claim: nathan deal saved the hope scholarship program.
author: zell miller
evidence_1: feb 22, 2011 ... gov. nathan deal today will introduce bipartisan legislation that preserves  georgia's cherished hope scholarship and pre-k programs ...
evidence_2: mar 2, 2011 ... nathan deal's plan to save lottery-funded programs , including the college ... the  bill would cut the scholarships to 90 percent for all but the ...
evidence_3: jan 24, 2018 ... the state's newly elected governor, republican nathan deal, moved to trim ...  did abrams actually save the hope scholarship program from a ...
evidence_4: ... for governor, accusing stacey abrams of cutting a hope scholarship deal with  .... effort to gut the program, stacey abrams saved the hope scholarship and ...
evidence_5: nathan deal on tuesday unveiled sweeping cuts to the popular scholarship ...  the determination to save the hope program for generations to come," he said.