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2003 Press Releases

09/04/2003
Governor Perdue Announces "Georgia Gets Going" Transportation Bond Package to Relieve Metro Atlanta Congestion and Encourage Rural Development

09/04/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to Board of Technical and Adult Education

09/03/2003
Governor Perdue Meets with Georgia's Military Base Commanders

09/03/2003
Georgia Receives $10.6 Million for English Language Education

09/03/2003
Georgia Ports Authority Reports Double-Digit Gains for July

09/03/2003
Georgia to Continue ACT Water Negotiations with Alabama

09/02/2003
Georgia to Receive $35.7M to Assist in Responding to Terrorism and Public Health Emergencies

09/02/2003
Emory Awarded Grant from National Cancer Institute

08/29/2003
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and City of Atlanta Police Department Receive Reimbursement for Enhanced Security Measures

08/29/2003
Governor Announces New Caterpillar Engine Facility For Spalding County

08/29/2003
Governor Perdue Fills Judicial Vacancies

08/27/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Moore to Lead Office of School Readiness

08/27/2003
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to Receive Corporate Land Grant

08/27/2003
Remarks As Delivered By Governor Sonny Perdue: 2003 First Lady's Summit on Children

08/26/2003
Governor Perdue Releases Funds for Columbus Technical College

08/26/2003
Sears American Dream Campaign Provides Backpacks, 'Home Essentials'

08/26/2003
Governor Perdue Announces OneGeorgia Awards

08/22/2003
Governor Perdue Swears in Military Affairs Coordinating Committee

08/21/2003
Georgia's First Lady Brings Together Corporate and Community Leaders for Georgia's Children

08/19/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to State Boards and Commissions

08/18/2003
Governor Perdue Welcomes Heckler & Koch to Georgia

08/15/2003
Asensio Appointed Chair of Latino Commission

08/15/2003
Tan Appointed Chair of Asian-American Commission

08/14/2003
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport to Receive Grants for Security Enhancement and Noise Reduction

08/14/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Director of Georgia Public Safety Training Center

08/13/2003
Toth Reappointed Executive Secretary of Professional Standards Commission

08/13/2003
Governor Perdue Accepts Resignation of Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Orlando Martinez

08/13/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointment to Board of Community Affairs

08/12/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to the Board of Industry, Trade and Tourism and Professional Standards Commission

08/12/2003
Governor Perdue Forms Partnership to Deliver Printers to Every Georgia Public School

08/12/2003
New Online Resource Allows Parents to Check Status of Child Support Payments

08/12/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointment of Executive Director for Gateway to the Americas / Hemisphere, Inc. Campaign

08/11/2003
Georgia's First Dog Invites Uga to Governor's Mansion

08/07/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to State Boards and Commissions

08/07/2003
Governor Perdue Announces July Revenue Collections

08/06/2003
The American Cancer Society Presents Capitol Dome Award to Governor Sonny Perdue

08/06/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to the Board of Regents and the Georgia Lottery Corporation Board

08/04/2003
Governor Perdue Announces New Administration Floor Leaders

08/02/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Visits Staples Office Superstore to Greet Shoppers

08/01/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Over $37 Million in Community Grant Awards to Improve Living Conditions and Economic Opportunity

07/31/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointment to State Board of Dispensing Opticians

07/31/2003
Sales Tax Holiday Benefits Families and Children Preparing for the School Year

07/30/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Rural Development Grants

07/29/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Expansion of Port of Savannah

07/25/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to the Rural Development Council and the State Board of Occupational Therapy

07/24/2003
Judicial Nominating Commission Recommends Applicants to Fill Judicial Vacancies

07/24/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Latino and Asian-American Commissions

07/23/2003
Education Summit Draws Over 800 Parents, Teachers, Principals to Perry

07/22/2003
Governors Perdue, Riley and Bush Sign Memorandum in Water Negotiations

07/22/2003
Perdue Announces G-8 Working Group to Ensure Top Notch Summit, Maximize Long-Term Impact

07/22/2003
Governor Perdue Orders Review of Child Health Care Changes

07/18/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Members to the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council

07/17/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Appointments to the Board of Community Affairs

07/17/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Fiscal Year 2003 Revenue Collections

