...some cases donors may be allowed to earmark donations for individual students despite prohibitions against it.Rep. Earl Ehrhart, a co-sponsor of the legislation that passed in 2008 and CEO of scholarship provider Faith First Georgia, said the...
...limiting or eliminating lobbyist gifts to lawmakers. Currently there's no limit on lobbyist spending.But Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, who heads a House budget subcommittee on higher education, said there's nothing wrong with...
...have asked the state to investigate whether donors are illegally earmarking scholarships for specific students.Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, recently filed legislation that would allow Georgia to give $80 million in tax credits to people...
...Lawmakers say the law gives parents the power to choose where to send their children, no matter their income.Rep. Earl Ehrhart, a Republican from Powder Springs, said the foundation's report is "absurd" and isn't based on facts."This...
...spending as the state economy tanked."I don't think all of our institutions are delivering value," said state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the higher education budget. "You have to...
...through President Adams teaching and the things he's going to do for the state while he earns the money," said Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, chairman of the subcommittee that oversees the state's higher education budget. "The Regents...
...taxes higher in a year when they had pledged to lower them. "We want to keep them," House Rules Committee Chairman Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, said. "We agree that there is a problem with the growth of local government, but they (the...
...cool-off" period between loans from two days to five days. The measure passed over the objection of state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, who warned that the move could be a "poison pill" for the measure. THE LEGION OF PAYDAY lending lobbyists in the...
...ballot, Andy and Taffy Rice, lost both bids for the House and Senate seats in their Cobb County home against Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, and Sen. John Wiles, R-Marietta. Some of the primary entertainment came from the candidates...
...colleagues got the first word Saturday night during a dinner for the American Legislative Exchange Council in Idaho. Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, was there and was surprised by the news. "Sue Burmeister, I thought, was a good legislator...
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