By JAKE ARMSTRONG ATLANTA - A band of Republican state lawmakers, pledging to do their part in Georgia, called on Congress on Wednesday to wean the nation off foreign energy resources in the next 30 years.

By Brandon Larrabee ATLANTA - After three years of steady forward movement, the statewide water plan being crafted by a panel of agency leaders and lawmakers hit its first speed bump this month.

By BRANDON LARRABEE ATLANTA - After three years of steady forward movement, the statewide water plan being crafted by a panel of agency heads and lawmakers hit its first speed bump earlier this month.

By BRANDON LARRABEE ATLANTA - Officials and advocates who are pushing for Georgia lawmakers to adopt some form of statewide water plan hope that the drought gripping the state has a silver lining: Helping their cause.

By Travis Fain, The Macon Telegraph, Ga. Apr. 17--ATLANTA -- One of the most controversial bills of this session, a measure that would make it easier for oil pipeline companies to condemn land near existing lines, got shot down Monday in what looks to be the bill's last gasp.