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Senate Takes Aim At Out-Of-Whack Property Tax Appraisals; 3/11/10
Reform bill clears without a single dissenting vote

Milton-Fulton Divorce Bill Clears Committee; 3/11/10
But proposed constitutional amendment will need two-thirds vote in both chambers to reach ballot

Tom Baxter: In A Mess Like This, WWTMD? 3/11/10
Honors for Tom Murphy come at a time the state he loved so well is in deep financial distress

Senate Republican Whip Would Cut 19 Superior Court Judges To Help With Budget Shortfall; 3/10/10
'Nobody is exempt from cuts,' says Mitch Seabaugh

Identical Water Conservation Bills Clear Both Chambers; 3/10/10
Governor's bills designed to help resolve tri-state water war

Reed Not Running For Congress; 3/10/10
Former Christian Coalition executive director takes a pass on Linder seat

Panel OKs Shorter DOT Terms, Wrangles Over Funding; 3/10/10
Funding bill still seems to be facing uncertain future

House Gives DOT An Official OK For Multi-Year Contracts; 3/9/10
Issue was at heart of blow-up when DOT board did it on its own

Harbin: Let Agencies Raise Own Fees In Future Without Prior Approval Of Legislature; 3/9/10
House-sponsored legislation would take some of the politics out of the picture, he says

With Budget Problems A-Plenty, Session's Going To Take Longer This Year; 3/9/10
Lawmakers set new schedule to slow the clock

Organizers Of Anti-Tax Rally Slammed For Accepting Tobacco Money; 3/9/10
Anti-tax rally today partially funded by Philip Morris USA

A Dismal Revenue Report For February; 3/9/10
Figures offer no comfort to those hoping for financial slack

Matt Towery: I've Seen This Movie Before ... And I Don't Like The Ending; 3/9/10
It's like the calamity that struck during Zell Miller's term, but 10 times worse

Transportation Funding Clears Subcom With No Clear Agreement On Eventual Chances; 3/9/10
As amended, it would run into threatened veto by governor

Subcommittee: No Recommendation On Shorter Terms For DOT Board; 3/8/10
Package passed on to full committee without a recommendation

Chip Rogers: Fee Increases Likely But No Tax Hikes; 3/8/10
Revenue numbers for February won't look great, he says

The Porters Get Face Time On Fox; 3/8/10
So ... if both win, won't their dinner conversations be kind of limited?

Week Promises A Good Show As Lawmakers Return From Break; 3/8/10
Pent-up energy will burst forth on a number of fronts

Walter C. Jones: Why Lawmakers Are Gunning For Fat University Salaries; 3/8/10
Well-paid doesn't mean overpaid, chancellor insists

Transportation Funding Bill Undergoing Changes In House Committee; 3/5/10
Opt-out provision, if it sticks, faces Perdue veto threat

Perdue: University System Won't Be Dismantled On My Watch; 3/5/10
Rips "scare tactics and fear mongering"

Matt Towery's Inside The Numbers; 3/5/10
Not one major poll favors Obama health care plan

Georgia A Finalist For Race-To-Top Funds; 3/5/10
Joins 15 other states and District of Columbia for final round

Deal Will Stay In Congress A While Longer To Vote Against Health Reform; 3/4/10
Cites stepped-up schedule for pushing reform bill to a vote

Funeral Services Today For Wife Of PSC's Lauren 'Bubba' McDonald; 3/4/10
Couple had been married for 45 years

Handel Takes Aim At GDOT; 3/4/10
Rome connector a new Northern Arc?

Possible Complications Raised To Transportation Funding Bill; 3/3/10
"State-dominated, top-down approach" cited by one critic

Dr. Charles Bullock: Redistricting And The Linder Decision; 3/3/10
GOP vote shrinking as his district is presently configured

Clay Cox Says 'Yes' To Congressional Bid, David Shafer Says 'No'; 3/2/10
Race is for seat held now by retiring Rep. John Linder

House Will Honor Its Late Speaker, Tom Murphy; 3/2/10
Memorial service set for March 10 will end with hanging his portrait outside the hall

Exclusive WSB/InsiderAdvantage Poll; 3/2/10
Ox, Barnes continue to lead; Obama dropping, Perdue not doing too bad

Perdue's 'Culture Of Conservation' Bill Clears Committee; 3/2/10
Measure designed to help in long-running water dispute with Alabama, Florida

Regents: 4,000 Layoffs, Dozens Of Program Cuts Possible; 3/2/10
List shows what might happen if lawmakers take another $300 million

Chip Rogers: Massive State Layoffs Ahead; 3/1/10
Past cuts pale in comparison to what state is facing, Senate Majority Leader says

Deal Resigning From Congress On March 8; 3/1/10
'Absolutely not' an effort to short-circuit possible ethics probe, he says

Don Balfour Is In Race For Linder's Seat In Congress; 3/1/10
Gwinnett Republican is currently chairman of Senate Rules Committee

Walter C. Jones: Indigent Defense Breaking The Bank? 3/1/10
Whoever said 'crime doesn't pay' wasn't a taxpayer

Linder Won't Seek Re-Election; 2/27/10
67-year-old Republican congressman retiring

Matt Towery: How Sonny Got His Groove On; 2/16/10
His last year shaping up to be his most successful

Handel Proposes To Cut 7,800 State Jobs; 2/26/10
Stop thinking of government as a jobs program, she says

Porters Form Tag Team To Run For No. 1 And No. 2; 2/26/10
Carol Porter, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will run for LG


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News from the Capitol

Perdue Reduces Revenue Estimate, Raises Ante In Dispute With Hospitals

By Tom Baxter
InsiderAdvantage Georgia

(3/12/10) Gov. Sonny Perdue Thursday revised his revenue estimate down by $341 million, and significantly raised the ante in his dispute with the state’s hospitals over how to close the Medicaid gap in the state budget. He announced another round of belt-tightening to respond to the state’s continuing decline in revenue collections and called on the legislature to allow the sunset of several sales tax exemptions, including the popular annual fall sales tax holiday.

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Crist-Rubio Battle Now The Bellwether For GOP Direction In 2010

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(3/12/10) These are changing times on the American political landscape. And once again, Florida appears to be leading the way in showing us what direction the Republican Party will go.

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