Back in December, I wrote about disabled war veteran Daniel Lister who was amid a battle with his Homeowners Association over yard appearance and covenants violations. The HOA had placed a lien on his home, one funded through a Purple Heart program, and fines were piling up – sparking an outrage by readers. Retired Army Staff
On this date in 1862, during the Civil War, about 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee . In the legislature… In the House today. Yesterday in the Senate. Today in the Senate: SB 15 (weapons carry license adjustments) & SB 16 (regarding THC regulation for cannabis oil) Peaches Mental health
On this date in 1825, the U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. In the legislature House bills passed yesterday. House bills on the floor today. Senate bills on the floor today: HB 43 (Amended budget) SB 48 – Hunting/Fishing and SB 52 –
Third party candidates didn’t score a win during the presidential election in 2016, but the 11th US. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a landmark decision in favor of those who oppose a two-party system. In 2016, a U.S. District Judge in Atlanta ruled that the signatures required to get on the ballot as a
On this date in 1962, the 8th and 9th planets aligned for the first time in 400 years. Peaches Another ruling for third party presidential candidates in Georgia Delta has it so hard with all their billions in profit A change in state pipeline rules coming down the pipeline? Fatigued on the medical cannabis issue?
On this date in 1998, then-President Bill Clinton uttered the words, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” REST IN PEACE Mary Tyler Moore Peaches The ‘hospital bed tax’ has a new name Democrat agenda in the state house is a 35-bill initiative President Trump can scratch Georgia off the list.
As Georgia has made great strides with Governor Deal’s justice reform policies, there’s one place (well, maybe a few) that we’re still falling short. The death penalty. Georgia led the nation in executions in 2016 putting nine men to death by a lethal injection. Death penalty advocates say the increase is due to a back
January 16th is a big day in history. In 1919, Prohibition was ratified, on this same date in 1920, it went into effect, and it’s the 19th anniversary of the beginning of the Monica Lewinsky/Clinton lies probe. Today is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, though that date is not affiliated with the 16th, but
As the inauguration of Donald Trump approaches, the push for sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants at colleges and universities around the country is intensifying, but that isn’t stopping state legislators from doing everything they can to stop such actions. House Bill 37, already being pushed by four legislators, was filed Wednesday. Republicans Terry England, Greg
On this date in 1915, the US House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. Peaches Could casinos hurt local governments? A 4-year-old superstar from Georgia Atlanta outperformed Georgia in late 2016 Georgia Power praised for Hurricane Matthew efforts Who just walks in and confesses to murder? Jimmy Carter The Peso
