State Legislature
Gov. Deal quietly achieves much of legislative agenda
ATLANTA -- Gov. Nathan Deal is quietly celebrating a second successful year at the Legislature, with victories on tax and criminal justice reform.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Midstate legislators score most on local measures
Lawmakers tout upcoming Macon-Bibb consolidation vote, funding for RAFB encroachment problem as key wins.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Midstate freshmen learned the ropes at Capitol
ATLANTA -- Though the state Legislature sometimes gets compared to a kindergarten, it’s probably more like a high school with its own cliques, hierarchies and new etiquette to learn.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislature renews battle over midstate landfills
ATLANTA -- Certain landfills, including most in the midstate, would be allowed to accept out-of-state garbage under a state Senate proposal that looked dead but is reviving in the closing days of this year’s session.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Plan for fewer felony charges worry midstate sheriffs
ATLANTA -- It will be harder for law enforcement to make a felony case for certain nonviolent cases of drug possession, check forgery and theft under a bill moving quickly through the state Legislature.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Proposed bills aim to end Georgia’s high national metal theft ranking
ATLANTA -- Insurers get more metal theft claims from Georgia than almost any other state in the country, no matter the size. That insurance cost is one of the reasons state legislators have spent the year wrangling and negotiating over two different metal theft bills. They only have a few more days...
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Interactive map: Revised Macon-Bibb consolidation map
The Georgia House agreed Thursday to a tweaked district map for a consolidated Macon-Bibb County government. The district changes were made around Vineville Avenue and Forest Hill Road. This interactive map shows how the nine commission districts would be arranged.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Macon-Bibb consolidation measure gets ‘historic’ legislative approval
ATLANTA -- The state House of Representatives gave final legislative approval to its Macon-Bibb government consolidation proposal Thursday morning, which now puts the question in front of voters countywide in July.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Legislative Notebook: Midstate seniors turn lobbyist
ATLANTA -- About 20 members of AARP chapters in Houston and Macon counties took their annual trip to the state Capitol on Thursday to meet their legislators and talk politics.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Macon-Bibb consolidation measure gets final legislative approval
ATLANTA -- The state House gave final legislative approval to the Macon-Bibb government consolidation bill Thursday morning.
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STATE LEGISLATURE
Major tax shift scheduled with state Senate vote
ATLANTA -- A new state proposal to kill some county taxes will eventually save Bibb taxpayers at least $3.7 million annually on car taxes. And would save them more during two sales tax holidays in 2012 and 2013. But an online sales tax and other changes that the state proposes in return are not ...
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