07/16/2003
Governor Perdue appoints Reichrath as Director of the Office of Student Achievement

07/15/2003
White House Announces Sea Island as Site for 2004 G-8 Summit

07/15/2003
Governor Perdue Highlights the Transfer of the Six Billionth Dollar from the Georgia Lottery Corporation to the Lottery for Education Account

07/11/2003
Governor Perdue Welcomes Firefighter Grant Awards to Assist Local Fire Departments

07/11/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Next "Saturday with Sonny"

07/09/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Connell as Director of the Office of Planning and Budget

07/09/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue on the DaimlerChrysler Auto Plant

07/04/2003
Governor Perdue Delivers Independence Day Message

07/03/2003
Governor Perdue's Independence Day Message (Audio)

07/03/2003
Governor's Office of Planning & Budget Announces Completion of Consultant's Management Study of Georgia Student Finance Commission

07/03/2003
Governor Perdue Announces State Board Appointments

07/02/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding the Passing of Former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.

07/02/2003
Governor Perdue Congratulates The Boeing Company, Recipient of the 2003 Georgia Oglethorpe Award

07/02/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints District Attorney

07/02/2003
Former U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly to Serve on Georgia Ports Authority Board

07/02/2003
Osborn Appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer

06/27/2003
Telecommunications and Technology Task Force Presents Recommendations to Revamp the State's System for Buying Technology

06/26/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Board Members for the Commission for a New Georgia

06/26/2003
Governor Perdue Outlines Additional State Support To City of Atlanta for Funeral Activities of Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson

06/26/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Supreme Court Ruling on Georgia v. Ashcroft

06/26/2003
Governor Perdue Announces State Board Appointments New Members Named To Industry, Trade & Tourism, Nursing Home Administrators and Dispensing Opticians Boards

06/26/2003
Governor Perdue Announces New Leadership of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety

06/25/2003
Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox to Lie in State in Capitol Rotunda

06/25/2003
Arrangements for the Lying in State and Funeral of The Honorable Lester G. Maddox, 75th Governor of the State of Georgia

06/25/2003
Governor Perdue Orders Flags Lowered to Half Staff in Memory of Former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox

06/25/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding the Passing of Former Governor Lester Maddox

06/25/2003
Former Governor Lester Maddox Dies at Age 87

06/24/2003
Governor Perdue Orders Capitol Flag Lowered to Half Staff in Memory of Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson

06/24/2003
Update on the Condition of Former Governor Lester Maddox

06/23/2003
Georgia First Responders to Receive $6.9 Million in Homeland Security Grants

06/23/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding the Death of Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson

06/20/2003
McLagan Announced as New Director of Communications King to Become Director of External Affairs

06/16/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Recommends Bill Donohue to Continue Leadership of the Jekyll Island State Park Authority

06/13/2003
Governor Perdue Names Members to State Boards and Commissions

06/12/2003
Governor Perdue Names New Chief Financial Officer and Department Heads for Revenue, Banking and Finance, Community Affairs and Commission on Soil and Conservation

06/11/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Provides Details Regarding FY 2004 Budget Deferrals

06/11/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Formation of the Judicial Nominating Commission

06/05/2003
Governor Perdue Names Members to State Boards and Commissions

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Directs State Road and Tollway Authority To Honor 1980 Agreement and Discontinue Torras Causeway Toll

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Fifty-One Bills Into Law

06/04/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Vetoes Twenty-One Bills

06/04/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs FY 2004 Budget

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Signs House Bill 748

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Takes Action to Protect GA 400 Toll Dollars Governor's Order Directs Use of Excess Tollway Funds to GA 400 Corridor

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Thanks Secretary Tom Ridge and the U. S. Department of Homeland Security For $37M To Assist Georgia's First Responder Efforts

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Legislation Restoring Due Process Rights For Georgia's Teachers

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Thirty-Two Bills Into Law

06/04/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs Omnibus Revenue Bill

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Signs One Hundred Sixteen Bills Into Law

06/04/2003
Governor Perdue Names Former Transition Chair Swearingen As Senior Adviser to Georgia on Military Bases; Former U. S. Senators Mattingly and Nunn to Serve as Honorary Co-Chairs

