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RALEIGH, N.C. - During the month of June, the Triangle Aphasia Project at WakeMed Rehab made great strides advocating for aphasia awareness.

Atlanta's U.S. attorney, five judges and three private attorneys were nominated Wednesday to be Georgia's next Supreme Court justice.

Georgia's new state agency in charge of services for mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases officially began operations today.

When you pay sales taxes at the store, that money is eventually sent to the state.

Submitted by WWAY on 25 June 2009 - 4:31pm. READ MORE: A Raleigh man was arrested Wednesday night for making threats against Governor Bev Perdue and several other leaders.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the appointment of Alston & Bird Partner Spence Pryor to the Judicial Nominating Commission .

Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments. Georgia Board for Physician Workforce E. Daniel "Dan" DeLoach, M.D., 60, Savannah, Non Primary Care Physician - DeLoach is a plastic surgeon with Savannah Plastic Surgery.

A Raleigh man is accused of threatening North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue. Investigators said 46-year-old Angelos Vangelos threatened Governor Bev Perdue and several other top state leaders.

After apologizing to nearly everyone - his sons, his wife, his staff, his supporters, residents of South Carolina - Gov.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue says he's disappointed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that keeps alive the Voting Rights Act.

The length and depth of the current recession has prompted round after round of cutbacks in state spending, and now legislators are talking about the need for a special session to address it.

State Rep. John Yates, R-Griffin, expressed his concerns about state revenue last week, raising the possibility of a special session of the Georgia General Assembly to amend the budget.

The Georgia Department of Transportation now has a new commissioner, Vance Smith.

Sonny Perdue term-limited, six candidates are running for the Republican nomination.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he is appointing Todd Long as the Director of Planning for the Georgia Department of Transportation.

"This tax credit will provide a needed boost to the housing market and subsequently, the Georgia economy as a whole," says Steven Fischer, 2009 GAR President.

Governor Bev Perdue and the N.C. Office of the Commissioner of Banks today announced that the State Home Foreclosure Prevention Project has helped more than 1,000 North Carolina homeowners avoid foreclosure since the program's inception in November 2008.

A leading state senator says it should be a crime for Georgia educators to change students' answers on standardized tests, and the governor has indicated he may be willing to support such a law.

INNOCENT? - Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis, who is accused of murdering a police officer, could be executed in July if government officials don't intervene.

Carol Hunstein, the next chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, says she is "honor-bound" to uphold a budget-cutting agreement hammered out between Gov.