Ken Stanford

A weekly, capsule look at the 2008 session of the Georgia General Assembly so far and what's ahead.

Tourism officials in Dahlonega are welcoming an unusual designation given their town: A charter member of offbeattravel.com's five most "Offbeat Towns" in the country.

The Gainesville City Council this week looked ahead to the summer opening of the Frances Meadows Center by approving a budget adjustment to hire key personnel.

State Rep. Carl Rogers, R-Gainesville, has co-sponsored HR 1216, legislation to amend the Georgia Constitution to provide income tax relief to Georgians during years of revenue surpluses.

Clayton County public schools are on the verge of losing their accreditation, a move that could put scholarships, college acceptances and education funding at risk for the system's more than 50,000 students.

A 2-year-old girl Iraqi girl, who received a potentially life-saving operation at a U.S. hospital after being befriended by a Gainesville Marine, has left the hospital.

A South Hall motorcycle shop owner has been charged with two counts of arson after a fire last month destroyed his business and damaged an adjoining cabinet shop.

Former President George H.W. Bush will endorse John McCain in Texas on Monday, Republican officials said.

State officials want the U.S. Corps of Engineers to reduce the amount of water flowing out of Lake Lanier to meet metro Atlanta's needs.

Approximately twenty-two 4-H and FFA students will be participating in the White County 4-H/FFA Livestock Show this Saturday at the new White County Agri-Science Center north of Cleveland.