Sonny Perdue

State Officials In Dubai: Who's Paying For Their Trip?

Sixteen Georgia state officials, including Gov. Sonny Perdue, were in Dubai this week, working to lure aerospace business to the state. But with the state in dire economic straits, who's paying for the trip?

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911 tape details Richardson’s suicide attempt

ATLANTA (AP) — House Speaker Glenn Richardson took sleeping pills in a failed attempt to kill himself and then called his mother to tell her he loved her, according to a recording of the 911 call released on Monday. It was his...

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Perdue Makes Jobs Announcement From Dubai

In Dubai, Perdue Sends Home Good Economic News For Georgia (AP) ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. Sonny Perdue sent some good economic news home to Georgia from the Dubai Airshow. Perdue said Monday that Wamar International is expanding its...

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New statewide water task force is focusing on 3 fronts at once (at Atlanta Journal Constitution)

By John Brock, Tim Lowe For the AJC Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Water is a finite resource. The limited availability of water is why Georgia has been in negotiations with Alabama and Florida for nearly 20 years. While our...

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State’s tax picture murky

Georgia taxpayers worried about a tax increase next year as state government grapples with falling revenues can probably rest a bit easier: There doesn’t seem to be an appetite for it among the Republican leadership in control...

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Kia goes into full production

Story Created: Nov 16, 2009 at 1:15 PM CST Story Updated: Nov 16, 2009 at 8:34 PM CST ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding the beginning of the Kia Plan production in West Point: “Today...

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Driver Services makes getting a license easier

From online options to shorter waits, agency turns focus to motorists Joshua Wise left the driver’s license facility in Norcross last week with a new license and an assessment of the process that, in a historical sense, was a...

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Aviation looking beyond Georgia state lines

WALTER C. JONESFlorida Times-Union (Jacksonville) ATLANTA - Georgia has 500 companies in the aviation industry, and Gov. Sonny Perdue is heading to Dubai hoping to land a few more. Home to companies like Gulfstream Aerospace,...

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Barbour visits troops in Afghanistan

By Elizabeth Crisp • elizabeth.crisp@clarionledger.com • November 13, 2009 Following stops in Kuwait and Iraq, Gov. Haley Barbour has traveled to Afghanistan to visit with Mississippi National Guardsmen who are serving in the...

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Gov. Perdue pays visit to Iraq for second time

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is in Iraq visiting with Georgia National Guard troops there and said conditions have improved since his last visit to the war zone in 2005. “The violence has gone down significantly,”...

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