...commissioner of the state Department of Juvenile Justice.Barnard joined the board in May 2010 after nearly 16 years as a state legislator.Parole Board Members are full-time employees of the agency, appointed by the governor to seven-year, staggered...

Republican members of the area's legislative delegation ? Sen. Bill Jackson, Sen. Jesse Stone, Rep. Barry Fleming, Rep. Ben Harbin and Rep. Barbara Sims ? will speak at the meeting Tuesday at the Columbia County Government Complex Auditorium.

Even during the recession, the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature has passed a balanced budget each year.

...presentations about the Savannah River basin issues at the luncheon."One of our main goals is to form a group of bi-state legislators who can work together to get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain more user friendly lake levels, so...

...of lawmakers' action. During arguments in January, employees' attorney Allen Nickles told justices that only state legislators have the power to set state spending and that the board violated the constitution when it voted to split the cost...

...for the Legislature to pass the current ethics law. That operation ended with 27 convictions or guilty pleas of state legislators and lobbyists.Other reform bills are almost certainly dead for the year. These include legislation strengthening...

...ratio qualifies some suburban and urban districts to receive grants.In the final hours of their 2012 session, state legislators passed a bill intended to slow the growth of the equalization fund and get more money to poor rural districts. The...

...the first limits on what lobbyists can spend in Georgia. Lobbyists can now spend as much as they want to influence state legislators and other officials as long as they publicly report their expenditures.The plan would tighten rules, forcing people...

...need solid organization, steadfastness and a persuasive case.Democratic U.S. Rep. Sander Levin, who as a state legislator in the 1960s sponsored the labor law that right-to-work measures would overturn, called for a "massive education...

...of Georgia president has cut the field of candidates to nine, the committee's chairman says.Regent and former state legislator Larry Walker, the chairman, would not identify the candidates by name, but did say Monday all are currently in...