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Send Gov. Deal a pee cup. Don’t drug test Georgia residents!

You won’t like what Georgia state lawmakers did last night. While Georgia ranks dead last in job growth, our lawmakers ignored bills that would bring jobs back to Georgia and instead targeted people who’ve lost their jobs. On the last day for the General Assembly to pass bills through at least one chamber to give them a chance to become law, both chambers approved bills that would force parents seeking temporary public assistance to take

Video: Rep. Terry England compares women to cows, pigs, chickens

A high risk pregnancy brings fear to the hearts of most couples. When a doctor tells a woman that her unborn child’s brain is not forming or that an organ has grown outside the fetus, there is a time of somber reflection and gut-wrenching contemplation. Republican lawmaker Terry England is not like most people. Instead, this scenario makes him think of cows, pigs and chickens. While debating Rep. Doug McKillip’s House Bill 954 on the

Deal’s response to full page ad: ‘Liberal, Liberal, Liberal’

Gov. Nathan Deal didn’t like the full-page ad Better Georgia placed in his hometown newspaper on Tuesday. 11Alive’s Jeff Hullinger was the first reporter to get reaction from the governor’s office. The Governor’s response was half expected and half surprising. On the expected side, the Governor’s office called us names. “It’s interesting that this is a liberal group, placing a liberal ad, with a liberal message in one of the most conservative pockets of voters

The Georgia town that jobs forgot (6 of 6)

In the last segment of the six-part Dateline NBC series, Kimberly and Sandy’s job search ends in disappointment but both vow not to give up. Whitley is determined to go to college despite her family’s financial hardship and finds a way to do it. Shenice graduates with honors from high school. And Kimberly gives voice to Millen’s incredible determination to overcome adversity. Georgia has been hit hard by the recession. Harder than most states. To

The Georgia town that jobs forgot (5 of 6)

In part five of the Dateline NBC series, Millen experiences a small economic revival as a prison and a sewing factory create several hundred jobs. Krystal decides to take a huge gamble and re-open her restaurant. Sandy has a sad Mother’s Day. Kimberly enrolls in college while competing with Sandy for the same job. Georgia has been hit hard by the recession. Harder than most states. To highlight the personal impact of the economic collapse,

The Georgia town that jobs forgot (4 of 6)

In part four of the Dateline NBC series, Krystal can’t afford to pay for her health insurance and is forced to put her daughters on Medicaid. Whitley is accepted to her dream college, UGA, but Krystal has to tell her they don’t have the money to pay for it. Sandy is shocked when she loses her job again and realizes that this time it will be very hard to find another one. Georgia has been