06/03/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Ten Bills Into Law

06/03/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding the Retirement of Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Tom Coleman

06/03/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces the Resignation of Director of Communications, Erin O'Brien

06/03/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Legislation Addressing Encroachment Issues for Georgia's Military Installations

06/02/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Six Bills Into Law

06/02/2003
Huckaby Announces Interim Director for the Construction Division of the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission

06/02/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Forty-Eight Bills Into Law

05/30/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Legislation Bringing Greater Accountability To The Process Of Reviewing Suspicious Child Deaths in Georgia

05/30/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Legislation Removing Barriers To The Classroom For Out-Of-State and Former Educators

05/30/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Eighty-Four Bills Into Law

05/30/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Twenty-Six Bills Into Law

05/29/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints New Members to State Boards and Commissions

05/28/2003
Governor Perdue Asks Burks and Ebersole to Remain at Posts

05/28/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Bills Into Law

05/28/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs Proof of Insurance Legislation

05/27/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Tim Burgess Commissioner of the Department of Community Health

05/27/2003
Governor Perdue Launches The Commission For A New Georgia

05/23/2003
Governor Perdue Signs House Bill 800

05/23/2003
Governor Perdue Extends Thanks To President Bush and Georgia's Congressional Delegation For Passage of Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

05/22/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Three More Bills Into Law

05/22/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs Indigent Defense Legislation

05/20/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints New Members to Board of Regents

05/20/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Education Legislation Into Law

05/19/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Approval of Georgia's Accountability Plan

05/16/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints New Members to State Boards of Education, Industry, Trade and Tourism and the Georgia Lottery Commission

05/15/2003
Governor Perdue Announces Blueprint for Regional Transit Expansion

05/15/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs Methamphetamine Legislation

05/14/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Legislation

05/14/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Signs FY 2003 Amended Budget

05/13/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Highlights Improvement in Atlanta Air Quality

05/13/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding The Retirement of Environmental Protection Division Director Harold Reheis

05/09/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Declares State of Emergency In Harris and Troup Counties

05/07/2003
Governor Perdue Signs Foster Care Legislation Giving Foster Parents Stronger Voice In Deciding Children's Best Interests

05/02/2003
Draft of the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa Allocation Formula Agreement Now Available Online

05/02/2003
Governor accepting nominations from Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit Bar Members

05/01/2003
ACT Allocation Formula Agreement

05/01/2003
Notice of Public Comment Period - Alabama-Coosa-Talapoosa Allocation Formula

05/01/2003
Governor Perdue Welcomes Federal Homeland Security Funds

04/25/2003
Governor Perdue Applauds Unanimous Support of Foster Care Legislation

04/25/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Authorizes Reward For Information Regarding The Murder of Fulton County Police Officer Aaron Blount

04/25/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Encouraged by the Passage of Indigent Defense Legislation

04/25/2003
Significant Pieces of Governor's S.T.A.R.S. Education Package Pass The Legislature

04/24/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Praises the Passage of Methamphetamine Legislation to Protect Georgia's Communities

04/23/2003
Governor Perdue Exhorts Legislators To Act Responsibly, Take Decisive Actions On Final Day of Regular Legislative Session

04/18/2003
Easter Weekend Radio Address of Governor Sonny Perdue

04/11/2003
Statement of Erin O'Brien, Communications Director for Governor Sonny Perdue

04/10/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In New State Board of Education Member

04/10/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Proclaims Prisoner Of War Recognition Day

04/09/2003
Fact Sheet: Governor Perdue Takes Aggressive Stand Against Methamphetamine Production in Georgia

04/07/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In New State Board of Regents Member

04/04/2003
Fact Sheet: Governor Perdue's Proposed Legislation Gives Foster Parents a Voice

04/04/2003
Prepared Remarks of Governor Sonny PerdueYellow Ribbon Day

04/04/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Encourages Georgians To Show Support For Our Troops and Nation In Yellow Ribbon Ceremony

04/04/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Recommendation of House Rules Committee On Georgia State Flag

04/01/2003
Fact Sheet: Governor Perdue's Leadership in Sweeping Ethics Reform

04/01/2003
Governor Perdue's S.T.A.R.S. Education Plan

03/28/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Passage of Education Legislation by the Senate

