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Section 287(g)
Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren signed a new agreement last month with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to update the 1996 federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibili...
November 19, 2009 01:00 AM | 9 9 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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A Time to Heal
Most Georgians, especially those who keep up with political affairs, were shocked to learn late last week that state House Speaker Glenn Richardson of Paulding County had taken sleeping pills in a...
November 18, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Enough is Enough - Public's patience with board wears thin
The Cobb school board hit a new low Wednesday night – and considering the history of this board during the 2000s, that’s saying something. It was about to vote to impose a “balan...
November 17, 2009 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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A Jobs Bill
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a “jobs bill” this month authored by U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). But unlike so many of the jobs bills that come out of Congress, which are lard...
November 15, 2009 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Otis Brumby, Bill Kinney, Joe Kirby Around Town: Rat Attack - Oxendine copying Perdue's strategy vs. Barnes
“ THE RAT ” IS BACK . But Georgians can be forgiven for wondering who the real “rat” is after viewing a new political video ad concocted by the John Oxendine for Governo...
November 17, 2009 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia Voices: Too early to pick winner for governor
Who will be the next governor of Georgia? In less than a year, we will know the answer. Georgia voters will go to the polls on Nov. 2, 2010, and pick a new governor to succeed Sonny Perdue, who, b...
November 16, 2009 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Around Town: Shout Out
PRIMARY DAY is not until next summer, but the volume level in the race for the District 32 State Senate seat in east Cobb/Sandy Springs is already set on “Loud,” thanks to the wife...
November 14, 2009 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Around Town: Nuclear No-Go
THE HEALTH REFORM BILL PASSED by the House on Saturday isn’t going anywhere in the Senate anytime soon, predicted U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). And he predicted Senate Majority...
November 10, 2009 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Around Town: End of the Line?
A late-season rally, in which they won three of their last four games, has turned a wayward season into a surprising state playoff trip for the Marietta Blue Devils. The postseason excursion ̵...
November 07, 2009 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Around Town: Scores a mystery - Cobb system in fog on third-grade reading levels
MOST EDUCATORS KNOW that learning to read by the third grade is crucial to a child’s development. You learn to read by the third grade so that you can “read to learn” after...
November 03, 2009 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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