Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth has fallen on hard times. The area has noticeably declined since its glorious opening in 1984 as the county’s first ever supermall. Competition from the nearby Discover Mills Mall and the Mall of Georgia, dragging consumer spending (a legacy of the 2008 recession), and a burgeoning global preference for online
Speaker Ralston has been busy this summer. Tuesday he named members to three more study committees. Here they are. The Joint Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Study Committee will consist of five representatives and five senators. Its stated purpose is: To study how providing market incentives for installation of refueling infrastructure for alternative fuel vehicles would serve
Today, Senator Johnny Isakson announced that he has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that will secure federal funding to relocate St. Marys Airport away from the nearby Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base. From Senator Isakson’s press release: The current location of the Camden County, Ga., airport has for years raised
It’s been a big week for naming study committees. In addition to the committee assignments reported by GeorgiaPol yesterday, Speaker Ralston has named members to three more and has also appointed members to a new state commission. Most notable is the House Study Committee on Regional Transit Solutions authorized by HR 1605. The Committee will consider
Chalk one up for the good guys. 134,000 solar panels have been installed at Fort Benning, the U.S. Army base next to Columbus, Georgia. The new solar energy facility is a joint project between the Army and Georgia Power. Georgia Power has spent $70 million over the last two years developing it and they are
Hartsfield-Jackson is the busiest airport in the world, funneling more than 100 million travelers through its terminals in 2015. To prepare for an increase in travel this summer, Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue have requested at least 100 additional Travel Safety Officers (TSO) from the head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Peter
Golf. You know. That thing that old men do when they get bored after retiring. That unbelievably frustrating game where your only opponent is your own mental fragility. That sport where you can top 17 tee shots in a row, but you keep coming back because of a beautiful drive down the 18th fairway. Yeah
President Obama will soon use his veto pen for just the tenth time since he’s been in office. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution of disapproval of the so-called fiduciary rule, a U.S. Department of Labor regulation that requires financial advisors give retirement advice that is in their client’s best interest and is
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted 68 -29 to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for a potential outbreak of the Zika virus in the United States. The Georgia delegation split with Senator Johnny Isakson voting yea and Senator David Perdue voting nay. Both senators sent out press releases to address the issue.
Rob Oldham checking in. Right now, they call me intern. Really though, I’m just your average white upper middle class suburbanite. I always pick a 45-minute car ride over MARTA, my mom did my laundry throughout college, and I vote a straight Republican ticket except when I’m feeling guilty. Born on the mean streets of
