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Sponsor of Georgia charter school law now leads foundation for the schools

...he can make a living reforming public education, our children and our state are going to be better for it," he said.State law makes legislators wait a year after leaving office to sign up to lobby. Weber was not prohibited from registering...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-14/sponsor-georgia-charter-
Georgia town's council votes to requires gun ownership

...laughingstock. Selectmen of another Maine town, Sabbatus, threw out a similar measure. The state's attorney general said state law prevents municipalities from passing their own firearms laws anyway.? Lawmakers in about two dozen states have considered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-01/georgia-towns-council-votes-require
Former Oconee County sheriff candidate says his arrest was illegal

...they shared all the evidence they have so far."We have nothing to hide," Adams said.After the hearing, Moore said State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel called the judge overseeing the case last year in the middle of the night to influence...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-02-08/former-oconee-county-s
Man who killed officer had 20-year criminal record

...he had pointed it at somebody else, that is a prison case, but he didn't."Parole board spokesman Steve Hayes said state law makes the reasons for a parole confidential.Wayne Garner, a former parole board chairman and a former state corrections...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-01-06/man-who-killed-officer-had-20-year-
Lobbyist gift ban already works

...the freebies legislators take in the expectation that voters would punish the greedy and the compromised.Isakson said state laws are nothing compared to Congress."If you look at the state disclosure (form), with all due respect, it's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-08-27/lobbyist-gift-ban-alread
Ga. justices hear case that thermal imaging used illegally

A lawyer for an Athens man said state law doesn't allow police to get a search warrant to gather thermal imaging.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-06-11/ga-justices-hear-case-
Commission approves parking deck agreement

...Authority if such a transfer were not covered by the group's mission statement. General counsel Andrew Mac Ken zie said state law governing land bank authorities permitted such a transfer.Hatney said he wanted proof that Wells Fargo had released...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-08-27/commission-approves-park
Questions about convicted Saluda County sheriff remain unanswered as SLED report kept secret

...released under the Freedom of Information Act, won't be made public. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said state law requires any testimony or evidence put before the state grand jury to remain secret.The prosecutor who covers Saluda...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-09-23/questions-about-convic
Synthetic marijuana called 'spice' poses problems for crime lab

...chemicals used to produce spice illegal through Aug. 29.Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said state law makes about 90 percent of synthetic cannabinoid products illegal. In mid-April, Fort Gordon authorities banned...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2012-05-14/synthetic-marijuana-po
Across the region

...but prosecutors could not find enough evidence to file criminal charges against the shelter employees, Plowden said.State law permits shooting of animals for euthanasia in only narrow circumstances, such as if the animal is suffering great...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-08-03/across-region