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Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Updated with video; The Lee County Board of Education met this morning with Representative Ed Rynders to discuss concerns they have for the new year.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  While no one in Georgia won the $550 million dollar jackpot, several players and students did win big from the gargantuan jackpot.

Thursday, October 04, 2012  Updated with video; Georgia Representative Ed Rynders visited Lee County Pre-K Thursday morning to celebrate it's 20th anniversary.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Georgia Lottery officials have announced that for fiscal year 2012, the lottery has broken a new record in education donations.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Local law makers were helping to celebrate the program in Dougherty and Lee counties Monday morning.

Friday, July 22, 2011 

Monday, March 07, 2011  Two weeks ago, Deal proposed cutting pre-k to half-day, which drew the ire of families who said they need a full day of care for their 4-year-olds and teachers who said they would have to find other jobs.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011  Due to declining lottery revenue, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is proposing cutting the Pre-K program in half.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010  The Georgia Lottery Corp. says it posted record first-half profits.