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		<title>Sen. Buckner to host Town Hall Meeting on Tax Allocation Districts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 9, 2010) – Sen. Gail Buckner (D-Jonesboro) will hold a town hall meeting in McDonough on Saturday, March 13 where tax allocation districts will be the main topic of discussion.  Bob White, executive director of the Henry County Development Authority, will present information about the Tax Allocation District that is being proposed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Judson Hill’s Medical ID Theft Protection Clears Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA (Mar. 9, 2010) – A bill aimed to protect Georgia families from the quickly-spreading crime of medical identification theft overwhelmingly passed the Georgia state Senate Monday.  State Sen. Judson Hill (R-Marietta) authored Senate Bill 334 which will bring felony charges against any person who willfully and fraudulently uses another person’s identity for obtaining medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Judson Hill Announces Legislation Protecting Georgia’s Public Works Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA (Mar. 8, 2010) – State Sen. Judson Hill (R-Marietta) today introduced the Georgia Public Works and Contractor Protection Act (Senate Bill 460) to help safeguard taxpayer-funded jobs in Georgia.  This important new legislation aims to clarify the existing legal process for obtaining public contracts and the employee eligibility verification system.  SB 460 also establishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort: State Cannot Afford to Ignore Dropout Rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 8, 2010) – Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) is urging the Senate to pass his Dropout Deterrent Act (SB132), which will increase the mandatory school attendance ages from 16 to 17.  Georgia has a dropout rate of 21 percent with 38,000 students failing to graduate from high school in 2007. High school dropouts cost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Orrock Announces Annual Women Entrepreneurs Day in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 8, 2010) – Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) today announced the first Women Entrepreneurs Day in Georgia, now an annual event at the State Capitol.  Recognizing Georgia’s nearly 200,000 women business owners, Women Entrepreneurs Day highlights the impact women entrepreneurs make on the state and national economy. 

“Women-owned businesses are on the leading edge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Stone Unturned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sen. Jim Butterworth
“Leave no stone unturned.” This has become the theme of the budget process during the past few weeks. With Georgia facing an unprecedented slide in revenue numbers for the last 18 months, we have no choice but to make tough spending cuts. With education accounting for over 60 percent of state spending, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamrick: Sharing the Burden</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sen. Bill Hamrick
This week, we heard a presentation from the chancellor of the Board of Regents in response to the legislature’s request that our colleges and universities reduce spending. To meet these needs, their ideas include massive layoffs, cutting essential programs, limiting future freshmen admissions and cutting research programs. They said that an additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mullis: Creating Jobs in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adam.sweat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jeff Mullis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we continue to work through the budget crisis in Georgia, one thing is for certain:  We must concentrate on economic development in Georgia to get the thousands of Georgians back to work by creating jobs.  Job creation is a key component to turning around this economy and moving Georgia forward as the Empire State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Smith named Legislator of the Year for Health Care Reform Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kallarin.richards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA (March 5, 2010) – Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome) has been named the 2010 Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (GSASC) for his work this session to reform Georgia’s health care system using consumer and patient-focused solutions.  Smith was honored during the center’s semi-annual meeting in Atlanta, which brings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Georgia at the State Capitol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matthew.colvin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Greg Goggans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By State Sen. Greg Goggans
The 2011 Budget and Higher Education
I want to thank all my constituents for your phone calls, letters, and emails to my office on your concerns for our current budget crisis, especially when it comes to education funding.  As the General Assembly is considering ways to fill over $1 billion in revenue [...]]]></description>
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