Roy Barnes 2010

All the latest news from around the state.

Perdue says school a boon for state (Athens Banner-Herald)

Ga. revenues rise at start of fiscal year (AP)

Low Voter Turnout Expected for Tuesday's Runoffs (GPB)

Maureen Downey: Keeping HOPE in college (AJC)

Ga. voters cast 78,000 ballots in early voting (AP)

Voter registration deadline is Monday (Savannah Morning News)

New ethics law brings more accountability, transparency (AJC)

Official: Brad Bryant To Be Interim Schools' Chief (AP)

Report: Georgia Sells Most Crime Guns (GPB News)

Jobs future for Georgia: Nearly twice as many jobs for workers with postsecondary credentials than for high school grads (AJC- Get Schooled)

Fulton County Taxpayers Association: Atlanta in denial in CRCT probe. Perdue needs to investigate. (AJC- Get Schooled)

PAGE: No endorsements but a checklist of issues to consider in primary votes (AJC- Get Schooled)

State raises fees to fill budget gap (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Georgia voters: Your time is now (USA Today- On Politics)

Core State Standards will lift Georgia (AJC)

State looking to replace funding for some tests (Athens Banner-Herald)

Center to aid bioscience entrepreneurs (Marietta Daily Journal)

Program teaches employable green skills (Gainesville Times)

Georgia transportation funding deal moves ahead (Land Line Magazine)

DeKalb shortens school year by one day (AJC)

Newsweek list of top high schools: 55 Georgia schools among 1,600 (AJC- Get Schooled)

Ga. revenue continues to fall after slight uptick (AP)

Get ready for turnover in state offices (Gainesville Times)

State unsure how to pay for tests Perdue wants restored (AJC)

Tax collections down $75 million in Georgia (Florida Times-Union)

State raises fees to fill budget gap (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Georgia Revenue Numbers Fall in May (WABE)

Georgia relying more on feds to pay state bills (AJC)

Editorial: Texting ban will need measured enforcement (Athens Banner-Herald)

eTextbooks grant provides for new technologies (Thomasville Times-Enterprise)

Teachers endure lost class time with frustration, resolve (Gainesville Times)

Educators hope to avoid 'loss of learning' (Gainesville Times)

Midstate migration: The numbers may surprise you (Macon Telegraph)

Ga. tax revenues dip for second straight month (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Georgia colleges must check all students to see if they're legal (AJC)

Atlanta Forward: How the issues rank (AJC)

Ethics board gains work, not staffing (AJC)

Fiscal responsibility: Fumble, Perdue (Savannah Morning News)

Atlanta Leaders Hope Streetcar Proposal in Second Round of U.S. TIGER Grants (Saporta Report)

Metro Atlanta foreclosures rise 15 percent in June (AJC- The Biz Beat)

A brief introduction to five people you ought to know: School superintendent candidates on July ballot (AJC-Get Schooled)

State Patrol Preps For Text Ban Enforcement (GPB News)

State of Georgia to support regional ocean wind development (Recharge News)

Georgia career academies popular school alternative (AJC)

Memo coming on screening process (Athens Banner-Herald)

500 jobs open after 1,000 cut (Marietta Daily Journal)

Tax reform will impact many Ga. businesses (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Homeowners line up for mortgage reductions (AJC)

Georgia to join effort seeking common tests (AJC)

No funds to widen highway (Athens Banner-Herald)

Statewide CRCT results to be released today (Newnan Times-Herald)

Ga. Regents to examine immigration policy (AP)

Georgia foreclosure rate rises 31% (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

State curriculum test scores rise (Athens Banner-Herald)

Police's call on texting (Athens Banner-Herald)

Oysters will tell if oil reaches Georgia coast (AJC)

Tuition climbing at state colleges (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Judge ‘in corps' face’ during water hearing (Gainesville Times)

Georgia lost about 22K industrial jobs (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Housing outlook better, but still mixed (AJC)

Regents shoot down in-state tuition for illegals (Marietta Daily Journal)

Let’s keep Georgia’s educators working — our kids need them (AJC)

Perdue signs one gun bill, vetoes another (Access North Georgia)

Perdue signs ’11 budget (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Perdue rejects business tax breaks (Atlanta Business Chronicle)

Perdue vetoes guns in airports bill (AP)

Mission to Cuba: Delegation Returns (FOX 5 Atlanta)

Graves claims victory in 9th district race (AJC)

Gov. Perdue signs law allowing guns in Georgia bars, churches (Florida Times-Union)

Free Non-Stop Mortgage Help, Friday to Tuesday (11 Alive)

Perdue revives early grade CRCT, SAT prep, AP exams, writing tests and PSAT. But where’s the money going to come from? (AJC-Get Schooled)