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Georgia Politics

Outrageous Billboard Points Immigrants Toward South Carolina

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.18.2013 | Latino Voices

This Georgia group has a message for immigrants: Check out our neighbor! A billboard in Georgia’s Cherokee County encourages undocumented immigr...

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GOP Fighting Kills Sweeping Gun Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

Republican infighting over whether or not to allow guns on Georgia's college campuses ultimately killed sweeping gun legislation in the state Thursday...

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States Seek Constitutional Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics

At least three states are seeking to force a constitutional convention to consider changes to the founding document. Indiana, Georgia and Kansas h...

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GOP Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing Guns On Campus

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.22.2013 | Politics

The Republican-controlled Georgia House of Representatives voted Friday morning to pass legislation that would permit guns on college campuses, church...

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GOP Congressman Backs Ending Century-Long Practice

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.21.2013 | Politics

Republican state legislators in Georgia who want to cease direct elections of United States senators apparently have an ally in one of the state's Rep...

GOP Lawmakers Seek To Repeal Century Old Practice

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 02.20.2013 | Politics

A group of Republican state lawmakers in Georgia wants to end direct election of United States senators and return the power to state legislatures. ...

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Where Tea Party Lawmakers Get Their Wacky Ideas About Sustainability

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.07.2013 | Politics

In its ongoing quest to block implementation of the United Nations' sustainability agenda, the John Birch Society, a conservative advocacy group, is l...

Oklahoma State Senator Aims To Block Non-Binding Sustainability Resolution

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.27.2012 | Politics

A Republican state senator in Oklahoma has introduced legislation seeking to block the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21, the international o...

GOP State Senator Resigns After Attending Controversial Birther Lecture

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

The Georgia Republican leader who organized an October lecture for GOP lawmakers in which a birther activist said that President Barack Obama and the ...

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Georgia Republican Distances Himself From Obama 'Mind-Control' Lecture

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

The Republican majority leader of the Georgia state Senate is distancing himself from a lecture he organized last month for Republican senators in whi...

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State Senator Who Organized Obama 'Mind Control' Lecture Gets Boost

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.16.2012 | Politics

Georgia's Republican governor isn't saying why he gave a part-time seat on a state task force to the state senator who organized a four-hour briefing ...

GOP Hears About Obama 'Mind-Control' Program

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 11.15.2012 | Politics

Republican state senators in Georgia attended a four-hour closed door briefing last month in which they were told that President Barack Obama and the ...

Congressman Joins Dance Craze

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 10.19.2012 | Politics

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is the latest politician to dance his way into a pop culture craze. Lewis, a civil rights-era veteran, is shown dancing Ga...

Dem Says 'Ain't Nobody' Taking His Guns

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics

A Democratic congressman from Georgia unveiled a new commercial Monday trumpeting his endorsement by the National Rifle Association and saying no one ...

Membership Info Stolen From Group Opposing Anti-Abortion Bill

Suwanee Patch | Steve Burns | Posted 05.19.2012 | Politics

The Suwanee office of an OB/GYN group that opposes state legislation that would change abortion laws has had equipment containing membership informati...

Gingrich Works To Sweep Home State

Buckhead Patch | Timothy Darnell | Posted 03.04.2012 | Politics

GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich has the endorsement of several high-profile Georgia Republicans, including Gov. Nathan Deal. But few of them ...

Newt's Shocking Defeat

Suwanee Patch | Steve Burns | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics

Paul collected 115 votes to Gingrich's 73 in voting at Collins Hill High. Finishing third was former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum with 60 votes....

GOP State Rep Admits Mormon Comments Were 'Terrible Mistake'

Marietta Patch | Michael Jacobs | Posted 01.06.2012 | Politics

"I have made a terrible mistake with my reckless words," the Marietta Republican, whose district runs into Kennesaw and West Cobb, wrote on her Facebo...

Georgia Candidate Paid Nearly $100K To Bring Palin To Rally

Yahoo! News | Holly Bailey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Karen Handel's campaign to win the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Georgia got a big boost when she was endorsed by Sarah Palin this summer. But it ca...

Racy Nightclub Photo Of Georgian Minister Sparks Controversy

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

To those who have already criticized her lack of professional experience, Georgian Economic Development Minister Vera Kobalia may now have a lot more ...

Georgia Attorney General Faces Impeachment Threat After Refusing To File Anti-Health Care Lawsuit

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Georgia lawmakers reacted to Wednesday's news that their Attorney General, Democrat Thurbert Baker, would not sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to bloc...

Georgia County Replaces Sex-Scandaled Politician With Man Who Cheated With Mother-In-Law

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Paulding County, Georgia lost its State House representative, Glenn Richardson, to a familiar political demon last year -- the extramarital affair. No...