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New Georgia car insurance law creates controversy

Story By Jana Barnello
Posted on Monday, January 05, 2009 at 6:17 p.m.

Drivers can now get better uninsured motorist coverage than ever before in Georgia, for a price

A new law effective the first of the year gives Georgia drivers the option to get better car insurance coverage, but it cost more.

	Lee County man pleads guilty to drug charges
	Jury selection begins in Albany murder trial
	Albany-Dougherty EDC hires new president
	Commissioners consider projects for stimulus package
	President's Carter's former attorney general dead at 90
	Casey Cagle: Not interested in new gun law
	Georgia lawmaker weighing strip club fee
	20 die in holiday crashes in Georgia; wet roads to blame
	Gas prices across Georgia jump in wake of rising oil prices
	Parents react to new sex offender law
	Lights and ice rink unplugged at Chehaw
	Burglar changed locks on victim's home
	Families grateful for gas tax relief
	Albany man beaten and robbed
	High-profile Albany murder trials begin in January
	Driver killed, 1 injured in Ferrari crash
	Downtown crosses continue to stir controversy, public favors Peter Studl
	Authorities in Dougherty County investigate threatening Christmas card
	New laws are in effect for Georgia in 2009

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Albany • Georgia reduces gas tax as prices dip even lower • Man accused of killing 3-year-old boy slated for trial in Albany • Child abuse cases on the increase in Albany • New Georgia law requires sex offender's passwords • Two men rob Albany Title Pawn in broad daylight • Longest serving Albany cop retires • Many southwest Georgians aren't making New Year resolutions • Thieves steal vases from cemetery • Carter Center urges end to Gaza violence • Albany Cooper Tire workers get support from state • Holiday crime stats down in Albany, Dougherty County • FBI issues warning about internet job finding scams • Autopsy inconclusive for teen found dead in Lee County • Gaza fighting could effect southwest Georgia • APD makes five arrests in weekend shooting More Local News	Georgia • New Georgia car insurance law creates controversy • Lee County man pleads guilty to drug charges • Jury selection begins in Albany murder trial • Albany-Dougherty EDC hires new president • President's Carter's former attorney general dead at 90 • Casey Cagle: Not interested in new gun law • Georgia lawmaker weighing strip club fee • 20 die in holiday crashes in Georgia; wet roads to blame • Gas prices across Georgia jump in wake of rising oil prices • High-profile Albany murder trials begin in January • Driver killed, 1 injured in Ferrari crash • Downtown crosses continue to stir controversy, public favors Peter Studl • Authorities in Dougherty County investigate threatening Christmas card • New laws are in effect for Georgia in 2009 • Georgia reduces gas tax as prices dip even lower More State News