Archive of Georgia on Monday June 29, 2009
GA: Georgia to overhaul health and social service agencies
By Craig Schneider, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For years, Georgia's health and social service agencies have lurched from crisis to crisis. People wait months, if not years, for something as simple as a copy of their birth certificate.
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GA: Perdue's stimulus plan slow to help sagging economy
By James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Sonny Perdue promised in January that his state stimulus package would create 20,000 construction jobs, but what he didn't say was that most of those won't come on line until well into 2010.
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Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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GA: Stimulus money to help make homes more energy efficient
By Travis Fain, The Macon Telegraph
Taxpayer weatherization programs that provide better home insulation and more energy-efficient appliances to the poor are about to get a massive shot in the arm from federal stimulus dollars.
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GA: Gubernatorial donors pinched by recession
By Aaron Gould Sheinin, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The candidate for governor looks at the list of people to call that morning and ask for campaign contributions.
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US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
By The Associated Press, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work.
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