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FACT CHECK: Gun debate deals in moldy stats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the numbers being hurled around in the gun control debate passed their freshness date eons ago. Perhaps none is more prominent than the claim that 40 percent of gun sales ...
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SPIN METER: In budget fight, sky is falling again
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's...
Feb 26, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Opinion: Gun Laws and the Fools of Chelm
Karl Marx summed up Communism as “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” This is a good, pithy saying, which, in practice, has succeeded in bringing, upon those under ...
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama answer a question during the third presidential debate at Lynn University, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)
FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night...
Oct 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shake hands at the end of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP photo/Charles Dharapak)
Analysis: Lost in debate: reality of US-China ties
BEIJING (AP) — In the simplistic narrative of U.S. presidential politics, China is a Hollywood villain, a monetary cheat that is stealing American jobs. But the one-dimensional caricature offered u...
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FILE -2012 file photos President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite, left, and Evan Vucci, file)
FACT CHECK: Presidential debate missteps
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth. They made some f...
Oct 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney makes comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Benghazi, Libya, while speaking in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
FACT CHECK: Mitt Romney rhetoric on Egypt, Libya out of step with timeline of events
WASHINGTON — The gunfire at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, had barely ceased when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seriously mischaracterized what had happened in a statement a...
Sep 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Senator Bill Heath
E-Fairness and the Sales Tax Holiday
As I continue our discussion of the features of this year's tax reform bill, I want to take time today to discuss the changes to how you will now pay the sales and use taxes on goods bought online....
Jun 04, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Changes coming to motor vehicle and ad valorem tax and title fee
by Bill Heath Ga. Dist. 31
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
This week we will take an in depth look at coming changes to the way motor vehicles are taxed as we continue our review of HB 386, the "comprehensive" tax reform bill we passed this year. This po...
Tax reform bill eliminates marriage penalty
by Bill Heath, Ga. Dist. 31
May 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Over the next few weeks, I will discuss the details of HB 386, the "comprehensive" tax reform bill that we passed this year. While not as comprehensive as I would have liked it to be, it did succ...
Sen. Heath reflects on Mother's Day
by Bill Heath Ga. Dist. 31
May 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Anna Jarvis is given credit for founding Mother's Day. Anna was born in 1864 as one of eleven children. At the conclusion of a Bible lesson on mothers, her mother prayed a very short prayer hopin...
Gov. Deal travels across Georgia to sign legislation
by Bill Heath Ga. Dist. 31
May 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
Monday marked the 32nd day of bill signings for Governor Deal. Of the 172 non-local bills that were sent to the governor, just over 50 have been signed so far. Governor Deal has until midnight on...
More bills pass through Gov. Deal's office
by Bill Heath, Ga. Dist. 31
Apr 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Since April 23, 1866, Georgia has set aside the 4th Monday in April to commemorate Confederate Memorial Day. This state holiday recognizes the sacrifices of those who lost their lives in the War ...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia’s responds to FMS editorial on Polk coverage
by Press release--Blue Cross Blue Shield
Apr 20, 2012 | 2 2 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
We at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) are both puzzled and encouraged by the recent editorial written by Floyd Medical Center. We are encouraged that Floyd Medical Center (Floyd) no...
Sen. Heath recaps the legislative session
by Bill Heath, Ga. Dist. 31
Apr 18, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
As I previously mentioned, the General Assembly passed 172 bills plus various pieces of local legislation this year. While I am unable to touch on all of the important issues these bills addresse...
Many beneficial laws passed during the legislative session
by Bill Heath, District 31 Senator
Apr 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Last week, the 2012 Legislative Session drew to a close following 14 hours of debate on day 40. Over the past 40 legislative days, we worked to create just, beneficial laws that will make Georgia...
  • 2012 Session has concluded
    by Rick Crawford, District 16 Representative
    04.02.12 - 12:00 pm
  • Great strides are taken to correct state tax code
    by Bill Heath, District 31 Senator
    03.26.12 - 12:01 pm
  • Tax bill was rushed to a vote
    by Rick Crawford, District 16 Representative
    03.26.12 - 12:00 pm
  • 2012 session working to a close
    by Rick Crawford, District 16 Representative
    03.19.12 - 12:01 pm
  • Legislature recognizes Bremen girl for her bravery
    by Bill Heath, Ga. Dist. 31
    03.19.12 - 12:00 pm
    • Probe begins after commuter trains crash

    Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Denis O’Malley) MANDATORY CREDITOfficials have begun investigating an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.


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    GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

    FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it’s unclear whether they will. “Now we’ve learned that the IRS, which is tasked with enforcing this very unpopular bill of Obamacare, the IRS admitted they targeted Americans,” Bachmann said during floor debate this week on repealing the health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.


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    Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

    Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, 2013. Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)Less than 10 months after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory once again.


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