Month: September 2010

  • Carter remains in Ohio hospital

    Former President Jimmy Carter remains hospitalized in a Cleveland hospital, recovering from “a viral infection,” the hospital said this evening. “Former President Jimmy Carter is continuing to recover from the stomach distress that was reported earlier,” MetroHealth Medical Center said in a statement posted to its website. “His medical team at MetroHealth Medical Center has…

  • Lame duck session looming

    It's beginning to look a lot like a lame duck session is looming on the horizon. Congress is poised to put off a number of tough — and controversial — measures until after the Nov. 2 elections. Among the items that could see the light of day in a lame duck session include an extension…

  • Do texting bans reduce the number of crashes?

    ATLANTA – Does banning texting while behind the wheel cut down on the number of crashes? Apparently not, according to a new survey from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). “Texting bans haven’t reduced crashes at all,” Adrian Lund, president of both HLDI and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a news release.…

  • Barrow: More work needed to achieve peace in Sudan

    The United States should work with its allies to “continue to work with our international allies to provide aid and promote peace” in Sudan, a Georgia congressman said last week on the floor of the House. “The United States cannot and will not turn a blind eye to genocide in Darfur, or to corruption and…

  • Resolution disapproving of union rule change fails in Senate

    The U.S. Senate last week voted down a so-called “disapproval resolution” aimed at stopping the National Mediation Board from changing a rule that would make it easier for airline and railroad employees to unionize. The measure failed by a 56-43 vote. “The recognition of a union under the Railway Labor Act is essentially permanent and…

  • Barnes: ‘We must foster economic development beyond metro Atlanta’

    ATLANTA — Gubernatorial hopeful Roy Barnes rolled out a plan he says will “strengthen rural economic development” and “put Georgians back to work.” “In order to revive our economy and put Georgians back to work, we must foster economic development beyond metro Atlanta,” Barnes, a Democrat, said in a statement. The plan includes a “focus…

  • Triple murderer executed

    ATLANTA – A 31-year-old man convicted of killing three people, including two children, was executed Monday. Brandon Joseph Rhode was initially scheduled to die Sept. 21, but the Supreme Court of Georgia granted a stay following an apparent suicide attempt. He was then scheduled to be executed at 9 a.m. Friday – a time that…

  • Senators target tax evaders

    Legislation co-sponsored by a Georgia senator would terminate federal employees with “seriously delinquent tax debt.” The legislation would also prohibit federal agencies from hiring anyone who is delinquent. “America’s taxpayers deserve to know that those individuals working within the federal government must abide by the same rules as everyone else,” U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.,…

  • Condemned killer faces Monday execution

    ATLANTA – A condemned killer has a reprieve – for now. The Supreme Court of Georgia on Friday granted Brandon Joseph Rhode, 31, a “short-term” stay of execution until 4 p.m. Monday, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an application from Rhode for a stay of execution.…

  • Republicans make a ‘pledge’

    House Republicans on Thursday rolled out their “Pledge to America” – an agenda for how the GOP plans to govern that includes tax cuts, shrinking the federal government and repealing the controversial health care bill that President Obama signed into law six months ago today. “House Republicans take this Pledge to America and will focus…