...give her a clear shot in case she wanted to hurl a shoe or other jibes at the Republican governor.A few other Democratic legislators filtered in the same door before an aide herded all of them around to the other side of the desk where they could...

...legislators to restrict gifts."I do know that the citizens of Georgia are suspicious," said Elana Parent, a former Democratic legislator from Atlanta who now heads the Georgia Watch consumer advocacy.Last year, a freshman senator did introduce...

...job-seeking services, and computers will remain available for accessing benefits services online.Last week, Democratic legislators held a news conference to protest the plan, accusing Haley of not caring about rural South Carolina. She called...

...adequate educational opportunities," reads a June filing from the districts' three attorneys.Since 2006, Democratic legislators have introduced measures that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to require that all children receive...

ATLANTA -- Georgia Democratic legislators from the House and Senate announced today they've joined 500 of their colleagues across the country in filing a brief in support...

...an increasing squeeze as the lottery-funded Georgia's HOPE scholarship drifts toward more financial woes, Democratic legislators said on Wednesday.The lawmakers spoke out at a joint hearing of the Senate and House higher education committees...

...party affiliation when they run for office.Swapping to partisan races has been a favorite topic of several area Democratic legislators, however.Last year, Rep. Quincy Murphy, D-Augusta, introduced a bill to make commission races partisan...

...Clyburn's majority black district and expanded its geographic boundaries.During the state Senate debate, Democratic legislators questioned whether Republicans were packing black voters into Clyburn's district. Senate Democratic Caucus...

...a week earlier because Augusta officials said they did not want the matter decided in federal court.Augusta Democratic legislators, however, wanted a previous plan that had six majority-black districts and a higher percentage of blacks...

ATLANTA --- To prevent the HOPE Scholarship from running out of money, Georgia Democratic legislators are calling for excluding students from families with high incomes. But the lawmakers are unlikely to get the change past the...