This week’s Courier Herald column: Georgia’s budget for Fiscal Year 2017 is set to be its largest ever. The House and Senate will negotiate the final details of the $23.8 Billion package between now and March 24th. Along the way they may also consider a couple of plans to cap the budget, taxes, and the
A bipartisan group of Georgia legislators took to the House well this morning to condemn the statements of Georgia Mission Board lobbyist Mike Griffin in a blog post in the Christian Index. Before being edited, the post stated that: We must not let the government do to us what Hitler did to the pastors and
Welcome to Part 3 of the Ehrhart/Peterson feud (you can read Part 1 and Part 2). It seems this saga has come to an end. The AJC reported Chairman Earl Ehrhart and Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson mended fences. State Rep. Earl Ehrhart said he and Tech president Bud Peterson had a very “cordial and productive”
With seven legislative days remaining in the 2016 session, time to negotiate a compromise on House Bill 757, the Pastor Protection Act, is running short. After passing the House unanimously last month, the Senate amended the bill by attaching to it the First Amendment Defense Act, and returned it to the lower chamber, where is
It seems Chairman Earl Ehrhart’s feud with Georgia Tech over due process has escalated rather quickly. Georgia Pol covered the issue earlier, but here’s a quick recap: Last week, Representative Earl Ehrhart, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee On Higher Education, had much to say about due process in collegiate judicial proceedings involving students, or lack thereof.
The Georgia Senate recently approved House Bill 172, which would change the state’s boating laws making clear that drinking on an inflatable raft close to shore does not equate to “boating under the influence”. This bill would allow drinking alcoholic beverages while floating on the water as long as the raft does not have a motor and is within 100 feet
This week’s Courier Herald column: At a meeting in Athens held in conjunction with the Legislature’s biennial 2014 gathering, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle somewhat surprised those in attendance by stating “We cannot avoid the issue of transit.” During the following 2015 legislative session, a bill to provide roughly a billion new dollars per year for
#RINORadio GeorgiaPol Radio took to the air again on Friday where Charlie Harper, Jon Richards, and Stefan Turkheimer discussed the hangover from Super Tuesday. Is Donald Trump unstoppable? Are we in the midst of a political realignment within both parties? Luckily, we have the downloadable podcast version just in case you missed the live version
Bill Jackson announced this week that he’ll be retiring from the Senate. This will end a decade of his service to the upper chamber after having served 16 years in the State House. Thus far I’m not aware of any announced candidates to replace him. One of our regular commenters is the Mayor of Bowman
I am ready for this week to end. I shall get home hopefully early afternoon, assume a comforting fetal position under a blanket, and watch the uplifting tale of how a scrappy Congressman from upstate South Carolina brought dignity and American Values back to the White House. But before that, I get to revise and
