The board of Oglethorpe Power, one of the owners of Plant Vogtle’s units 3 & 4 currently under construction in Burke County near Waynesboro, has just voted to proceed but demand a cost cap for finishing construction amid escalating costs and multiple extended deadlines. Earlier today another owner, MEAG – the Municipal Electrical Association of
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week the Georgia Ports Authority held its annual State of the Ports briefing in Savannah. It’s an annual banquet that fills the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center to capacity with the state’s elected officials and business leaders. The program is similar each year and can usually be subtitled
This week’s Courier Herald column: It was Monday September 10th and Florence already had my attention. Much of social media was already populated with remembrances of September 11th, calling September 10th the last day we would know as normal. It was a fitting juxtaposition for the forecast. Despite still being almost a week away, the
Justice Charlie Bethel of Georgia’s Court of Appeals has been named to fill the remaining vacancy on Georgia’s Supreme Court. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Bethel served as a State Senator for the Dalton area. He takes the seat of former Chief Justice Harris Hines, who retired at the end of
The ATL is coming together. This morning, the appointments made to The ATL board made by the Governor, Lt Governor, and Speaker were released. Additional board members are being elected by legislators that represent the districts drawn across the 13 county ATL map. The Chairman of The ATL’s board will be Charlie Sutlive of Georgia
This week’s Courier Herald column: When the gavel fell in March on this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly, the focus was on the list of accomplishments that had been completed. Income tax cuts, a transit governance bill, and a major overhaul of Georgia’s adoption laws headlined the achievements. Left on the desks of
Well, we’re a political blog. We don’t write much about celebrities and their lives or their passing, but Burt Reynolds was one of us, a Georgian. Like many Georgians, he wasn’t really from here, though he claimed to have been born in Waycross throughout most of his career. He didn’t really live here, though he
This week’s Courier Herald column: As Georgia begins the final stretch to find a new occupant of the Governor’s Mansion, a look back at the accomplishments of its current occupant is in order. Perhaps none have been as transformational if not also a bit surprising as Governor Deal’s commitment to Criminal Justice Reform. For decades
By now you’ve likely seen the out take of Johnny Isakson saying anyone talking bad about John McCain deserves a “whippin”. Here’s the full ten minutes of Isakson’s remarks. I beg of you to take time when you can to watch this in in full. It’s about so much more than John McCain. If you
This week’s Courier Herald column: There was a time, only a generation or two ago, when words were currency. There was no social media. There were three major TV networks. Every city had at least one major newspaper that was widely read seven days per week. There were rules, written and unwritten, for those that
