Andy Peters

November 06, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Former FBI agent Theodore "Ted" Jackson is set to be Fulton County's new sheriff.With 98.8 percent of precincts reporting as of 1:54 p.m. Tuesday, Jackson had collected 210,942 votes, or 66.2 percent of the total, according to the Fulton County Department of Registrations and Elections. His GOP challenger, Michael Rary, had collected 107,439 votes, or 33.

By Andy Peters

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May 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday vetoed a 5 percent pay raise for state judges and district attorneys. Raising judges' pay had been one of the State Bar of Georgia's top legislative priorities.Perdue, however, signed a $21.1 billion budget for the state's upcoming fiscal year, which includes a separate 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase for all state employees, including judges and prosecutors.

By Andy Peters

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May 13, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed legislation Wednesday that immediately increases fees for dozens of court services, but parties in some judicial circuits won't be expected to pay the higher fees for several weeks.Fulton County Superior Court will post notices in the courthouse about the higher fees within the next week, said Sean Marvel, the Superior Court's chief deputy clerk for fiscal services.

By Andy Peters

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January 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

The House of Representatives' action on Monday to override Gov. Sonny Perdue's vetoes of a dozen bills could jump-start a discussion on rewriting the state's Open Records Act.The dozen veto-overrides are also likely to resume a legal debate between the House and Senate on what the state Constitution requires when one chamber must consider another chamber's override.

By Andy Peters

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February 19, 2010 | Daily Report Online

The General Assembly postponed the yearly State of the Judiciary address so lawmakers can focus on dealing with the state's budget crisis.Carol W. Hunstein, who became chief justice of the Supreme Court in June, had been scheduled to deliver her first State of the Judiciary on Thursday morning to a joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate.

By Andy Peters

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December 27, 2006 | Daily Report Online

THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S office in Atlanta collected $37.1 million from criminal and civil debtors in the government's most-recent fiscal year. The collections nearly doubled the $18.6 million collected in the previous fiscal year, U.S. Attorney Davis E. Nahmias said.Of the most recent year's amount, $21.

By Andy Peters

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February 12, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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November 03, 2010 | Daily Report Online

Republican Sam Olens, a former Cobb County Commission chairman, won the race for Georgia attorney general Tuesday night, avoiding a runoff. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, Olens had captured 52.8 percent of the vote. Democrat Ken Hodges had 43.7 percent and Libertarian Don Smart had 3.5 percent. Hodges, Olens and Smart were vying to succeed Attorney General Thurbert E.

By Andy Peters

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March 05, 2008 | Daily Report Online

This year Christina Aguilera is getting her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and if a resolution in the Georgia legislature passes, her lawyer will get his own roadside recognition.The state Senate has been asked to rename a 1-mile-long stretch of Northside Parkway after Greenberg Traurig partner Joel A. Katz. The section runs from West Paces Ferry Road south to Moores Mill Road.

By Andy Peters

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April 20, 2006 | Daily Report Online

By Andy Peters

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