In the News

Ben Wright
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Columbus Mayor Jim Wetherington and an attorney representing the city took their fight against online travel companies to Washington in a Wednesday meeting with the Blue Dog Democrats.

Last year the city won rulings from the Georgia Supreme Court against Expedia Inc. and hotels.com, agreeing the city is owed lodging taxes on the amount a customer pays for a room instead of the discounted room rate paid by the website. Columbus hotels were delisted by Expedia.com and other travel websites after the city filed suit in 2006.

By Randolph H. Wind
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Decision on permit is near, Corps officials say

Consultants representing the Grady County Commission on its permit application to build a lake on Tired Creek met with federal officials here Friday to hash out concerns raised in the eleventh hour by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials.

J.D. Sumner
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hundreds of Albany Technical College students accept diplomas, certificates and degrees Friday.

ALBANY, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, congratulated and challenged students graduating from various programs of study at Albany Technical College Friday to take their knowledge and leave a lasting mark on the world during his commencement address.

J.D. Sumner
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hundreds of Albany Technical College students accept diplomas, certificates and degrees Friday.

ALBANY, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, congratulated and challenged students graduating from various programs of study at Albany Technical College Friday to take their knowledge and leave a lasting mark on the world during his commencement address.

Jennifer Maddox Parks
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The Congressional Art Competition allows high school students throughout the country to demonstrate their artistic abilities. - Jennifer Maddox Parks, staff writer

ALBANY, GA — Since 1982, the Congressional Art Competition has allowed American high school students to showcase their artistic skills.
On Tuesday, the talent from Southwest Georgia had their chance to shine.

By Ricki Barker
Friday, February 19, 2010

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, told Dougherty County Rotary Club members Thursday afternoon that there is evidence that economic recovery is slowly moving forward.

“We welcome the beginning of the return for economic growth,” he said. “We are now starting to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.”

By Halimah Abdullah
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Georgia lawmakers are pushing back against a proposal in President Obama’s budget that ends compensation to cotton and peanut farmers for storage costs when they hold back on selling crops until they can net better market rates.

“The credits allow producers to store their cotton and peanuts at the government’s cost until prices rise. Therefore, storage credits have a negative impact on the amount of commodities on the market,” said a White House Office of Management and Budget analysis released earlier this month.

By J.D. Sumner
Wednesday February 10, 2010

ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop said that he's urging the Democratic leadership in both Congress and the White House to focus on reining in the country's growing debt problems in 2010.

A member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, Bishop said that spending was necessary in 2009 in the context of such historic economic trouble, but that 2010 is the time for "fiscal restraint."