State Sen. David Adelman (D-Atlanta) has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be U.S. ambassador to Singapore, the White House announced late Thursday.
Adelman, a member of Georgia’s state Senate since 2002 served as a member of Obama’s national finance campaign during the 2008 campaign. His wife, Caroline, served on [...]
Attorney General Thurbert Baker is in St. Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta recuperating from surgery to remove his gall bladder.
Baker, a 2010 Democratic candidate for governor, under went the procedure Tuesday evening, his campaign spokesman Jeff DiSantis said Wednesday.
“Attorney General Baker is expected to return to his normal work schedule after [...]
A bipartisan panel of state lawmakers on Wednesday backed a plan to legalize betting on horse racing in Georgia.
Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), the chairman of the Special Equine Study Committee, said at the panel’s meeting that they would propose a public referendum to legalize a new form of gambling in [...]
House Speaker Glenn Richardson called his parents in Douglas County last Sunday and told them he had taken sleeping pills and that it “was too late to do anything,” according to the 911 recording of the call.
Richardson’s mother, Merty, called 911 on Nov. 8 and said her son was conscious [...]
The governor's office has some pictures of Gov. Perdue's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan up now on their Web site. That includes this shot, which shows the governor and others meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
