Nathan Deal News

The battle for the Republican nomination to be Georgia's state superintendent appears to be headed for extra innings, as Tuesday's runoff results leave the candidates separated by less than the 1 percent gap needed to allow a full recount.

Technical colleges throughout the state are anticipating an increase in student enrollment now that a new grant is available that will pay for full tuition.

Kia Motors America's Southern Region Executive Director of Operations Percy Vaughn, left, and Georgia Lottery President and CEO Debbie Alford, right, look on as Gov. Nathan Deal, center, cuts the Georgia Lottery 21st birthday cake at the Tuesday celebration.

Scott Gibbs has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board, which implements community and economic development, government assistance and affordable housing.

UNDER PRESSURE: Gov. Nathan Deal has caught lots of flak following new allegations about his staff's alleged threats against the state's top ethics official.

William "Bill" Finch secured 9,611 votes, or about 60 percent, to defeat incumbent Donna Gopaul, who tallied 6,317 votes, or about 40 percent, of the nearly 16,000 ballots cast in the primary runoff election Tuesday.

Forsyth County's election supervisor attributed the 16 percent voter turnout for Tuesday's state primary runoff election to the efforts local politicians made to get to know constituents.

Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia recently signed legislation extending the state's two sales tax holidays through 2015.

Across the state of Georgia there are still remnants of a different time period.

For a county with one of the highest unemployment rates in the state of Georgia, Troup is making a come back in a big way.

West Penn Testing Group, a material-testing services provider, will locate to Ellabell, creating 70 jobs and investing $3 million into a facility over the next five years, according to Gov. Nathan Deal announced.

Front row: Mary Anne Lanier and Harriet Langford, both trustees for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation; Back row: Interface Chairman and CEO Dan Hendrix ,... Sixteen miles of Troup County's portion of I-85 has been named the Ray C. Anderson Memorial Highway, dedicated to Ray Anderson, late founder and chairman of Interface, Inc. The state of Georgia ... (more)

Georgia's primary runoff elections are today. So vote! Some DeKalb and Fulton polling places have changed locations due to a lack of air conditioning.

Because a lot of people are asserting they do, for better or worse. Today, the Georgia GOP in their infinite wisdom launched a social media push in support of Governor Deal with the hashtag of # WeKnowNathan .

Georgia's new Rural Hospital Stabilization Committee held its first meeting in early June.

In 1997, Gov. Zell Miller appointed me to fill a vacant seat on the five-member State Ethics Commission and then reappointed me to a full term where I served until 2002.

Olens, in a letter to the Democrat running for governor, reiterated his previous assertion that he doesn't have the authority to do that and would not want to interfere with two related investigations.

Just two years earlier, the Democratic Party of Georgia was careening toward insolvency, leaderless and rudderless after losing its 130-year grip on power in the early 2000s.

State officials say they are concerned by the federal government's decision to award a 'family planning services' grant to an Atlanta-based group rather than the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Despite Gov. Nathan Deal signing a medical amnesty bill three months ago, the new law allowing for immunities on arrests when a person seeks emergency services has not had many noticeable effects in the purview of law enforcement or medical staff.