...Georgia, Howard said."Barnes saw the value in it," Howard said. "It fell through the cracks during the Perdue administration, and Gov. Deal has picked it up where it left off eight years ago," he said.

...administration forced her to serve "every constituency there is.""I've just seen, with my time with the Perdue Administration, the progression the mental health program in Georgia has gone through."Gobeil said Magelund also will handle...

...whether to apply the controls to commercial and industrial parcels along with residential. . MENTAL HEALTH: The Perdue administration has proposed a major restructuring of mental health services, including privatizing some aspects of treatment...

...voters in the form of a referendum, which was approved. Fast-forward to 2008, when after six years of the Perdue administration's funding cuts and spending mandates, Richmond County is like every other public school district in Georgia...

...claims that he has invested $1 billion in education - or $400 more per student. Mr. Taylor argues that the Perdue administration is responsible for $1.25 billion in cuts to schools. Both men are technically right. While overall schools...

...added. The measure, which would need to pass the Legislature, would cost an estimated $142 million a year. Perdue administration officials said the tax cut would affect at least 305,000 Georgians. It would affect currently taxable income...

...services we have never provided for the students who need extra help." Education funding has grown during the Perdue administration by more than $1 billion, but it has still fallen nearly $1 billion short of what would be required to fully...

...transition team was skewed toward longtime loyalists and lobbyists. He filled his administration with a mixture of Perdue administration holdovers, campaign supporters and newcomers.He raised eyebrows when a news report revealed his top aides are...

...Robinson said. Georgia law doesn't permit quotas or set-asides for minority contractors. However, the Perdue administration did reach out to minority and women-owned businesses to offer free, monthly training sessions on how to win...

...Gabridge, a top executive for technology transfer and economic development. He's right. That's why the Perdue administration - and before that the Roy Barnes administration - made life sciences a top biotech economic development priority...