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Running out the clock

...ago demanding rights.As recently as last weekend, liberal protesters went so far as to violate the privacy of law-and-order legal activist and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, coming to his family's home to protest and trying to blame him for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-06-19/running-out-clock
G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks

...as shelters and funnel billions each week through the City of London."Of course, Britain's got to put its own house in order," said Britain's treasury chief, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who addressed the G-8 meeting on corporate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-06-19/g-8-seeks-unity-syrian-peace-talks
Heery has record of contributions to politicians

...commission meeting, according to a consent order. Gallop stated on his lobbying registration...pay-to-play is hypocrisy of the highest order," because pay-to-play has been a driving...the verge of approving our latest change order for $227,000."? In response to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-06-17/heery-has-record-contrib
Both sides agree school desegregation lawsuit should end

...a favorable ruling from Bowen for the order to be lifted.With the demographic and...school system to move on without the order and continue the progress already made."I don't see a need for the order," Roberson said. "The community would...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-06-17/both-sides-agree-schoo
Top court to decide if Georgia must release Kia hiring records

...state incentives.Four members of the United Auto Workers labor union are suing to get access to documents the state has in order to see whether the company had a stated policy to discriminate against union members.They say the state's Open Records Act...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-06-17/top-court-decide-if-georgia-must-re
Ramblin' Rhodes: Relive Beatles history with Augusta's Ed Turner & Number 9

...presented at the Imperial Theatre by the Junior League of Augusta. Tickets are on sale now for $45, $40, $25 and $15.Order online at imperialtheatre.com or by calling (706) 722-8341.Turner and his core musicians will be joined by the Number...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-06-18/ramblin-rhodes-relive
Starbucks to post calorie counts

...asking for nonfat milk, sugar-free syrup or no whipped cream.It's not clear how posted calorie counts affect what people order.A "large majority" of chains are waiting for the FDA to issue final guidelines before adding the information, said Sue...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-06-18/starbucks-post-calorie-cou
Businessman seeks to meet with commissioners about hiring preferences

...aspires to use 20 percent women and minorities in other cities, it doesn't do so in Augusta, she said, because of a court order enjoining the city from using raceorgender-based preference in the award of contracts.Peel said, however, that the contractors...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-06-17/businessman-seeks-meet-c
It's time to move on

...the cloud of a 1972 court desegregation order.Federal Judge Dudley Bowen will hear...today about whether to lift the outdated order.It's so irrelevant these days that...In the big picture, the desegregation order is little more than a museum relic. Truth...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2013-06-17/its-time-move
Getting digital life in order can save money

...some discipline over a few months to get my digital life in order. As a result, I'm due to save more than $2,000 a year...my bank account in 2009. If you need to attach a check to an order form or physically hand it to someone, you can simply have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/2013-06-14/getting-digital-life-order-can-save