INBOX: @GovKemp is asking Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to resign after Beck was charged with 38 federal counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. #gapol pic.twitter.com/BHnI98l63p— stephen fowler | georgia politics reporter (@stphnfwlr) May 15, 2019 Governor Brian Kemp this afternoon issued a letter asking indicted Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck to resign. Beck
Per Curt Yoemans of the Gwinnett Daily Post, Charlotte Nash, the Republican Chair of the Gwinnett County Commission, will not run for re-election. After nearly a decade as Gwinnett County’s commission chairwoman, Charlotte Nash confirmed Tuesday that she will not seek re-election next year. Nash became chairwoman after winning a special election in 2011 to
State Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Jim Beck has been indicted on 38 counts alleging wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, according to Fox5 News. U.S. Attorney BJay Pak will hold a news conference to discuss the indictment at a 3:30 p.m. news conference at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta.
Good morning, and all the healing thoughts to President Carter. There is no connection between undocumented immigrants and increased crime. One mother’s account of her 13-year-old son’s journey into the Alt-Right movement, mostly via Reddit. Longtime Macon-Bibb councilman to run for mayor. “Reason to believe” Anthem violated Georgia law. Senator Bernie Sanders is headed to
The Carter Center released the following statement regarding President Carter’s fall and subsequent surgery: While leaving to go turkey hunting this morning, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter fell at his home in Plains, Georgia. He is recovering comfortably from surgery to repair a broken hip at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. His surgeon
The Decatur school system hired Governor Brian Kemp’s frat brother to lobby for a veto of hard-won legislation to keep annexations from decimating DeKalb County schools. Decatur City Schools didn’t bother giving much feedback to the legislative delegation as they worked through the thorny problem this year, according to a press release from the DeKalb
Happy Monday! Northwest Georgia Judge Durham has announced that he will not run again. Do yourself a favor and watch this. A celebratory ribbon-cutting and grand re-opening of the “Armstrong Kessler Mansion” was held Friday. The unveiling of the artfully restored National Historic Landmark, located at the north end of Forsyth Park, comes after one-and-a-half-years
Did you know Washington D.C. is currently “run away”, “overreaching”, and practices “domestic socialism”? (Your guess is as good as mine on that last one.) Or that a lone congressman will “hold Trump, the Russians, and Democrats that support Trump accountable.” So sayeth Harrison Floyd and Michael Owens. The former is a Republican for the
“I was told there would be no math.” 61% growth in the number of dairy goat herds over a decade. Technology as Augusta’s #1 export? Mercer School of Medicine. SR 358. Rural Health. Chief Information Officer Board created by the Office of Atlanta Information Management. GTRI‘s Cobb County South Campus renovations are done. GHSA has
Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 481, the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act–also known as the Heartbeat bill–into law today. This law drew a lot of opposition when going through the General Assembly earlier this year and will likely face legal challenges. Senator Renee Unterman (R-Buford), who herself received harsh criticism and threats for
