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Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line. One of the waterMore >>
Workers at the Marine Corps Logistics Base will be returning to work Friday. Many of the Marine base workers were sent home Thursday following a rupture to the bases main water line.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:37 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:37:04 GMT
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student. Ernest Nelson recently walked with the rest ofMore >>
Four years ago one Albany Georgia student graduated from Westover High School as Salutatorian, and he did it again, this time as a Morehouse graduate student.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 7:05 PM EDT2013-05-23 23:05:04 GMT
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Albany police are still on the lookout for a couple of thieves, who were prevented from selling a stolen bicycle by an alert WALB fan. The expensive road bike was stolen from a Kirt Phillips' storageMore >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:55 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:55:13 GMT
Len Dorminey, Heritage Financial Group President
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market. HeMore >>
The president and C.E.O. of Heritage Financial Group said the economy is improving. Thursday, Len Dorminey spoke at the Rotary Club Meeting at Doublegate Country Club about the financial market.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:49:49 GMT
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. Red Cross volunteers set upMore >>
Thursday night an Oklahoma tornado victim making her way to Florida stopped in Valdosta after she heard on the radio the American Red Cross was fundraising in the streets. More >>
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Today's the last day a bill can pass one chamber and still have enough time left to be approved by the other.
Much of the focus this year has been on the state's looming budget crisis, but lawmakers have priorities of their own. One bill that did make it across the hall before today is ethics reform. State lawmakers hope to crack down on inappropriate relationships between lobbyists and lawmakers and invoke stiffer penalties for public officials who take bribes.
The ethics reform packaged, passed by the House Ethics Committee would also require lobbyists to file more frequent reports on how they spend money on legislators. One missing provision is a cap on gifts from lobbyists.
Attorney Tommy Coleman, the former executive director of the state democratic party, says that could be a problem.
"The whole idea for lobbyists is access and it is only human nature that if somebody providing you with a large contribution and they call you on the phone, you're gong to pick it up and listen to them." said Coleman.
Watchdog groups say the bill isn't strong enough, and they'll work with legislators to try to strengthen it as it moves forward.
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