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Georgia hospital industry crafts plan to save Medicaid tax

...among Gov. Nathan Deal and Republican legislative leaders to increase broad-based taxes to handle budget woes.Association spokesman Kevin Bloye said that hospital representatives have presented the plan to Deal and that he is generally supportive...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-04/georgia-hospital-industr
Mediator gets NHL, union back to table

...NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly went to union headquarters for what a players' association spokesman called a "small group meeting" with the sides and mediator Scot Beckenbaugh.Beckenbaugh had already held separate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/hockey/2013-01-05/mediator-gets-nhl-union-ba
Deal pitches plan to let legislators to avoid Medicaid tax issue

...Brian Robinson said the governor's floor leaders would carry the legislation in both chambers.Georgia Hospital Association spokesman Kevin Bloye praised Deal's outline.The initial draft gives the Board of Community Health the virtual taxing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-01-14/deal-pitches-plan-let-legislators-a
Belmont Stakes benefits from thrilling finish

...Triple sweep was in play."We spent more money on marketing this year to promote the day," New York Racing Association spokesman Dan Silver said.The on-track crowd wagered $13,777,920 on the 13-race card, second-largest at...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-06-10/belmont-stakes-benef
In metro Augusta, charter schools are few and far between

...probably the same reason that other districts don't have any charter schools," said Georgia Charter Schools Association spokesman Seth Coleman. "In large part outside metro Atlanta, and even some places within metro Atlanta, some people...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2011-09-25/metro-augusta-charter-sch
Augusta Fire Department making organizational changes, looking for new chief

...investigation wasn't begun until months later.That incident was among others that prompted Augusta Firefighters Association spokesman Charles Masters to call for the resignation of the department's top three ranking officials at an Augusta Commission...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-11-12/augusta-fire-department-
Farmers, restaurant owners say Georgia immigration law hurting business

...child of what can happen when you have a tough immigration law without an adequate guest-worker program," said association spokesman Charles Hall.He favors expanding the federal guest-worker program to allow more migrant workers with less...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-19/farmers-restaurant-owners-sa
Players wait some more as rain halts U.S. Open action

...again, and the tournament will end Monday at the earliest. "There are some unknowns here," U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Chris Widmaier said. A mix of showers and mist forced postponement of all of Friday's three scheduled singles...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/12/oth_547904.shtml
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Businesses must pass on high prices

...many grocery items are bound to keep climbing. "There's no way of getting around it," American Trucking Association spokesman Clayton Boyce said. A recent report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said a 10 percent increase in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/04/24/met_196152.shtml
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Moore hired by payday lenders

...history of supporting and protecting consumers," Mr. Moore said in a news release issued by the financial group. Association spokesman Steven Schlein would not disclose how much Mr. Moore would be paid. The group paid its executive director...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/07/10/met_135262.shtml
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