The House Study Committee on Military Affairs has yet to issue its final report, but its impact will continue to be felt within the General Assembly. The committee was established via a House resolution to study ways to strengthen and protect Georgia’s military installations in advance of a new round of military base consolidation and
State Senator John Albers of Alpharetta has decided against running to replace Congressman Tom Price in the 6th seat that is expected to be open following Price’s appointment to President Trump’s cabinet. Citing his responsibility to his family, he announced his choice on Facebook this morning. The past few weeks have been very exciting as
Before adjourning for the year early Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed the 2017 water resources bill that provides needed funding for the Savannah River port deepening project, along with a measure that avoids a government shutdown by funding the federal government through April 28th, 2017. Formally titled the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security believes the attempt to breach the Georgia Secretary of State’s firewall using A DHS IP address was due to a computer in the Department of Customs and Border Security that was improperly configured to query the Secretary of State’s professional licensing database. According
One of the key proposals from President-Elect Trump is a $1 trillion investment that would be used to repair the country’s infrastructure, and ultimately to boost the economy and add jobs. But, as Politico reports, Trump’s plan looks a lot like the stimulus proposed and implemented by President Obama early in his presidency. That concerns
After detecting an attempted breach of the firewall protecting the Georgia Secretary of State’s internal network that came from an Internet address belonging to the US Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of State Brian Kemp today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson demanding an explanation. The network contains the Peach State’s voter
A two and a half year old complaint against House Speaker David Ralston has finally been settled in Ralston’s favor. The complaint, which dealt with the way Ralston handled escrow money of one of the clients in his law practice, was essentially settled last month, with Ralston agreeing to accept a minor reprimand from the
We now have the breakdown from the Secretary of State’s office on who voted during the 2016 general election. I took the information I compiled on who voted in 2014, and updated it to reflect this year’s results. In short, voting by blacks and whites is down, while voting by Asians and Hispanics is up.
Longtime Georgia political operative Rob Simms is leaving the RNCC after two terms (the first as Political Director, the most recent as Executive Director) to set up a political consulting practice with Mike Shields. Politico Playbook has the details: Mike Shields and Rob Simms, two of D.C.’s top GOP operatives, are starting Convergence Media, a
After Governor Deal vetoed the Free Exercise Protection Act last spring, There has been lots of speculation over whether “religious liberty” legislation would be a factor in the upcoming 2017 legislative session. That speculation grew more heated after House Speaker David Ralston wondered in an interview with Bill Nigut and Jim Galloway if the issue
