next fiscal yea...

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*Budget down, class sizes headed up for K-12 (Macon Telegraph)*
By TRAVIS FAIN ATLANTA — State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox told lawmakers Wednesday that state budget cuts would have a serious effect on every school system in the state. But she stopp...

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*Porter, other leaders stress sales tax collection (Macon Telegraph)*
ATLANTA — The push to improve sales tax collections seems to have reached a tipping point at the state Capitol as leaders grapple with budget cuts and digest a recent study showing major gaps in...

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Revenue dept. in gov candidates' crosshairs (AJC)
Candidates for governor, both Democrats and Republicans, found common ground on Monday: Changes are needed at the state Department of Revenue.

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GOP banishes public from first caucus meeting under new speaker (AJC)
11:26 am January 12, 2010, The House Republican Caucus just convened its first meeting of the 2010 legislative session and its first action was to banish the media and anyone not actually in the ...

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New Speaker Promises 'No Frat House'
ATLANTA – Recent news from the Georgia House of Representatives has read more like a tabloid than a political blotter.

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State' Address Long on Churchillian Platitudes, Bereft Of Details
In a speech long on Churchillian platitudes and almost totally bereft of details, Gov. Sonny Perdue gave his last State of the State message to the combined General Assembly Wednesday morning. 

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House Speaker Candidates (WSB Radio – 12/9/09)
By Chris Camp @ December 9, 2009 3:43 AM ( WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) The list of names for who will become the next House Speaker of Georgia continues to grow. Rep. Tommy Smith (R-Nicholls...

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Burkhalter won't run for Ga. Speaker (Macon Telegraph – 12/8/09)
By SHANNON McCAFFREY Three days after saying unequivocally that he wanted to be speaker of the George House of Representatives, Mark Burkhalter on Monday changed his mind. The Johns Creek Republ...

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New Georgia House Speaker Seeks Unity, Tax Freeze (WXIA Atlanta – 12/4/09)
By Jon Shirek ATLANTA , Ga. — The next Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives said Friday one of his goals is unity in the House. Another is not raising taxes. Republican Mark Burk...

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