This week’s Courier Herald column: Government is a strange vehicle from which we translate the fickle desires and demands of short-term public opinion and translate them into the long-term infrastructure and institutions that will serve the next generation. Those who hope to be in politics or government for the long term need to have one
This week’s Courier Herald column: The first week of the annual meeting of Georgia’s General Assembly is filled with a lot of ceremony and pageantry. The annual Wild Hog Supper welcomes legislators back to Atlanta. The Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs & Issues breakfast allows the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House
Governor Nathan Deal released his proposed fiscal year 2017 budget Thursday afternoon that would raise and spend $23.7 billion in the fiscal year beginning July 1st. Many lawmakers will spend the weekend reviewing it, and will return to the gold dome on Tuesday for a week of budget hearings. The pie chart at right shows
The Georgia House and Senate will gather in the House Chamber at 11 this morning to hear from Governor Deal. The speech is expected to last about an hour, and it is believed the governor will focus on education. We will be tweeting the speech on Twitter, so follow along at @GeorgiaPol_com. You can let
