Lunchtime Reads for National Prime Rib Day (April 28)

Good morning, and happy National Prime Rib Day! It’s also Morse Code Day, and here’s a message that Liberty Mutual has put on Twitter for us to decipher. No, I am not a Liberty Mutual employee or customer, but I did think it looked kind of fun, so I’m sharing it.

We’ve got news, so let’s get to it!

Pat Conroy

• Governor Sonny Perdue’s bid to be the next chancellor of the University System of Georgia has crashed and burned. (Alternate link.)
• Georgia added 1 million residents in the last decade. We’re still growing, but at a slower rate.
• Senator Raphael Warnock has not drawn a big name challenger… yet. (Alternate link.)
• President Joe Biden will be in Georgia tomorrow, including a visit with President Jimmy Carter.
• Plant Vogtle’s expansion reactors are entering a final testing phase.
• Valdosta football coach Rush Propst’s contract will not be renewed.

Alice Walker

• President Biden’s first address to the joint Houses of Congress is tonight.
  • There will not be a designated survivor for this speech.
• The president will propose a $1.8 trillion spending and tax plan to expand access to education and safety nets for American families. (Alternate link.)
• The expected COVID baby boom has become a baby bust.
• The Senate is expected to reinstate the Obama Administration’s regulations on methane. (Alternate link.)
• The federal regulator for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae has created a new refinancing program for low income borrowers. (Alternate link.)
• We may be facing a gas shortage this summer due to lack of qualified truck drivers.
• EU lawmakers have approved a post-Brexit trade treaty with Britain.
• India has seen its 200,000th COVID death.

Flannery O’Connor

• An internet outage in Canada is being blamed on beavers.
• Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has grown a mullet.