...the Augusta Factory were the first of many factories that would eventually line the canal. In 1989, the Georgia State Legislature created the Augusta Canal Authority, the body that has jurisdiction over the canal today. In 1993, the authority...

...private schools, which officials say primarily has higher tuition rates because it does not receive any funding from state legislatures.To make its tuition more affordable, the University of Phoenix closed 115 of its main campuses and smaller satellite...

...bookkeeping errors.He reiterated those comments Thursday."If this keeps up, you're not going to have anyone in the state Legislature or even in county government who isn't a CPA or doesn't have their own treasurer and staff to keep up with things...

...followed suit last year, while 15 other states considered similar proposals, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed such a measure in California last fall, indicating he wasn't happy with changes made...

...which he heard arguments from lawyers for both sides.Lawyers for the school district argued at the hearing that the state Legislature overreached when it gave the governor the power to remove elected officials and said their removal represented a...

...oversight board. Of those, at least 13 extend the benefit to dependents too, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Daning's bill, which passed the House unanimously last week, would waive the one-year residency requirement...

...oversight board. Of those, at least 13 extend the benefit to dependents too, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.Daning's bill, which passed the House unanimously last week, would waive the one-year residency requirement...

...Florida and Mississippi recently passed laws targeting such pain clinics, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.The DEA is prosecuting pain clinic operators who used to do business in Florida and picked up and moved to Georgia...

...them went to prison too. Make that three. One of them died before he could be incarcerated.)Williams was in the state Legislature when Albert, who helped get him elected, was in the Senate. The two had a lot of catching up to do, and the visit...

...I think the president's probably going to get his way," the Georgia Re pub li can said to members of the state Legislature on Sunday.Chambliss said that based on his experience in the House and Senate, he believes a deal will be struck...