03/28/2003
Statement Regarding Georgia Sales Tax Free Holiday

03/26/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Failure of the General Assembly to Pass a Revenue Enhancement Package for the FY 2004 Budget

03/26/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In New State Board of Natural Resources Member

03/24/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Passage of FY 2003 Supplemental Budget

03/24/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Concludes Fitness Challenge

03/21/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Next "Saturday with Sonny"

03/21/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Georgia Students Serving as Reservists and National Guard Members

03/20/2003
Statement from Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding the Discussion of the Georgia Flag

03/20/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Today's Hearing

03/20/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding Tornado Damage

03/20/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue

03/18/2003
Prepared Remarks of Governor Sonny Perdue

03/18/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue Regarding DOT Commissioner Coleman

03/18/2003
Governor Perdue Appoints Sherberger as New GEMA Director

03/13/2003
Governor Perdue Reappoints Four Administration Officials

03/12/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In Two New Members of the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority

03/10/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Proclaims Weekend of Prayer

03/10/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In New State Board of Education Member

03/10/2003
Huckaby Enlists Experienced Former Chief Financial Officer as Deputy

03/05/2003
Governor's Telecommunications and Technology Task Force To Hold Next Meeting

03/04/2003
Governor Perdue Announces WaterFirst Program

03/03/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Proposes Legislation Giving Foster Parents A Voice

03/03/2003
Governor Perdue Makes Special Visit To Atlanta's Cascade Elementary School In Celebration of Read Across America Day

03/03/2003
First Lady Mary Perdue Leads Statewide Efforts for Read Across America Day

02/27/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Proposes Legislation to Target Methamphetamine Production, Sale and Possession

02/27/2003
Thirteen Million in State Funds Available for Georgia Tobacco Farmers

02/20/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue on the Departure of Department of Revenue Commissioner Jerry Jackson

02/18/2003
Governor Perdue Aims For The S.T.A.R.S. With Education Bills

02/17/2003
New Online Services Benefit Georgia Business Owners

02/17/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Help for Georgians In Need

02/14/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Next "Saturday with Sonny"

02/13/2003
Governor Perdue Swears-In New State Board of Education Members

02/07/2003
Statement from Erin O'Brien, Communications Director for Governor Perdue

02/06/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Newell Rubbermaid Relocation

02/05/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces Blue Bird Investment Plans

02/05/2003
Governor Perdue Makes Recommendation To Discontinue CCOP Bid

02/05/2003
Governor Perdue Applauds Appointment of Shelley Nickel to Serve as Executive Director of the Georgia Student Finance Commission

02/05/2003
Governor Perdue Unveils Education Legislation Package

02/05/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Recommends Wanda Barrs

01/31/2003
Governor Perdue Introduces Redistricting Guidelines To Georgia Senate

01/29/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Forms Task Force to Review the Converged Communications Outsourcing Project

01/29/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue

01/27/2003
Governor Perdue Introduces The Ethics Reform Act of 2003 To Georgia Senate

01/27/2003
State of the State Remarks

01/24/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Calls On Bush Administration To Release Low Income Home Energy Assistance Emergency Funds To Help Low Income Georgians With Increasing Home Heating Costs

01/23/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Recommends Glenn Cornell As New Commissioner of Industry, Trade and Tourism Department

01/22/2003
Governor Sonny Perdue Announces "Saturdays with Sonny"

01/22/2003
Statement of Governor Sonny Perdue

01/15/2003
Governor Perdue Submits Budget Meeting Georgia's Needs

01/15/2003
Prepared Remarks of Governor Sonny Perdue's 2003 Budget Address

01/10/2003
Governor-Elect Perdue Reappoints Eight Department and Agency Officials

01/08/2003
Governor-Elect Perdue Commends Senator Miller

01/06/2003
Governor-Elect Perdue Announces State's First COO

01/04/2003
Schedule for Inaugural Events

01/02/2003
Governor-Elect Selects Sehorn To Serve As State's First Inspector General

01/09/2002
Governor-Elect Perdue Appoints Bill Hitchens Director of Homeland Security