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August 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

When Christina Graham entered college, she didn't intend to pursue a career in historic preservation. But that's (sort of) where she ended up.

By Andy Peters

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August 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Whether it's romping around the pasture with horses or steering a real estate deal with nearly two dozen different parties, King & Spalding partner Kristina Kopf Thomas likes to get dirty with the messy details.

By Andy Peters

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March 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

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June 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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February 25, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A Senate committee on Tuesday afternoon rejected Gov. Sonny Perdue's attempt to provide immunity from product-liability suits to Georgia companies whose products have Food and Drug Administration approval.The Senate Economic Development Committee voted 7-4 to reject the legislation, Senate Bill 101. Two Republicans-B.

By Andy Peters

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July 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Incumbent Republican Sen. John J. Wiles of Kennesaw was defeated in last week's primary elections after a former State Bar of Georgia president had asked lawyers to vote against Wiles because of his alleged proposal to abolish the State Bar and other factors.Lindsey Tippins defeated Wiles, a debt-collections attorney, with 60.

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May 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

A Fulton County judge granted a motion to transfer to Gwinnett County a case challenging Gwinnett's plans to reorganize its garbage-collection services.Fulton Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Campbell Jr. ordered late Wednesday that Waste Pro USA v. Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Services, No. 2009-CV-163836, be transferred to Gwinnett because "local issues" should decide the case, he wrote.

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March 25, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker declined Gov. Sonny Perdue's request to file suit to block President Barack Obama's health care remake, saying such a legal challenge would be too expensive and likely would fail. In response, a Perdue spokesman said the governor may hire a private attorney to file suit to block the law, or join a suit filed in federal court Tuesday by 13 attorneys general.

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February 24, 2006 | Daily Report Online

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January 25, 2008 | Daily Report Online

A group of rural school districts that is suing the state for increased education funding appears to have a powerful new ally-House Speaker Glenn Richardson."It has always bothered me, and I hope it bothers you, that a kid born in one county can get a first-class education, but a kid two or three counties away does not.

By Andy Peters

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