by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Aug 10, 2015 | Politics
ATLANTA — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday called on fellow conservative presidential candidates to unite against President Obama in the aftermath of a GOP debate that saw the Republican hopefuls more at odds with one another than with their Democratic rivals....
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Aug 10, 2015 | Politics
ATLANTA — Speaking before a crowd of hundreds of conservative activists, Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that government bureaucracy has broken Washington, D.C. – but that the spirit of American independence is alive and well in red states like Texas. “Texas has become...
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Aug 10, 2015 | Politics
ATLANTA — Republican millennials – many of whom began paying taxes, amassing student debt and searching for jobs since the last presidential election – joined more seasoned party members to watch their party’s first primary debate. But it was hard to miss that...
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Aug 10, 2015 | Politics
ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday called on nearly 700 conservative activists to hold other Republican presidential hopefuls accountable for campaigning on conservative values but abandoning those positions once they arrive in Washington. Speaking to a packed...
by Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Aug 6, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — The number of inmates at Maryland correctional facilities who passed the GED high school equivalency exam declined by almost 70 percent last year because of the introduction of a tougher test, according to state figures. Last year, 220 inmates completed...
