It was announced today by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal that both the Department of Corrections and the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA) will soon be under new leadership. Current GEMHSA Director Jim Butterworth will be leaving his position on December 1 to enter the private arena and will be replaced by Homer
I honestly don’t know what I am supposed to feel right now after going through Hurricane Matthew. I just feel pretty numb. I haven’t felt this way since my dad passed away 2.5 years ago. I didn’t lose anybody during the hurricane, but something much bigger than myself happened and I had no way to
Rhonda Cook at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last night that 13 people have been shortlisted for consideration by Gov. Nathan Deal for three open slots on the Georgia Supreme Court. Two of the three seats were newly created by the passing of House Bill 927 during the 2016 General Assembly session. The third seat is
From a press release from the Georgia Attorney General’s Office: “On Tuesday, September 28, 2016, a Richmond County Grand Jury charged Roman Cibirka with two felony counts of Theft by Taking (O.C.G.A. § 16-8-2). Roman Cibirka was the Vice Provost of Georgia Regents University (now Augusta University). Prior to serving as the Vice Provost he
Gov. Nathan Deal shared today that Tory Burch LLC plans to create over 150 jobs and invest more than $60 million in McDonough in Henry County by 2020. The company will lease a building located in Lambert Farms Logistics Park as a distribution center for its ecommerce operations. The distribution center hopes to be operational by
Sen. Johnny Isakson honored Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R, GA-3) from the Senate Floor on Thursday. Isakson recognized Westmoreland’s many years of leadership in the U.S. House, while also noting some of his professional accomplishments prior to joining Congress. Sen. Isakson also took a few moments to share a little about Westmoreland’s family, including his 47 years of
From a joint press release: U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and David Perdue, R-Ga., joined 15 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, urging them to keep unnecessary, controversial political measures out of the
Michael McNeely, GAGOP 1st Vice-Chair, has announced via Facebook his intention to run for GAGOP Chairman in 2017: “I have been asked several times this week whether I intend to run for Chairman of the Georgia GOP. I’m not one to be coy about something that important, so I wanted to put the question to
