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CLEVELAND — Hundreds of police officers, Secret Service agents and private security guards in cars, on foot and on horseback blanketed the area around Donald Trump’s campaign rally Saturday afternoon. Dozens of protesters would soon be ejected from the event.

Politicians in Mississippi have used campaign money to pay for such things as a BMW, an RV and $800 cowboy boots.

Georgia law doesn’t anticipate this situation.
Texas-based Kinder Morgan has vowed to build its Palmetto Pipeline 210 miles through Georgia even though the state has denied it the power to condemn property in its path. Now, the company’s tenacity raises the question of how it will now navigate Georgia’s environmental regulations.

The struggle is real for Savannah’s inner-city schools, but it is starting to get a little less intense.
District officials say the five inner-city schools highlighted for takeover by Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed state-run Opportunity School District are on track to meet or exceed academic growth requirements.

A bill that promises to ease the way for state-funded road projects would also erase history, according to archaeologists from around Georgia.
“It’s a matter of whether people give a damn about the past or not,” said Daniel Elliott, president of the Lamar Institute, a Savannah-based archaeology nonprofit.

The Savannah metro economy remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2015, as gains in employment were offset by activity at the ports returning to a more sustainable level in the second half of the year.

DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama says politicians who aspire to lead the country should try to bring Americans together, not divide them.Obama says candidates who won't do that don't deserve the public's support and votes.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 47,000 Leaf electric cars in the U.S. and Canada, citing a possible brake malfunction.Documents posted by U.S. safety regulators Saturday say the problem is centered on a relay inside the cars' electronic brake booster.