50/10 80/27 As with all other US states and the federal government Georgia's government is based on the separation of legislative executive and judicial power Executive authority in the state rests with the governor currently Brian Kemp (Republican) Both the Governor of Georgia and lieutenant governor are elected on separate ballots to four-year terms of office Unlike the federal government but like many other U.S States most of the executive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are elected by the citizens of Georgia rather than appointed by the governor, Latvia (48) Main article: Demographics of Atlanta. The Atlanta Chiefs won the championship of the now-defunct North American Soccer League in 1968 Atlanta United won the MLS Cup in 2018.
Almost every major highway and every major Interstate highway in metro Atlanta passes through Fulton County Outside Atlanta proper Georgia 400 is the major highway through north Fulton and Interstate 85 to the southwest, White-tailed (Virginia) deer are in nearly all counties the northern mockingbird and brown thrasher are among the 160 bird species that live in the state. . 19th State symbols, 72/22 91/32 13.2 Commercial railways, 2.1 Routes Amtrak has argued that it needs to increase capital program costs in 2013 in order to replace old train equipment because the multi-year maintenance costs for those trains exceeds what it would cost to simply buy new equipment that would not need to be repaired for several years However despite an initial request for more than $2.1 billion in funding for the year the company had to deal with a year-over-year cut in 2013 federal appropriations dropping to under $1.4 billion for the first time in several years Amtrak stated in 2010 that the backlog of needed repairs of the track it owns on the Northeast Corridor included over 200 bridges most dating to the 19th century tunnels under Baltimore dating to the American Civil War era and functionally obsolete track switches which would cost $5.2 billion to repair (more than triple Amtrak's total annual budget) Amtrak's budget is only allocated on a yearly basis and it has been argued by Joseph Vranich that this makes multi-year development programs and long-term fiscal planning difficult if not impossible.[page needed]. Province of Pennsylvania a proprietary colony established 1681 Music The Masters golf tournament the first of the PGA tour's four "majors" is held annually the second weekend of April at the Augusta National Golf Club; 6.3 Television Kenya (52) See also: History of rail transport in the United States. In recent events Democrat Jim Martin ran against incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss Chambliss failed to acquire the necessary 50 percent of votes a Libertarian Party candidate receiving the remainder of votes in the runoff election held on December 2 2008 Chambliss became the second Georgia Republican to be reelected to the U.S Senate. On July 5 Chipper Jones surpassed Dale Murphy for the Atlanta club record of 372 home runs by belting two against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Georgia state legislators have claimed that in an 1818 survey the state's border with Tennessee was erroneously placed one mile (1.6 km) farther south than intended and have continued to dispute this with Tennessee Correction of this inaccuracy would allow Georgia access to water from the Tennessee River.
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