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Downtown Augusta incidents put spotlight on safety

...being eight pages long."I practiced on my speech," he said, "but I kept asking myself, 'Why would the lieutenant governor want to hear me speak? "'When Strength arrived, Sanders led him to a table where he'd placed a fake program...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-05-11/downtown-august
Advisory group: Jekyll Island has exceeded development limit

...Pierre Howard, president of the Georgia Conservancy, which had a seat on the task force. Georgia's Democratic lieutenant governor from 1991 to 1998, Howard said he believes any development over the legal limit was unintentional. "There has...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-12/advisory-group-jekyll-island-
Deal walked delicate political line on failed firearms legislation

...could interpret it as a sign that Deal supported it, too. Robinson, Deal's spokesman, said Riley told the lieutenant governor the bill was not part of the deal administration's agenda and that Bethel backed it for his own reasons."If...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-04/deal-walked-delicate-politica
Georgia senators cap gifts as 2013 session begins

...the Senate adopted rules that both empower the lieutenant governor and ban gifts above $100.Sen. Mike Crane...power to Cagle was unconstitutional because the lieutenant governor is a member of the executive branch."Don't...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-14/georgia-senators-cap-gif
Rookie Georgia senator gets grilled

...phrase, and if you're a very wise man, you'll repeat after me: Mister President, I yield the well," the lieutenant governor said.Tyler repeated it and left as the bill passed unanimously to cheers.After the Senate adjourned for the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-02-15/rookie-ga-lawmaker-gets-
Georgia Senate votes to regulate coin-operated games

...Days after a statewide gambling raid in Florida led to more than 50 arrests and the resignation of that state's lieutenant governor, the Georgia Senate approved legislation Thursday pushed by Gov. Nathan Deal to clamp down on stores offering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-15/georgia-senate-votes-reg
Georgia Senate still debating power shift

...voted 42-12 to give Casey Cagle, the Republican lieutenant governor, power to control committees, senators were still...years, the Senate rules took that power from the lieutenant governor and placed them with a committee of eight senators...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-01-15/ga-senate-still-debating
Analysis: Chambliss bows out, others rush in

...Johnson of Savannah, the Senate president pro tempore at the time, reacted to Cagle's decision by moving from the lieutenant governor's race to the top spot, earning himself predictions that his savvy and contacts would make him a formidable...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2013-01-26/analysis-chamb
Analysis: Tight budget will test Ga. lawmaker leadership this week

...were common. The governor, lieutenant governor and speaker seemed to keep...counter revolution and put the lieutenant governor back into the decision-making...didn't change, though, the lieutenant governor.But in many respects, he...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-03-11/analysis-tight-budget-wi
S.C. voters to decide whether governor and lieutenant governor run on same ticket in 2018

...to elect its governors and lieutenant governors separately, or whether gubernatorial...presiding officer, meaning the lieutenant governor would no longer preside over...Carolina, the governor and lieutenant governor have very little interaction...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-10-06/sc-voters-deci