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Governor Nathan Deal And Black Leaders Clash In Capitol Meeting
Atlanta(WAOK)-A meeting between Governor Nathan Deal, members of the state arm of the NAACP, the Legislative Black Caucus and other activist turned heated after what some say was an insensitive...
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Hey Governor! Why So Offensive!
On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques- White we talked about the comments made by Gov. Nathan Deal, “find some good black folks to run for office!” We had President of Georgia State NAACP, Edward Dubose,...
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Is This What We Should Continue To Expect?
On Power Talk with Lorraine Jacques- White we talked about the first African American Florida Lieutenant governor, Jennifer Carroll, resigning amind allegations of criminal activity. Also, Dekalb Board...
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Georgia Gov. To Sign Youth Athlete Concussion Bill
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is scheduled to sign a bill requiring young athletes to be pulled from games and medically examined if they’re believed to have suffered a concussion. Deal is...
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Georgia Anticipating Cuts In Educational Programs, Rental Assistance For Poor
ATLANTA (AP) — A few weeks after automatic spending cuts took effect within the federal government, the trickle-down effect is beginning to surface in Georgia. There are anticipated cuts to educational...
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Mo Ivory: I Went To The Integrated Prom-Gov. Nathan Deal Did Not! SHAMEFUL!
He didn’t send his wife, First Lady Sandra Deal, to tell the group of interracial kids from Wilcox County High School how proud of them they were for putting on the school’s first integrated prom. He...
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Guidelines Issued On CO Detectors In Ga. Schools
ATLANTA (AP) — State officials have stopped short of recommending that all Georgia schools be required to install carbon monoxide detectors, opting instead to release guidelines urging schools to...
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GOP States Offer Little Help To Health Care Exchanges
ATLANTA (AP) — On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama’s insurance overhaul have been largely silent....
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State Supreme Court Upholds Law Governor Used To Remove 6 School Board Members
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law the governor used earlier this year to remove six members of the DeKalb County school board is constitutional. “First, it is a fundamental...
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Hearing Focuses On Health Care In Rural Georgia
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Emma Collins, a licensed massage therapist from Ellijay, was hopeful about the new federal health care law after struggling in recent years to find insurance coverage because...
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Grand Jury To Receive Documents In Ga. Ethics Case
ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for two people who received federal grand jury subpoenas for documents related to a state probe of ethics complaints against Gov. Nathan Deal says those documents are being...
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National Guard Distributes Food Packets Given To Soldiers In Afghanistan To...
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — While many motorists remain stranded in their cars on roadways in Georgia, officials are working to get food, water, and other necessities to those who have nowhere to go....
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Georgia Governor Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Winter Storm
ATLANTA (AP) — With memories of thousands of vehicles gridlocked for hours on icy metro Atlanta highways fresh in their minds, officials north Georgia prepared Monday for another round of winter...
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Ga. Gov Says 1 Storm-Related Death In Butts County
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor says at least one person has died from weather-related causes during a storm that dumped ice, snow and freezing rain on northern and central Georgia. Gov. Nathan Deal...
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Gov. Deal Outlines Severe Weather Response Plans
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has outlined an action plan to address future severe weather events based on an internal review he ordered after Georgia was caught unprepared for a winter...
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Ga. Republicans Moving Against Obama Health Plan
ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans were poised Tuesday to make it even tougher for Georgia to expand a government health insurance program for the poor, undercutting a big part of an overhaul backed by...
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GA Lawmakers Ban Minors From Buying ‘E-Cigarettes’
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have voted to keep so-called e-cigarettes out of the hands of minors. The bill approved Thursday would impose a $300 fine on any retailer who sells the noncombustible...
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Deal Proposes Overhaul Of Ga. Ethics Commission
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal is proposing an overhaul of the state ethics commission after a recent jury verdict in favor of an ex-commission employee who claimed retaliation for investigating the...
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Too Much Truth – Nathan Deal Will Speak At Morehouse School Of Medicine
Breaking news!! Derrick Boazman has just announced that Governor Nathan Deal has been invited to be the commencement speaker for the Morehouse School of Medicine graduation ceremony. How did this...
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Too Much Truth – Whose Side Are You On?
Today on Too Much Truth, DB asked the question, “Who’s Side Are You On?” In cased you missed yesterday’s show, Derrick announced that Governor Nathan Deal was invited to be the speaker at the Morehouse...
