Political Notes

The senator says he'll be the same, honors for Donald Hollowell and George Busbee.

A newcomer's guide to the state in the Perdue Era.

Irvin's pushing for more, Barnes goes to Legal Aid.

The race card is still with us, just addressed by other names like "changing the flag" or "the Atlanta crowd."

Mercer medics scramble, "real flag" groups at odds.

His ultimate success should stand as inspiration to elective officials who endure defeat.

Perdue orchestrates a takeover, and feds' plan to "pool" power has Georgians worried.

No other governor-elect in modern history has been saddled with so many promises to undo so much.

A new state school superintendent and a new book on Horace Ward's attempt to integrate the UGA law school in the 1950s.

If I were king of Georgia with absolute power, governors would be allowed to serve only one four-year term, as in the pre-George Busbee era. With only one time at bat, the governor could carry out his agenda without having to cater to special interests and fret about re-election.