As Charlie reported yesterday, craft brewers, beer distributors, and the Department of Revenue were able to come to an agreement that allows the brewers to offer tours at varying prices to accommodate the type of beer that will be provided at the end of the tour. While that was the intent of the final version
Tuesday the House Health & Human Services Committee passed a bill out of committee to license and regulate “lactation consultants.” The bill targets medical professionals who operate in medical facilities and help new moms how to breastfeed. House Bill 649 by Rep. Sharon Cooper, a Cobb County Republican, was filed in March of 2015 but did
To run for a seat in the Georgia legislature, you need to meet a few qualifications: You must be a resident in your district for at least one year prior to qualifying, you need to be either 25 (for the Senate) or 21 (for the House) years old, and you need to have been Georgia
(A petition has been added below.) My Facebook feed is awash in lies from the Daily Currant and Duffelblog and The Onion and Donald Trump, so perhaps I might be forgiven from assuming that Andre Walker‘s piece on Georgia Unfiltered was fiction, parody designed solely to provoke people like me. Alas. State Senator Donzella James
We now know the rest of the schedule for this year’s legislative session and lawmakers seem to be in a hurry to get out early: Crossover Day is February 29 and Sine Die is March 24. In odd-numbered years the session extends into May or at least mid April but even-numbered years see the legislature
I’ll add a personal note to this press release. Mike Dudgeon is a thoughtful man. He’s a statesman in a world where those that can be called that grow fewer among those who seek to make noise. We’ve had many good conversations over the years. On many things we agree. On some we do not.
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
As readers of GeorgiaPol.com know, there is a lot that goes on during the 40 day legislative session. And even when the session ends, the capitol stays busy, with activity in the executive branch, and legislative study committees that meet during the summer. Making sure that information about these activities reaches the public is the
The AJC has an article about a possible constitutional amendment proposal by Representative David Stover (R-HD-71) to “give control” to Georgia voters by turning appointed positions on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia into elected ones. Increasing tuition at Georgia universities is spurring this proposal to allow Georgians to “weigh in”:
Now that Mike Crane has committed to run for the third district congressional seat currently held by Lynn Westmoreland, we now have a candidate for Crane’s seat in the State Senate. Matt Brass, who currently serves as Westmoreland’s Chief of Staff will run for the 28th district seat. Brass is a Newnan native who served
