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March 12--When it comes to the all-important water litigation, Georgia has always acquired the heaviest legal artillery -- big, wealthy, politically connected law firms -- to argue its side.

Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal reads to a group of students at Mission Road Elementary School as part of the Read Across Georgia program.

The Georgia Department of Veterans Services says Gov. Nathan Deal is scheduled to honor 12 Georgians who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their service in the Vietnam War on March 25. Officials say Deal will issue a proclamation declaring March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Georgia.

First, in a 169-5 vote, the House passed a bill to give landowners a place to complain if they think their property isn’t as dirty as the state says.

Georgia has played host to the world's busiest passenger airport for 15 straight years.

Bulloch County and some neighboring counties will be reimbursed for at least two-thirds of the cost of damages from the ice storm last month after President Barack Obama approved a disaster declaration request from Gov. Nathan Deal for 39 counties.

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The Senate passed the fiscal year 2015 general budget on Thursday, totaling $20.8 billion.

With record-breaking cold spells strangling much of the country this winter, severe snowfalls and ice storms have been a burden not only on commuters and first responders, but also on the trees and vegetation.

Gov. Nathan Deal intends to endorse legislation allowing Savannah bars to sell alcohol on Sunday afternoons that fall in a St. Patrick's Day weekend, his spokesman told Morris News this afternoon.

Gov. Nathan Deal, who ordered an internal review after a potent winter storm caught officials unprepared in January, outlined a wide-ranging plan Tuesday for responding to severe weather in the future.

J. David Miller presides as the District Attorney for the Valdosta-based Southern Judicial Circuit and is part of the Child Death Fatality Review Panel.

State lawmakers are in session four days this week and two days next week before they adjourn for the year.

Melissa Carter, a member of Emory University's law faculty and executive director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Center, will present a lecture March 26 at 11 a.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Gerresheimer Peachtree City, LP, a manufacturer of complex drug delivery systems, will expand in Fayette County, creating 120 jobs and investing double-digit millions into the expansion.

First District Sen. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, told a packed Long County Courthouse on Tuesday that he would take concerns over the Townsend Bombing Range expansion directly to Gov. Nathan Deal.

The absence of funding for the deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel in President Barack Obama's budget took on political significance in Georgia when it was released Tuesday.

March 3 was the 30th day of the 40-day legislative session. The 30th day, known as Crossover Day, is the last day in which a bill can pass the House or Senate, giving it a chance of becoming law by the end of the session.

As predicted in this space a few weeks ago, there is compromise legislation pending in the General Assembly regarding the Common Core curriculum, the controversial program which seeks to establish consistent education standards across the country.

On Thursday, conservatives were offered a rare treat while attending the CPAC conference at the Gaylord Resort, settled above the Potomac River in National Harbor, Maryland.