Georgia Insurance Department staffers raised questions about an investigation into an Iowa-based insurer and noted Commissioner John Oxendine’s “personal interest” in the complaint against the company filed by a doctor who later became a major campaign donor, according to e-mails …
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposal to appoint — rather than elect — four statewide constitutional officers has run headlong into opposition. Critics from both parties said the plan was unlikely to win the needed two-thirds vote in the Legislature and …
Two leading Republican candidates for governor in Georgia have already turned to hefty lines of bank credit to help pump up their campaign finances months before the primary in July. State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine and U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal …
Last Friday was a dollar deadline in the race for Georgia governor as the crowded field of candidates faced a key hurdle: demonstrating they can raise enough cash to go the distance. With several candidates still not reporting their fundraising …
Georgia’s insurance commissioner said Wednesday he’s running for governor in 2010, making him the first to enter what could be a crowded field of Republican heavyweights jockeying to replace Sonny Perdue. John Oxendine said gridlock in the recent legislative session …
Georgia lawmakers couldn’t agree on cuts to property or incomes taxes this legislative session. But they did manage to usher through legislation to provide $146 million to insurance companies over five years. The insurance lobby pushed hard for the bill, …
A bill making it harder for local governments to install red light cameras ran into a red light of its own on Wednesday in the Georgia Senate. Senators tabled the measure, but not before Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle scolded them …
Only those who’ve become sick through exposure to asbestos would be able to sue companies that used the material, under a bill signed into law by Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue. The new law would require a person filing a claim …
Gov. Sonny Perdue and Republican legislative leaders have agreed to a temporary fix for PeachCare, allowing some 273,000 poor children in Georgia to continue receiving health insurance even as federal dollars dry up. Georgia is facing a $131 million shortfall …
