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State school superintendent stands by controversial test.

GEORGIA SUPERINTENDENT of Schools Kathy Cox is putting her political career on the line by defending high-stakes tests that may not be accurate measures of what children are being taught in classrooms.

Ms. Cox, during an appearances last Friday in Savannah at the Georgia School Boards Association meeting, defended the exams that thousands of Georgia students flunked this year, forcing many to attend summer school.

The Democratic National Committee today launched a new website that highlights the dismal records and misleading rhetoric of John McCain's top three economic advisors. With Senator McCain admitting that "economics is something that I've really never understood as well as I should," the question of who is shaping his economic agenda is important to determining what direction he intends to lead the country.

Porter: "What did Kathy Cox know, and when did she know it?"

Associated Press
Published on: 06/17/08

Democratic leaders in the Georgia House of Representatives will hold a news conference calling on Republicans to address high failure rates on state tests.

Gov. Sonny Perdue is scheduled to recommend a $8.4 million cut in funds for mental health services for children Thursday, just two weeks after federal investigators slammed the state's treatment of the mentally ill.

It's time to go to work to bring about Democratic victory and the change America needs! We need your help to take our winning Democratic message to the voters of Georgia. From now until November, Georgia Democrats will be working overtime to register new voters, get Democrats out to the polls, and help elect Democrats from the top of the ballot to the bottom!

NORCROSS, Georgia - Combat veteran Doug Heckman, the Democratic candidate for Georgia's 7^th Congressional District, announced his support for the GI Bill for the 21^st Century. The major congressional forces behind the Bill are combat veterans: Jim Webb (D-VA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and John Warner (R-VA). The Bill proposes that returning combat veterans, from Afghanistan and Iraq, be awarded the equivalent of full four year scholarships at in-state public universities.

Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr could wedge an opening for Barack Obama in Georgia, some experts say.