Georgia may soon take its name of the short list of states without a hate crime statute – especially given the newly announced support from two powerful lobbying arms in the business community. In 2019, the Georgia House of Representatives voted to approve a bill that would increase penalties for crimes committed against certain classes
Happy Thursday to you and yours. There’s a lot going on around the state and nation this week: Peaches A new reason Georgia may turn blue? Have you been watching the disaster of a DA’s race in Columbus? Of course they do. How very Lowndes County of them both. Some $230k for a housing study
As Georgia prepares for an unprecedented number of voters using absentee ballots in the upcoming primary election, the State Election Board has approved a rule that will allow local election boards to open absentee ballots up to eight days before Election Day. The Board members made the decision last week in an emergency rule for
Good morning. Did you know that it was on this day 201 years ago that the first bicycle was seen in the United States? Now you do, so here’s some news: Peaches. Another lawsuit over social media blocks – this time, a Georgia lawmaker. Because the ‘regular’ scooters have been such a raging success. Georgia
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is getting vocal about the federal government’s motion to dismiss the case against General Michael Flynn. Carr joined a coalition with 14 other attorneys general from around the country. The coalition collectively filed a brief in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The coalition contends that the court
Georgia’s U.S. Senators were on opposite sides of the aisle last week when an amendment, which would have forced the government to get a warrant before obtaining the internet search history of Americans under the FISA Act, failed to get enough votes for passage. Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler split on the bipartisan Wyden-Daines
The Georgia Supreme Court issued its ruling in Barrow v.Raffensperger on Thursday, a suit in which Barrow is challenging the decision of the Secretary of State to cancel the upcoming election for Justice Keith Blackwell’s seat on the Georgia Supreme Court. The Court ruled that a judge can set aside the election of anyone else
United States Senator Ted Cruz has backed a candidate in the race for Georgia’s 7th Congressional district. Citing ‘continued momentum,’ the endorsement by the conservative Senator from Texas was announced by the Rich McCormick campaign on Thursday. Senator Cruz released the following statement with his endorsement: “Dr. Rich McCormick is the type of leader we
Today is the 172nd birthday of the Associated Press. It’s also the 22nd anniversary of the day that Seinfeld died. Peaches Perdue betrays. 2020 says ‘Level Up!’ South Georgia School choice can ease our looming problems. Amid Brunswick Judicial Circuit chaos, 1985 case reopens. And Georgia House Republicans are pandering at new heights. Or lows.
Today is the 28th anniversary of the ratification of the 27th Amendment – At the time, it was a 203-year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise. #TheMoreYouKnow Peaches Loeffler recuses herself from Agriculture subcommittee The Root is relentless on Kemp. College students still want pass/fail option. Duncan wants us
