The nine candidates to replace Leah Ward Sears on the Georgia Supreme Court have been released. There are a couple recognizable names, but word is William Ray is the favorite.
Here are the candidates:
Stephen Louis A. Dillard (39, lawyer)
Jim Kelly (53, lawyer)
David Nahmias (44, United States Attorney for North Georgia)
Samuel Ozburn (57, Alcovy Circuit Superior Court [...]
89 new laws passed by the General Assembly during the last session go into effect today.
Among them are laws allowing commercial advertisements on transit vehicles owned by local government, the ‘Move On When Ready Act’, changes to the HOPE grant structure, emailed court proceedings, changes to the criminal definition of kidnapping, and many others. The [...]
Rep. Jay Roberts will replace Vance Smith, the recently appointed GDOT Commissioner, as chairman of the House Transportation Committee.
State Rep. Vance Smith (R-Pine Mountain) has been selected as the new GDOT Commissioner. His first day will be June 25th, meaning that there will be a special election in House District 129.
Gov. Sonny Perdue isn’t going to call a special session to deal with MARTA:
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s staff has met with MARTA officials to try to solve the transit system’s funding problems.
But the governor suggested Tuesday that it was unlikely he would heed MARTA’s call for a special session to deal with transportation issues.
He said “special [...]
MARTA officials want a special session to deal with funding issues:
MARTA board members on Monday called for a special legislative session to avert what they called the economic calamity of shutting down service at least one day a week.
“If something is not done about these issues that were neglected this session, at some point it’s [...]
Ballot Access News has this on SB 86, which passed last night, and HB 848, which was introduced after Crossover Day but will be taken up next year:
The Georgia legislature adjourned Friday night, April 3, a few minutes before midnight. On the last day the House passed SB 86. It requires people who are registering [...]
Travis Fain has an update on some legislation dealing with tax cuts and credits, including HB 481, the JOBS Act:
House Bill 481, which contains a bunch of job-creation tax credits, may be stripped of its corporate income tax phase-out again. In its place, O’Neal said, would be a cut in the state’s capital gains tax.
A [...]