Roy Barnes 2010

All the latest news from around the state.

Atlanta employment outlook among weakest (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Lawmakers take issue with transportation funding bill (AJC Gold Dome Live)
State’s back-to-school tax holiday in jeopardy? (AJC Political Insider)
House committee votes to reduce DOT board terms (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Seth Harp on the 4-H wars, and a ‘11 budget gap that just increased to $2.4 billion (AJC Political Insider)
Breaking: Hope for state budget fading as February shows further decline (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Bills to raise fees on the way this week (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Georgia School Funding Association: “Severe and long-lasting damage” to education from budget cuts (AJC Get Schooled)
New schedule for legislators (Gold Dome Live)
Senate to vote on water conservation bill today (Access North Georgia)
Georgia government is getting down to bathtub size (AJC Jay Bookman)
Opponents of cigarette tax to rally (AP)
State revenue still spirals downward (AJC)
Georgia tax collections fall in February (Georgia Times-Union)
Housing stimulus likely to end (Times Georgian)
Revenue dip means more cuts (Augusta Chronicle)
House passes ethics bill for school boards (Rome News-Tribune)
Board affirms schools investigation (AJC)
480 Fulton County teacher positions on the chopping block (AJC)

House passes local school board reform bill (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Georgia’s tax revenue dives in February (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Senate passes bill to mandate first aid training in schools (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Bill passed House for dome funding (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Ga. tax collections slump, no rate hike planned, senator says (Augusta Chronicle)
Home sales up, so are foreclosures (Rome News-Tribune)
State Senate leader: Revenues down, taxes won't rise (Savannah Morning News)
Federal regulators launch probe of big agriculture (AP)
Exclusive: Ralston vows to protect 4-H, says college cuts won’t be as bad (AJC Gold Dome Live)
Maglev money still MIA (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Gordon landfill could be solar farm (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Rally to push for hike to cigarette tax (AP)
Bill would allow more discretion in school discipline (Athens Banner-Herald)
Schools fear budget crash (AJC)
State fees likely to go up (AJC)
Budget cuts burn forest commission (The Brunswick News)
Big choices ahead as session begins again (Athens Banner-Herald)
Georgia lawmakers get back to business (AJC)
Officials: Grady in stable condition (AJC)
UGA’s Extension Offices in peril (Albany Herald)
Layoffs poised for Georgia colleges, but no pay cuts planned for their leaders (Georgia Times-Union)
Georgia bill would restrict interbasin transfers (Augusta Chronicle)

Georgia makes good on promise to expand biotech industry (AJC)
Georgia gets $15M in Stimulus for broadband (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Businesses want more signs of recovery before hiring (AJC)
Locations, incentives lure film crews to Georgia (Augusta Chronicle)
Perdue: College cuts won't happen 'on my watch' (Macon Telegraph)
Taxes, health care are two key issues for state's small businesses (AJC)
Teachers wary of pay-for-performance legislation (Gainesville Times)
Teachers speak out on Perdue’s merit pay plan (Macon Telegraph)
A partial solution to education budget woes (Macon Telegraph Op-Ed)
Nelson: Job cuts to doom economy (Athens Banner-Herald Op-Ed)
Ignored advice still costs Ga. millions (AJC)
State of shock over budget cuts (Athens Banner Herald)
Georgia transportation money still elusive (Macon Telegraph)
Georgia hurting for funds (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Georgia lawmakers back in session Monday (Augusta Chronicle)
More cuts recommended for Fulton schools (AJC)
Baldwin to consider four-day school week (Macon Telegraph)
DeKalb schools must cut staff or raise taxes (AJC)
Virtual school extends courses across Georgia (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Proposed 4-H cuts would affect thousands (Rome News-Tribune)
Georgia 4-H programs threatened by budget cuts (Georgia Times-Union)
Rocky start to cheating inquiry (AJC)

Georgia in line for $462M in Stimulus education funds (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Revamped bill favors local control over transportation funds (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Governor accuses legislators of creating fear about college cuts so they create confusion instead (AJC Get Schooled)
Postal consultant: Consider 3 days of delivery (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
GDOT Commissioner to Rotary: 411 Connector on track (Rome News-Tribune)
Perdue blasts proposed college cuts (AP)
Ga. part of 16 finalists for 'Race to the Top' (AP)
Georgia a finalist for Race to the Top school funds (AJC)
Fallout continues over proposed cuts (Access North Georgia)
Breaking: Lawmakers to discuss higher ed cuts (AJC Gold Dome Live)
U.S. jobless claims drop, productivity revised higher (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Student leader: Drastic cuts ‘a death knell  for public education’ (AJC)
As budget woes continue in education ... (Henry Daily Herald)
Georgia leaders respond to outcry over college cuts (Augusta Chronicle)
U.S. will guarantee loan for biofuels plant in Soperton that could be a bonanza for Savannah (Savannah Morning News)
SPLOST revenue limited by economy (Rockdale Citizen)
Georgia ranks 15th in domestic violence (AJC)
Tuition increases probable for University System of Georgia (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
Metro leaders launch push to make census numbers count (AJC)

Ga. legislators, regents agree no one wants cuts (Augusta Chronicle)
Georgia job picture ranked worse than average in 2009 (AJC)
Ga. lawmakers urged to go easy on colleges (AP)
That 77 percent college tuition hike is down to 35 percent. Feel better? (AJC Get Schooled)
Georgia unemployment rate increases (Augusta Chronicle)
Rome loses 700 jobs (Rome News-Tribune)
Obama fleshes out energy upgrade rebates plan (Savannah Morning News)
Mayor talks harbor deepening with Obama (Savannah Morning News)
EDITORIAL: Budget cuts: No 'I' in team (Savannah Morning News)
USG: Eliminate 4-H programs, half extension offices (Access North Georgia)
State unemployment at record high in January (AJC)
Georgia ranks high for foodborne illness (AJC)
Frustration over budget cuts mounts at MCG (Augusta Chronicle)
Residents sue Atlanta over "illegal" pension changes (AJC)

Concerns flow about transportation funding bill (AJC)
Medical College of Georgia gets new president (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
Perdue water plan passes House committee (Augusta Chronicle)
In Savannah, Obama spells out rebates for energy efficiency (Rome News-Tribune)
Poll: Majority of Ga. voters support hiking cigarette tax (Rome News-Tribune)
Feds say 41,000 Ga. residents could lose benefits (AP)
Georgia seeks $2.5 billion for nuclear plants (Rome News-Tribune)
Obama to unveil $6 billion energy-saving proposal in Savannah (Savannah Morning News)
Ga. leads in college preparation, report says (AP)
Gov.'s solution to water crisis heads to committee (Acces North Georgia)
Georgia colleges release budget cuts list; Coastal Georgia faces retrenchment (Florida Times-Union)
School employees, parents criticize budget cuts (Clayton News Daily)
MARTA to slash a quarter of service (AJC)
Panel to be picked Tuesday; will oversee investigation into Atlanta test scores (AJC)
University system budget cuts will affect many (Gainesville Times)