...spokesman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.The requirement took effect while Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin, a Democrat, was in office. He was succeeded in 2011 by Gary Black, a Republican. Black's office was warned of...

...pet shops, food processors, exterminators and other entities regulated by the department. Under former Commissioner Tommy Irvin, renewal applications with checks attached moved from division to division so the information could be verified, only...

...of the state's largest labor union, the AFL-CIO.After a meeting Tuesday with retiring Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin, the former state senator said his campaign is focused on gaining personal endorsements from key community leaders...

...the gubernatorial race for a time, which could have left every statewide office open, once Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin retired.As it was, only Cagle and U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson will be listed on the ballot as incumbents."I think...

...commissioner since his retirement from the House, and many people expected him to run for that post after Commissioner Tommy Irvin announced his retirement.However, Coleman qualified for labor commissioner Friday, 30 minutes before the qualifying...

...commissioner since his retirement from the House, and many observers expected him to run for that post when Commissioner Tommy Irvin announced his retirement."This came along, and I said, 'You know, I've been postponing my decision (to run...

...authority to require this type of reporting. And it gives us the power to seek more testing," Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said. "This is increasing our authority and that's a major change." The food safety changes moved rapidly through...

...show their products are tainted. That proposal is awaiting Gov. Sonny Perdue's signature. Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said such legislation would have "been impossible to pass" before the outbreak. "When the governor signs this bill...

...lovers throughout Georgia to help us with this important program," Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said in a news release. So far, specialty tag sales have stayed steady, said Charles Wiley, a spokesman for the...

...officials in Georgia didn't routinely test for salmonella. But after that outbreak, state Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin directed inspectors to start routinely testing peanut butter for salmonella. Agriculture department inspection records...