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Nathan Deal

Supporter Of Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Charged In DUI

The Huffington Post | Preston Maddock | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
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A Georgia state lawmaker who supported legislation to drug test welfare recipients was arrested last week, suspected of driving under the influence, R...

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Governor Vs. School Board

AP | KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
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ATLANTA — The suspension of two-thirds of the school board members in a troubled suburban Atlanta school district has rendered the board tempora...

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GOP State Senator Resigns After Attending Controversial Birther Lecture

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics
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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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GOP Govs Reject Key Provision Of Obama Healthcare Reform

Reuters | Posted 01.17.2013 | Politics
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By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Five Republican governors rejected on Friday a major provision of President Barack O...

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John Celock

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

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.16.2012 | Politics
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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 ...

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Jeffrey Young

Poor, Uninsured And Staying That Way: Why GOP Governors Won't Expand Medicaid

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 11.10.2012 | Business
Read More: Poverty, Bobby Jindal, Budget, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Bob Mcdonnell, Health Insurance, Phil Bryant, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, Nikki Haley, Rick Scott, Uninsured, Obamacare, Nathan Deal, Health Care Reform, Medicaid, Health Care, Business News

If you're poor and you live in the South, there's a good chance health care reform won't reach you. Intransigent Republican governors from Florida to ...

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Some States Resisting Obama Administration Ed-Reform Requirements

| Sarah Garland | Posted 10.10.2012 | Home
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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report's HechingerEd blog. This week the Obama administration announced it had released a total of...

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Arthur Delaney

Georgia Unemployment Based On Shoddy Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.22.2012 | Politics
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Florida might be a bad influence on Georgia. For the second time in a year, Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly have imitated their neighbo...

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Georgia Gov Signs New Abortion Restrictions

Reuters | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
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(Corrects Arizona law to 20 weeks from 18 weeks, paragraph 11; fixes headline) By David Beasley ATLANTA, May 1 (Reuters...

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Georgia Gov Signs Bill To Require Drug Testing For Welfare Benefits

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 06.16.2012 | Politics
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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would require thousands of people applying for welfare to pass a drug test before...

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Gingrich Works To Sweep Home State

Buckhead Patch | Timothy Darnell | Posted 03.04.2012 | Politics
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GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich has the endorsement of several high-profile Georgia Republicans, including Gov. Nathan Deal. But few of them ...

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Joy Resmovits

About Face: Are GOP Govs Increasing Ed Spending To Save Political Skin?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.09.2012 | Home
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Call it budgetary whiplash. Last November, a wave of Tea Party minimalism and budget-cutting fervor swept the country, ushering governors like Rick...

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WATCH: Ex-Schools Chief Threatens State Official Over 'Gestapo Tactics' Cheating Probe

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 03.19.2012 | Home
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A former Georgia school superintendent at two districts has been caught on tape bullying and threatening a state education official. The recording was...

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Probe Uncovers Another 'Tragedy' Of Cheating Teachers

Posted 12.21.2011 | Home
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State investigators have implicated 49 principals and teachers from a Georgia school district in a four-month probe of cheating allegations against ed...

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Michael Moore Fails To Recall His Own Book

Posted 11.26.2011 | Books
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In response to the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia, controversial filmmaker and writer Michael Moore has tried - and failed - to withdraw copies of...

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WATCH: Chicagoans Rally In Support Of Troy Davis

Posted 11.21.2011 | Chicago
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UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court also turned down Davis's request for a stay of execution. Davis was executed by lethal injection Wednesday night and wa...

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Georgia Hunger Striker Refuses To Give Up

Patch | Posted 10.10.2011 | Latino Voices
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On the 40th day of his hunger strike, Salvador Zamora delivered a letter to Gov. Nathan Deal outlining what he would like to see happen before he will...

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Georgia Inmate Dies In Video-Recorded Execution

AP | By SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 09.20.2011 | Crime
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JACKSON, Ga. (Associated Press) — A Georgia man convicted of killing his parents and sister was executed Thursday after the courts allowed what expe...

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Joy Resmovits

To Fire A Cheating Teacher

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 09.18.2011 | Home
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Atlanta educators charged with cheating on students' standardized tests received a letter from Erroll Davis, Atlanta's interim superintendent last wee...

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Atlanta Works To Root Out Cheating Teachers

AP | Dorie Turner | Posted 09.06.2011 | Home
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ATLANTA (AP) — Just a month before classes start, Atlanta schools officials are trying to determine how many of the 178 teachers and principals accu...

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A Day Without Immigrants: Georgia's Anti-Immigration Law

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 08.30.2011 | Politics
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Daniel Altschuler

In Georgia, farmers are finding it nearly impossible to replace the immigrant workers who are fleeing the state in fear of a draconian piece of legislation that mirrors provisions of Arizona's controversial SB 1070.

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Georgia's Illegal Immigration Solution: Farms Should Hire Workers On Probation

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 08.14.2011 | Politics
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ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal offered a provocative solution Tuesday for farmers who claim workers have been scared away by a crackdown on ...

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Elise Foley

Immigrant Freed From 19-Month Detention: 'I Treat My Dogs Much Better Than The Detainees Are Treated'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.18.2011 | Politics
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On Tuesday, for the first time in 19 months, Pedro Guzman left Stewart Detention Center, a privately run facility where he was housed while fighting d...

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Georgia Governor Signs Arizona-Like Immigration Measure Into Law

Posted 07.13.2011 | Politics
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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law on Friday an immigration bill giving police authority to question suspects about ...

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Georgia Immigration Bill Headed To Governor Nathan Deal

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY and KATE BRUMBACK | Posted 06.14.2011 | Politics
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ATLANTA — The Georgia Legislature has passed an immigration bill that contains some parts similar to an Arizona law being challenged in court. ...

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