Category: Morning Reads

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 22, 2018

  Peaches Altering HOPE eligibility makes a move closer in the House  Agency seeking fines for Plant Vogtle. Entertainment industry brings $9.5 million to Georgia Gun control rallies at the Capitol Wednesday  “Thousands in Georgia…leaving millions in college money on the table” The best small-town restaurant in Georgia is… Jimmy Carter CNN highlights from Florida

Morning Reads for Tuesday, February 20

Good morning! “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is 50 years old! Here he is persuading (the initially prickly) Senator Joe Pastore (D-RI) why it is so important to fund educational public television: The St. Simons Land Trust received an anonymous $1 million donation. President Carter discusses his fears during his wife Rosalynn’s “very serious” surgery this weekend.

Morning Reads – Monday, February 19, 2018

I’m filling in for Will. Another Georgian takes the national stage with President Trump This would never fly at a public school Private donor pushes $1 million to St. Simons Preservation Georgia legislature adopts new sexual harassment policy  Anger within immigrant community over DACA An interesting article on a family that took in the Parkland

Morning Reads for Friday, February 16, 2018

A story. About rednecks. Curly fries! Homeless warming up at the airport. It’s the little things that get you every time. So… butt facials are a thing now. “rank historical and legal illiteracy” – those words don’t mean what you think they mean. Ctrl-Alt-Del. Eye of Sauron. In which “Star Trek” and “dodgy” are used

Morning Reads for Mardi Gras 2018

Happy Mardi Gras! Here’s your soundtrack for today. Pro bono publico. Columbus native, Clark Atlanta alum, and the High Museum’s Driskell Prize winner Amy Sherald painted former First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait. Here’s an in-depth interview with Sherald. The Trump budget plan includes money for the Port of Savannah. Is it enough? The flu

Monday Morning Reads – Feb 12

Happy Monday, everyone! Last weekend was dominated by the American media drooling over North Korea. Weird. News by the Numbers 21 cheerleaders – In 2006, North Korea sent 21 cheerleaders to prison camps after they spoke about life in South Korea. But you need to get past the AJC drooling over North Korea before you

Morning Reads for Friday, February 8, 2018

Go see these cool Atlanta spots before some developer tears them down! Enjoy the sunny Georgia weather (Warning – audio starts immediately). Evidently, Deadspin is running low on material. Winston, why are you hiding in the corner? The dishwasher told me you were there. Nothing to see here, move along. Father-daughter dance canceled for… you

Morning Reads – Thursday, February 8, 2018

  Peaches Forbers: Georgia will soon decide controversial ‘lawsuit lending’ topic ‘Black Panther’ generates $89.3 million for Georgia economy  Good news from the Peach State: A famous Georgia baby Sickest State… in more ways than one Tippins wants to exempt schools for Vogtle project construction tariff In my neck of the woods, local governments are