Wednesday November 27th, 2024 1:54PM

Bryan Pirkle

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Bryan Pirkle
House GOP struggles with looming debt limit hike
House Republican leaders are openly struggling to devise a way forward on must-do legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap.
8:29PM ( 10 years ago )
US Treasury takes step to avoid hitting debt limit
The federal government says it will temporarily suspend sales of U.S. Treasury securities to state and local governments starting at noon on Friday, its first step to avoid breaching the nation's borrowing limit this year.
9:07PM ( 10 years ago )
Bill filed to privatize Ga. child welfare services
A bill has been filed in the state Senate that would have Georgia move toward privatizing some state child welfare services.
9:40PM ( 10 years ago )
Ga. emergency chief under pressure after gridlock
The head of Georgia's emergency office helped plan for the 1996 Olympics and an international meeting of foreign leaders on the state's coastline. He leads a national association of disaster planners and testified to Congress about the threat of cyberattacks. Yet a simple snowstorm could imperil his career.
8:42PM ( 10 years ago )
SC Supreme Court to rule on public autopsy reports
Are autopsies medical records or public records? South Carolina's Supreme Court will begin grappling with that question Wednesday, when it hears a lawsuit by a Sumter County newspaper against the county's coroner.
11:08AM ( 10 years ago )
Punxsutawney Phil: Six more weeks of winter
The handlers for groundhog Punxsutawney Phil say he's forecasting six more weeks of what already has felt like a brutally long and cold winter.
7:44AM ( 10 years ago )
Flowery Branch hires new City Clerk
The Flowery Branch City Council has hired a new City Clerk following the resignation of the former clerk earlier this month.
9:54PM ( 10 years ago )
NFL backs push for youth concussion protocols
Legislation for federal funding to help protect student athletes from concussions got the National Football League's backing Monday in the shadow of the stadium where the Super Bowl will be played this weekend.
9:11PM ( 10 years ago )
Law proposed for autistic NYC boy who vanished
The federal government would pay for GPS tracking devices for autistic children under legislation proposed Sunday by Sen. Chuck Schumer and named for a New York City boy who wandered away from his school three months ago and was found dead in a city river.
9:12PM ( 10 years ago )
US officials probe illnesses on Caribbean cruise
U.S. health officials will board a cruise ship docked in the U.S. Virgin Islands to investigate an illness outbreak that has stricken at least 300 people with gastrointestinal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea, a cruise company spokeswoman said Sunday.
3:25PM ( 10 years ago )