Welcome to my website. I hope this site is a tool for you to stay up to date in what’s going on under the Gold Dome, and to learn more about my vision for our district and all of Georgia. Together, we can meet the challenges we face in education, creating jobs, healthcare, and transportation. Please visit often, and if you have any questions or comments, contact me. I look forward to hearing from all of you as we try to make our State even better.

Sales tax issues heating up 2/1/2010

01/30/10

By: Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune

Not all the sales tax that shoppers are paying is making it into government coffers.

As much as $1 billion a year is slipping...
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Ball in state’s court on mega tennis center funding; Local leaders tout Tennis Center of G 2/1/2010

01/22/10

By: Doug Walker, Rome News-Tribune

Rome, Floyd County and Berry College officials have lofted a soft serve to the General Assembly in a bid to bring what is being dubbed...
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"Bed Tax" concerns local medical centers 2/1/2010

01/19/10

By: Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune

Redmond Regional Medical Center stands to lose at least $4 million a year if a new state fee proposed for hospitals becomes law, according...
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Legislative Budget reviews start Tuesday 2/1/2010

01/17/10

ByL Staff reports, Rome News-Tribune

The Georgia General Assembly is in recess until Jan. 25, but legislative work is continuing under the Gold Dome.

The House...
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