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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Early last year, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford turned up his nose at federal stimulus funds for his state, saying it would only add to the national debt. That was then. On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the state had gone through the approval process and would begin receiving $97.5 million to help out its strapped unemployment compensation fund. It seems the once stubborn Sanford, staggered by an extramarital affair that threw him off message and effectively ruined his political career, quietly signed a bill two months ago that expanded eligibility for jobless benefits in South ...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is the clear front-runner so far in a crowded field of Republicans seeking to succeed Gov. Sonny Perdue while former Gov. Roy Barnes, who lost to Perdue in 2002, is the favorite among Democrats for that party's nomination, according to a Strategic Vision poll conducted Sept. 18-20. ...
Just outside the Georgia capitol building, Governor Sonny Perdue led his state in an official prayer for rain this week. As most people know by now, Georgia is suffering from a potentially catastrophic drought, and Perdue decided to seek divine intervention. Appealing to a higher power for rain is an age-old human tradition, one perhaps best illustrated in the form of the Native American rain dance. So, the Republican Governor led a gathering of lawmakers, ministers and ordinary citizens in a direct and specific request to God. "Oh father, we acknowledge our wastefulness," Perdue said. "But ...
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