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ATLANTA - Georgia House Speaker David Ralston announced Friday he will not seek another term as leader of the legislative chamber in January, citing a health issue.

The sparkling lights of the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel will mark the way to a brighter future for some area youth as 100 Black Men of DeKalb County holds its Scholarship Gala weekend, Aug. 5 through 7.Although it will be a weekend of elegant cuisine, cocktails, jazz and other entertainment, the purpose goes far beyond sophisticated socializing. The annual 100 Black

ATLANTA (AP) — For more than a decade, Georgia Democrats struggled to lure highly...

ATLANTA (AP) — For more than a decade, Georgia Democrats struggled to lure highly...

In the democratic primary, roy barns is running again for his old job. he brought in 65% of the vote to win his primary. a much stronger showing than anyone expected. thurbert baker, a two-term attorney general, endorsed by bill clinton, finished second with less than 22% of the vote in a democratic primary that clearly was not about racial identity politics. it is a reminder that not everything in the south is about race. it is a sledgeham tore the so-called conventional wisdom. last night barn...

Also in overtime in alabama, the republican race for governor, former schools chancellor bradley burn finished slightly ahead of state rep robert bentley in the primary but now running double digits behind in some polls and accused bentley of misrepresenting his military record, like a richard blumenthal or mark kirk. bentley shut schott down the allegation in a news conference yesterday. tomorrow is the last day to register to vote in alabama for this runoff. moving on to georgia on july 20th, ...

Back to the governor and said he, quote, respectfully declined the governors request on both legal and fiscal grounds. didnt want to waste the taxpayers money" he said. legislator down there are calling for the attorney general to be impeached. georgia general attorney general thurbert baker joins us now. general, thanks so much for joining us. is it impeachable? i was looking at the lawyer down there whereas refusing to failure to perform its constitutional and statutory duties. are your critic...

With their own office supplies, sitting in their cars at the parking lot, not while theyre at work, having their salaries and expenses paid for by the good taxpayers of the state of virginia? amazing. absolutely amazing. even more amazing, though, is whats happening in the great state of georgia. georgias republican governor sonny purdue wanted very badly to get in on the frivolous action, but his attorney general, thurbert baker refused, telling the governor in a letter, quote, considering the ...

Health reform. republicans in the state legislator in georgia drafted legislation to try to force the attorney general to file that lawsuit that he said was bound to fail and waste money. that bill failed twice. republican governor sonny purdue wasnt giving up on this pointless exercise either. he announce the last week that since the real attorney general in his state refused to sue the government over health reform, he intended to appoint a special attorney general just to file that lawsuit. b...

Appointed duties to file a lawsuit, theres going to be cost. lawyers dont work for free. not even lawyers who work in house. so im not aware of any way that a lawsuit can be filed, even if we do it in house, where it doesnt cost the taxpayer some money. we could have our lawyers off engaged in other areas that are going to be critical to the budget of this state, to talk about teachers and education. any of those areas where we could have our lawyers applied would be a better use of the employee...