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Who will be the next governor of Georgia? In less than a year, we will know the answer.

Gov. Sonny Perdue recently dredged soil from Lake Jackson without a permit, dumping it into the lake and angering some neighbors and environmental advocates.

4 8:54 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/44031/ Governor Perdue says the time and energy she placed into a trade mission to Asia will be well worth it.

Politicians are often accused of "putting the fox in charge of the hen house" - of giving someone with a vested interest in an issue control over how that issue is resolved.

It was Halloween 2001, and Kennesaw State freshman Nick Ayers was sitting anxiously in an Atlanta airplane hangar.

With just a little more than one year to go, there are some interesting election law trivia that have suddenly become relevant.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today the launch of www.SmokeFree.NC.gov, a website to help implement North Carolinaa s new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010.

The State Board of Education picked a Georgia educator Friday to become chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system and help lead it back from a financial scandal that brought down a former chancellor.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush speaks to the crowd at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead about the success in education from his state and how Georgia can take examples in its own education system.

It's unfortunate the president of the Georgia Association of Educators chose this week to continue his push for tax reform in Georgia.

The daughter of Maynard Jackson will endorse Kasim Reed in the race for mayor of Atlanta this morning, as get-out-the-vote efforts gear up in anticipation of the Tuesday vote.

Gov. Sonny Perdue has appointed Nels Peterson as executive counsel for the governor's office.

Gov. Perdue made some reckless comments today in a telephone interview with North Carolina reporters.

" Despite being on another continent, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue refuses to sit still in regards to next week's scheduled release of 20 prisoners serving life terms.

A former Sampson County resident, convicted of murder, is one of 20 inmates North Carolina prison officials have cited for good behavior credits that are enabling them to be freed some time before Oct.

The idea of raising taxes is not a popular one in the halls of the Georgia State Capitol.

This afternoon, Gov. Perdue issued a very bold statement saying she will not release the much-talked-about 20 violent criminals until "new legal issues have been resolved by the courts." The new issues are her contention -- and, at this point, her contention alone -- that the N.C. Department of Correction back in the 1980s improperly awarded ...

Houston County Commissioner Gail Robinson was tapped recently by Gov. Sonny Perdue to serve on the Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority.

With Georgia in a prolonged water war that could lead to Metro Atlanta's primary water source being cut off in less than three years, the state's Environmental Protection Division director resigned Monday.

Georgia governor Sonny Perdue has appointed Walker County superintendent of Schools Melissa Mathis to the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission for planning and development.