Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr held a press conference today where he announced a Statewide Opioid Task Force had been created. The goal of the Task Force is to provide “an infrastructure of communication between organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors that are combating and are impacted by this critical issue.” You can track
From a campaign press release: Casey Cagle today announced his team of campaign staff and advisers. “I’ve always said: In business, you find someone who’s proven they can do a job and can go out and do it again,” Cagle said. “I have assembled a group of professionals who are experienced veterans of Georgia political
From a press release: U.S. Representative Karen Handel today applauded the White House’s announcement of its initiative to expand access to STEM and Computer Science education across the country. Specifically, President Trump directed the Department of Education to create $200 million in competitive-grant projects that will advance K-12 STEM education. As a member of the
Target has announced that it is raising its minimum wage to $11, with a promise to increase it to $15 by 2020. Wal-Mart has set its minimum wage at $10. Both of these are almost double Georgia’s minimum wage is $5.15, which is superceded by the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Is it
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued a press release today that alerts prospective vehicle buyers of flood-damaged cars being introduced into the used car market after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The press release urges buyers to check the vehicle’s history, to inspect the vehicle, and to carefully examine the title to see if the car
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued an update via press release on the multi-state battle against a growing opioid crisis in this country. The press release states: “Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the bipartisan coalition of attorneys general looking into the opioid epidemic is seeking documents and information from manufacturers of prescription opioids.
Qualifying for special elections for two Senate seats and four House seats concluded this afternoon. GeorgiaPol contributor Teri Anulewicz was the only candidate to qualify in the House District 42 race, so she will finish the unexpired term of Stacey Evans, who resigned the seat to run for Governor. The special election will be held
Greg Bluestein of the AJC has reported that Governor Nathan Deal has issued a MANDATORY evacuation for all areas of Georgia that are east of I-95. The evacuation order will take effect on Saturday. 30 counties are now on the state of emergency list: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch,
From Governor Nathan Deal’s office: “Acting on a recommendation from the state’s Emergency Operations Command in anticipation of Hurricane Irma, I’ve issued a state of emergency for six coastal counties. This emergency declaration includes Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and McIntosh Counties. This executive order prohibits price gouging and waives rules and regulations for motor
Georgia Senator Rick Jeffares, a Republican candidate for Lt. Governor, has issued a press release stating his support for a constitutional amendment to limit the Lt. Gov. position to two (2) four year terms. This would match the current term limit for a Georgia Governor. Sen. Jeffares stated: “I believe that term limits are good
