Author: Jessica Szilagyi

Morning Reads – March 22, 2018

On this date in 1946, the first U.S. built rocket to leave the earth’s atmosphere reached a height of 50-miles. Georgia Make satire Facebook pages great again. Cobb County cracking the whip on student walkout participants Ex-Hawks employee claims discrimination against whites  Study: Horseracing would bring in billions for Georgia Alzheimer’s deaths on the rise in Georgia

Georgia Lawmakers Poised to Declare Porn a ‘Public Health Crisis’

Georgia lawmakers will vote on a resolution Wednesday that would declare pornography a public health crisis in the Peach State, if passed by the body. House Resolution 447, sponsored by Representatives Paulette Rakestraw, Dominic LaRiccia, Jan Jones, Scott Hilton, Jason Spencer, and Joyce Chandler, says pornography that “harms beyond the capability of the individual to address

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 22, 2018

  Peaches Altering HOPE eligibility makes a move closer in the House  Agency seeking fines for Plant Vogtle. Entertainment industry brings $9.5 million to Georgia Gun control rallies at the Capitol Wednesday  “Thousands in Georgia…leaving millions in college money on the table” The best small-town restaurant in Georgia is… Jimmy Carter CNN highlights from Florida

Morning Reads – Monday, February 19, 2018

I’m filling in for Will. Another Georgian takes the national stage with President Trump This would never fly at a public school Private donor pushes $1 million to St. Simons Preservation Georgia legislature adopts new sexual harassment policy  Anger within immigrant community over DACA An interesting article on a family that took in the Parkland

When Getting Credit Trumps Furthering a Cause…

It’s cutthroat at the Capitol and it’s the season for idea-stealing, self-interest, and worst of all, self-promotion. State representative Scott Holcomb, a Democrat from Atlanta, filed House Bill 745, a bi-partisan effort, a few weeks ago. The bill addresses rental agreements in the event of domestic violence situations and would allow for victims to break their