Nathan Deal News

"You've got the right string baby, but the wrong yo-yo." The words to that old Carl Perkins song kept popping into my head as I read about efforts of state Sen. William Ligon, R-Brunswick, to ban the Common Core State Standards in Georgia.

For Democrats like Stacey Abrams, Georgia's House minority leader, advocating for the Affordable Care Act in a strongly conservative state is a daunting task.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said Friday his state has been asked by the Chicago-based aerospace giant to join the bidding war to build the company's next-generation of its popular 777 series passenger jets, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing facility in Bartow County will expand over the next few years, creating hundreds of new jobs in the process.

Gov. Nathan Deal will be in Dalton today for what state officials are calling a "Mohawk Celebration" to speak about "the significance of recent Mohawk expansions and renovations."

I can't believe the Athens Banner-Herald wasted space on its Thursday editorial page by printing the column headlined "Dems move America to 'Hunger Games'," by nationally syndicated columnist Susan Stamper Brown.

Calculating the cost to taxpayers, a new study released Thursday says Georgia could see a net loss of $2.9 billion in the year 2022 if it continues to reject Medicaid expansion.

FOR more than 80 years, a bronze statue of a stern-faced man in a frock-coat, one clenched fist at his side and one held over his head as though he were in mid-declamation, stood before the front entrance to Georgia's capitol building.

Cobb school board member Scott Sweeney called on parents at a Wednesday town hall meeting to deprive Gov. Nathan Deal of another term in office if he doesn't give the school system more money.

"Actually I met with the governor and we had a conversation on expanding Medicaid, and he was quite candid and said that was not the direction he wanted to go," said Winfred Dukes, Georgia Representative.

A flooring manufacturing company plans to renovate two facilities in northwest Georgia and create more than 400 new jobs.

Despite promises to hold those accountable for warning signs missed, there's been no report of any employee within the Gwinnett County office being fired, demoted or even retrained.

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has a message for the estimated 57.2 million Americans suffering from diabetes, asthma, cancer, genetic disorders, and other pre-existing medical conditions: it's your fault .

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday that Mohawk Industries will convert two manufacturing facilities in Dalton and Rome, creating 420 new jobs and investing about $85 million in the projects over the next two years.

Harvey, the longtime North Ward commissioner, easily defeated political newcomer Starling Sutton in a runoff of the Nov. 5 election in which Harvey finished first in a slate of five candidates but without the necessary majority.

It's been nearly a year since Carla Wong McMillian got the call. Then a Fayette County State Court judge, McMillian had been shortlisted for an opening on the state Court of Appeals, and interviewed for the job with Gov. Nathan Deal.

States are increasingly looking to high occupancy toll lanes as a means of revenue generation as well as congestion management, as they deal with the shortfall in transportation revenue from federal and state governments.

Last Friday, without fanfare or advanced warning, state officials removed the Thomas Watson statue from the front of the Georgia Capitol, where it's stood for more than 80 years.

Carter, a Democrat running for governor, described the state as being "hamstrung" by politics in matters of public health and health education.

Dana Miles, an attorney who represents the city of Cumming, said no resolution was reached during a recent mediation session involving Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt and Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens.