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Advisory group: Jekyll Island has exceeded development limit

...secluded winter getaway until 1947, when Georgia officials bought the island and opened a state park there. The Georgia Legislature in 1971 passed the law mandating that 65 percent of the island remain undeveloped.That hasn't been much of a...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-12/advisory-group-jekyll-island-
State legislators to speak at CSRA Republican Women's Club meeting

An update from the Georgia Legislature will be the focus of the CSRA Republican Women's Club April meeting.Republican members of the area's legislative delegation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-25/state-legislators-speak-
Unlike D.C. lawmakers, state legislators are getting things done

...first time in four years.The Georgia Legislature debated making it easier for...the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature has passed a balanced budget...choices each year.While the Georgia Legislature is pondering how to make it easier...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-04-13/unlike-dc-lawmak
Rants & Raves

...Now I won't be able to bring my gun to church or wear it to my university class. I feel deprived. Doggone the Georgia legislature. ONLY AN IDIOT MAKES a budget that "projects a deficit." That means you will spend money you ain't got...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/rants-raves
Lawmakers weigh 'slowpoke driver' law

ATLANTA - Slowpokes, beware!Legislation introduced in the Georgia Legislature would make it illegal to linger in what's supposed to be the fast lane.According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, state...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-26/lawmakers-weigh-slowpoke
More Augusta officials seek raises

The presiding and chief judges of civil and magistrate court, the clerk of court and new Probate Judge Harry James are seeking higher salaries through the Georgia Legislature, not the Augusta Commission.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-03/more-augusta-officials-s
Legislative deadline left many bills behind

Measures dealing with Plant Vogtle and people driving in the left-hand lane didn't meet the Georgia Legislature's deadline.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-08/legislative-deadline-lef
'Dr. Della' served for decades

...was finally authorized by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in 1965 and was finally funded by the Georgia Legislature in 1966.An inscription to Della-Giustina's own copy of the history reads, "Without your major initial and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-03-11/dr-della-served-decades
Georgia urges schools to get carbon monoxide detectors

...carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings, the governor told WABE Radio.Deal added that doesn't believe the Georgia Legislature needs to write any new laws due to the statewide concern the Atlanta carbon monoxide leak has already caused...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2012-12-07/georgia-urges-schools-get
Jack Connell, longtime lawmaker, dies

...kind gentleman then to me as he always was to everyone. Few finer men have served in a leadership position in the Georgia Legislature.""Few Georgians have served with such distinction and contributed so much to our state as did Jack Connell...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-06/jack-connell-longtime-la