Georgia Republican Party Chairman John Padgett weighed in on Donald Trump, who is the current leader in polls of Georgia Republican primary voters, saying that the billionaire real estate developer isn’t a typical politician who can relate to average Americans because he doesn’t use political speak. Padgett made his remarks on WGAU Radio‘s Newsmakers with
We hope you survived what’s becoming known as #Snowzilla or #snowmaggedon2016. In Washington, they got one of the worst storms ever, and Speaker Paul Ryan let the country watch it with a live video from the Speaker’s balcony. God help anyone who didn’t get enough bread and milk to make it through. The reads continue
Senate Finance Chairman Judson Hill has dropped two measures affecting taxation. One, SB 280, would modify tax rates and exemptions for personal income taxes and eliminate the corporate net worth tax, and the other, SR 756, is a proposed constitutional amendment that, if approved, would automatically lower personal tax rates by up to five percent
Health care provider Kaiser Permanente will open a new call center in Gwinnett County that is expected to bring more than 800 new jobs by 2020, with most in place by the end of next year. Governor Nathan Deal, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, and Gwinnett County officials announced in a press conference at
Senator Greg Kirk of Americus introduced the First Amendment Defense Act of Georgia at a Capitol Hill press conference this afternoon, saying he is introducing the legislation in order to heal the divides in the Peach State over the issue of same sex marriage. Kirk said he modeled his legislation on a similar federal bill
As readers of GeorgiaPol.com know, there is a lot that goes on during the 40 day legislative session. And even when the session ends, the capitol stays busy, with activity in the executive branch, and legislative study committees that meet during the summer. Making sure that information about these activities reaches the public is the
Now that Mike Crane has committed to run for the third district congressional seat currently held by Lynn Westmoreland, we now have a candidate for Crane’s seat in the State Senate. Matt Brass, who currently serves as Westmoreland’s Chief of Staff will run for the 28th district seat. Brass is a Newnan native who served
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a challenge to President Obama’s plan to shield certain illegal immigrants from deportation. The challenge was filed by the state of Texas, and joined by 25 additional states including Georgia. The president’s proposed executive action, which was announced in November 2014, would allow undsocumented parents
The House and Senate appropriation Committees began several days of joint hearings on Tuesday, as they begin to consider both the amended FY 2016 budget and the budget for fiscal year 2017, which begins on July 1st. For the most part, these hearings are pretty dry, with the agency head reviewing the information presented in
Early signs of opposition to Governor Nathan Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District were present over the weekend at an Athens forum sponsored by the Athens branch of the NAACP and the UGA chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. The Opportunity School District plan would allow the state to take over a limited number of
