Author: Jessica Szilagyi

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 25, 2021

Peaches House GOP resumes tax-cut push as Georgia finances rebound Paulding County DA suspended by Georgia governor Counties pushing back on proposed logging bill House approves bill stipulating cities, counties can’t cut police funding Georgia counties seek legal fees for ‘frivolous’ Trump voter-fraud lawsuit Democrats’ biggest gains from 2008-2020 came in these Georgia counties The

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 18, 2021

Peaches Proposed amendment to Georgia Constitution could hamper Trump investigation Limits On Policing For Profit Circumvented In GA Cities With Outsourced Traffic Citations Georgia Attorney General Indicts Paulding DA GSP Changes their tattoo policy after years of demands but people are still unhappy Predawn hearings shroud Georgia election bills in secrecy The first Georgia hospital

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 11, 2021

Peaches Some positive news about do-gooders Sen. Warnock is under investigation. Modernizing Cash Aid for Thousands of Georgia Children in Deep Poverty The Isakson bridge? That time a Facebook post about organ donation worked. Kemp, Ralston make big ta-do about $1,000 for state employees COVID-19  The potential for domestic travel restrictions? And now the shot

Morning Reads – Thursday, January 28, 2021

Peaches New Georgia bill would require 2 photo ID copies for absentee voting  $1,000 for pre-k teachers, too Georgia election official says he hates ‘being right’ How new voters, Black women transformed Georgia’s politics Georgia State President Becker heads pay list Georgia police chief atoning for past injustices Biden plan to change health rules could

Morning Reads – Thursday, January 14, 2021

Peaches Georgia PSC candidate says race may have been left off some ballots “Democrats in Georgia ‘outworked, out-strategized and obviously outperformed’ GOP in Senate runoffs” Activists who helped flip Georgia call for more progressive state policies Georgia state senators who backed attempts to overturn presidential election stripped of committee assignments Marjorie Taylor Greene already making

Last Morning Reads of 2020

I won’t jump the gun and say ‘we made it’ because Lord knows 2020 would pull some 13/01/20 level nonsense, but we’re pretty darn close to closing out a year that’s been pretty awful for just about everyone. In light of that, here’s some terrible news: The Runoff Election Georgia’s Runoff Drama Likely to Drag