Two candidates ruled ineligible

Two candidates that were running for seats on the Georgia General Assembly can no longer run for office.  

That was the ruling made by Georgia Secretary of State on Monday.

The results mean that the incumbents in House Districts 39 and 151 will run unopposed next Tuesday (July 31).

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Panel recommends school board member's removal from office

A Dougherty County Board of Education member that's facing fraud charges could soon lose her spot on the board.  The Albany Herald reports that a panel appointed by Governor Nathan Deal recommended that Velvet Riggins be removed from office Monday. She was indicted earlier this year on multiple counts of school lunch fraud.

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Miss Georgia gets underway Wednesday

The 68th annual Miss Georgia Competition gets underway in Columbus Wednesday, with 33 young women for competing for the right to represent our state at Miss America next January.  Click here to see a photo gallery of who is competing, courtesy of ledger-enquirer.com.

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South Georgia's political clout on the decline

As metro Atlanta and north Georgia have grown population wise over the last two decades, south Georgia has struggled to keep up politically.  Charlie Harper of Peach Pundit has more on the region's declining political clout here, courtesy of savannahnow.com.
 
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List of candidates running for state office

Qualifying for the 2012 primary elections on July 31 ended at noon Friday.  Click the following links below to find who's running where in Georgia.

Editor's Note: Qualifications list courtesy of the Georgia Secretary of State's office (sos.ga.gov). 

District Attorneys 

House of Representatives

Public Service Commission

State Senate

Superior Court

Supreme Court

U.S. Congress


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Gainesville named one of "Best Cities for Job Growth"

Looking for a quality job in Georgia?  Move to Gainesville.  Newgeography.com reports that Gainesville ranked 17th out of all 398 metropolitan areas, and 14th among smaller metros nationwide, in the blog's "Best Cities for Job Growth".  Click the following links below to find out how all Georgia cities fared in this year's rankings.

Large Cities

Medium-Sized Cities

Small Cities

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School police chief must clear arrests with superintendent

From the bizarre files...in Albany...the police chief for the Dougherty County School System must clear all arrests with the superintendent...

The Albany Herald has the details here...

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