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Nathan Deal Wins The GOP Primary For Ga. Governor
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal easily beat two challengers to win the Republican nomination, allowing him to run for re-election against former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson. Unofficial...
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Libertarians Swafford, Hunt Qualify For Ga. Ballot
ATLANTA (AP) — Libertarian candidates running for U.S. Senate and governor qualified Tuesday for the November ballot with the hope that their message of small government and fiscal restraint will...
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Carter Blasts Deal Over Ethics Memo Citing Threat
ATLANTA (AP) — A memo by the head of the state ethics commission in which she claims an attorney for Gov. Nathan Deal threatened her agency during its investigation of complaints against the governor...
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Gov. Deal: ‘Unconscionable’ White House Failed To Pick Up Phone To Tell Us...
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) — Georgia’s governor on Thursday chided the president in a letter for failing to communicate with the governor’s office before sending unaccompanied young migrants to the...
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Mayor: Atlanta Would Welcome Immigrant Children Into City
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said the city should be a safe place for unaccompanied children who cross the U.S. border. In a Tuesday news conference at City Hall, Reed said welcoming the...
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Deal: Ga. Hospitals Prepared for Ebola Response
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says state officials and hospitals are prepared if patients are diagnosed with Ebola, but he approves of calls to ban travel from impacted countries. Deal told...
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Georgia Gov. Deal Forming Ebola Response Team
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is assembling a group of experts to serve on a newly created Ebola response team. Deal said in a statement Sunday that he’ll sign an executive order to create...
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GA Governor Announces Ebola Airport Screening Plan
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — Since Georgia is home to one of five airports where people can arrive in the U.S. from countries affected by Ebola, the state’s governor said Monday extra screening and precautions...
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APS Awarded $1.4 Million Connections for Classrooms Grant
A $1.4 million grant has been awarded to Atlanta Public Schools (APS). The grant is from Connections for Classrooms, which is a collaborative funding effort between the Governor’s Office of Student...
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Supreme Court To Hear Florida-Georgia Water Suit
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Florida’s lawsuit seeking to limit the amount of water its neighbor Georgia can take from a shared river system. The court’s decision Monday to...
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Republican David Perdue Projected To Win Senate Seat
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – David Perdue, the businessman-turned-politician is projected to win the Georgia Senate seat, beating Democrat Michelle Nunn. Exit polls showed Nunn, the daughter of former...
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Isakson Kicks Off 2016 Re-Election Bid
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson kicked off the 2016 campaign on Monday, announcing his re-election bid surrounded by top Republicans at the state Capitol. Isakson, who’ll be seeking...
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Mercedes Moving Headquarters From New Jersey To Atlanta
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta/AP) – German luxury automobile maker Mercedes-Benz said Tuesday that it’s moving its U.S. headquarters from New Jersey to Atlanta, in part to be closer to its manufacturing...
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House Rejects Nathan Deal’s Insurance Benefits Cuts
ATLANTA, GA (WAOK)- Georgia House leaders Wednesday rejected Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan to cut health insurance benefits to 22,000 part-time school employees and their families, but local school districts...
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Deal Signs Order Requiring Readiness For Marijuana Law
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal has signed an executive order requiring state agencies to start preparations now for the enactment of the state’s medical marijuana bill. The bill becomes law when he...
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Georgia Governor Signs Bill Including Insurance For Kids With Autism
ATLANTA (AP) — Many parents who have struggled to get medical help for their autistic children will now qualify for insurance coverage under a new law signed Wednesday by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. Deal...
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Georgia Governor Signs ‘Todd Gurley Bill’ Into Law
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law what’s been dubbed the “Todd Gurley bill” — making it a crime punishable by up to a year in prison to entice student athletes to break NCAA...
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I-85 Ribbon Cutting Held To Celebrate Reopening
This time last week, Atlanta motorists were wondering just when a portion of Interstate 85 would reopen. It was closed on March 30, after a massive blaze under it caused steel beams to giveway,...
View ArticleVP Pence To Attend Georgia Governor’s Race Rally
By BEN NADLER ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is set to attend a rally in Macon, Georgia, Saturday to support Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s bid for governor, days before the contentious GOP...
View ArticleGubernatorial Endorsement Battle, Part 2: Obama vs. Trump
ATLANTA (AP) — The contest for Georgia governor now pits an Obama-backed progressive Democrat against a Trump-backed conservative Republican. Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday endorsed Stacey...
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