Tuesday, January 20, 2004


Budget

Paycheck delay for workers will keep Perdue budget in black.  Access North Ga Columbus Conyers Gwinnett Macon Marietta Rome

Budget plan forces teachers to choose.  Augusta

Agencies to outline cuts’ impact.  AJC

Lawmakers still mulling cutbacks.  Dalton

Campaigns

Gephardt to drop out of race.  AJC

Kerry wins, Edwards second, Dean slips.  Post

Kerry wins as Dean falters.  AJC

Kerry shakes up race with decisive win.  Chicago

In Iowa, Edwards counts the reasons to be upbeat.  NYT

Results show conventional wisdom short on ‘wisdom’.  NYT

Domestic issues dent Bush support.  AJC

Ability to beat Bush paramount. AJC

Economy

Lowndes status changes.  Valdosta

“Either there or another state”  Rome

Education

Teachers stuck between a rock and a hard place.  Savannah

Ethics

Not so fast.  Kingston urges Thompson to stay.  Savannah

Health

Insurers to get 10.6% increase from Medicare.  NYT

Broader health coverage may depend on less.  NYT

Cancer Coalition seeks solutions in different areas.  Augusta

Higher Ed

Georgia Southern gets $2.5 million.  ABC

College enrollment expected to increase 80% over next decade.  Access North Ga Columbus Macon

Escaping shadows.  AJC

UGA to award posthumous degree.  AJC

Perdue proposes $108 million cushion.  RedandBlack

Colleges face crunch over space.  AJC

(FL) Governor hints at tax breaks, limiting tuition hikes.  Tallahassee

Kitchen Table

Health care cost high on worry list.  AJC

Legislature

Hispanic lawmakers mark first year.  Savannah

Politics

Political Insider.  AJC

Does fate of state Senate hinge on party switchers?  Marietta

Public Safety

Exodus of senior agents creates FBI ‘brain drain’.  AJC

Editorials

GOP spending spree.  WSJ

Get on board these options.  AJC

Politics, science like oil, water.  AJC

Reduce fear, preserve liberty.  AJC

Cut what you  must before limiting HOPE scholarship.  AJC

UGA must adapt challenging academic criteria to have success.  Athens

Public Safety isn’t cheap.  Columbus

Pay and Progress.  Times-Union

Congress should let Sept. 11 probe go on without deadline.  Gainesville

Rigidly enforce laws restricting gun sales.  Macon


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