Polls opened Monday morning across the state to kick off the presidential primary election.

Voters will decide who they'll want to face President Barack Obama in the November general election.

Bibb County Elections Supervisor Elaine Carr said it seems that more and more people are taking advantage of voting early.

"The voters are beginning to gradually really tune in to advance voting and they're really picking up on it," said Carr. "The 2008 general election, 29,000 of our voters voted in here in this office."

Carr said their office and others across the state will be open through Friday, March 2, and for the first time this year, you can also vote early on a Saturday.

"It will be February 25; we'll be open 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. for any voters that can't get in here during the week and have trouble on election day going," said Carr.

By State Senator Ross Tolleson

This week, I was pleased to welcome Mayor Jimmy Faircloth and members of the Perry City Council to the State Capitol. Representative Larry O'Neal and I were able to meet with this prestigious group while they were in Atlanta for the Georgia Municipal Association meeting. It is always a pleasure to have local leaders and citizens come to the Capitol.  I welcome the touch of home it brings and the reminder that everyday I open my office door I am here to do the business of the people of the 20th district.

By: Sen. Cecil Staton

The 2012 Legislative Session is officially underway, and lawmakers wasted little time in getting down to work with ambitious goals for the session that will help secure the future prosperity of Georgia. Hot-topics up for debate this year include tax and criminal justice reform, economic development, job creation, government oversight, higher education and transportation.