State Rep. Tim Bearden plans to test Georgia’s newly enacted gun laws, and apparently the patience of the officials at Hartsfield-Jackson:

“I have a permit, and I have family I have to pick up at the airport tomorrow [Tuesday],” Bearden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday. “I’ll have one [a concealed weapon] with me at all [...]

Steve Farrow, who served in the state Senate with now-Gov. Sonny Perdue, won election to the state Transportation Board Thursday.
Farrow on Thursday told his legislators he will report to them. “You are my boss, and that’s the way I will look on this job,” he said. In an interview afterward, he said that, [...]

State Transportation Commissioner Gena Abraham and former Transportation Board Chairman Mike Evans are engaged to be married, Georgia DOT board members announced today.

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Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson says that he is hopeful that a date to elect a new GDOT Board Member will soon be here, as the Gainesville Times reports.
“He (Cagle) and I have both had busy travel schedules,” Richardson said. “When the session ends, we have the pent-up demand from everybody. So, we’ve both been [...]

I don’t normally bump comments to the front page, but Representative Mark Hatfield (R-Waycross) posted a pretty good comment on why he voted against the T-SPLOST.

While I completely agree with Senator Johnson’s “taxation without representation” point, there are a number of other reasons, including my general refusal to support any tax increase, why this [...]