...very busy week ahead for the House Intergovernmental Coordination Committee and the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee.Well, at least their staffers will be busy. That's because the committees don't actually meet...

...dramatic contrast to past years, no one spoke out against the bill when it went before the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee, and it passed on a 6-1 vote about 40 minutes after the meeting began.Senate Rules Chairman Don...

...reaching the desk of Gov. Roy Barnes. In a 4-3 vote along party lines, the Senate's State and Local Governmental Operations Committee approved a compromise measure that the House had adopted the day before by just three votes more than...