Bill introduced to reform sales of scarce medicine

A Congressman investigating wholesalers accused of jacking up prices of crucial prescription drugs in short supply on Tuesday introduced a bill meant to curb the problem.

Planned New Orleans court consolidation reversed

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A planned court consolidation in New Orleans approved by lawmakers after Hurricane Katrina has been scrapped. The Senate gave final legislative passage Monday to a bill that stops the consolidation. The measure by New Orleans Sen. Ed Murray is headed to the governor's desk.

Ellis and Other Local NAACP Members Say 'No' to Macon-Bibb Consolidation, Ask NAACP to Oppose It

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Former Macon mayor, C. Jack Ellis, and other members of the local NAACP say they will not support the Macon-Bibb consolidation bill, which will be voted on July 31st. Monday afternoon at City Hall, Ellis addressed rumors that some local chapter members are throwing their support behind the bill. He and other card-carrying members of the organization, including ...

Ellis, Lucas urge vote against Macon-Bibb consolidation

Former Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis denounced the upcoming vote on city-county consolidation Monday afternoon, saying he’d heard a few unnamed members of the local NAACP chapter were planning to endorse the proposal. Ellis, speaking with former state Rep. David Lucas on the steps of City Hall, said they and the handful of supporters accompanying them were current or lifetime members of the NAACP ...

Court consolidation bill passes state committee

COLUMBUS -- A bill to combine Sandusky County's outlying misdemeanor courts in Clyde and Woodville into a single judgeship passed unanimously Tuesday in an Ohio House of Representatives committee.