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Oxendine pleads guilty in health-care fraud scheme

John Oxendine ATLANTA - Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to conspiracy to commit health-care fraud in a scheme involving the ordering of unnecessary medical tests. Oxendine, 61,...

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Georgia Senate panel OKs fiscal ’25 state budget

State Sen. Blake Tillery ATLANTA - Georgia Senate budget writers approved a $36.1 billion state budget Thursday with pay raises for state employees and public school teachers fueled by a bulging revenue surplus. The spending plan, which takes effect July 1, would...

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Georgia employment keeps reaching new highs

Georgia Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson ATLANTA - Georgia's economy continued to reach all-time highs on a number of fronts last month, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. While Georgia's unemployment rate remained steady at 3.1% in February, the...

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