Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and a Democratic candidate for President, will hold a rally in Atlanta on Thursday, April 18 as part of his Humanity First Tour. The event will run from 6-8 p.m. at the Promenade at Piedmont Park. A release states: “Nearly two thousand supporters have RSVP’d to hear the 2020 hopeful speak
This week’s Courier Herald column: Palm Sunday gave us a fitting introduction into Easter week. While Easter is the most holy of holidays on the Christian calendar, the secular version has been overtaken by eggs and bunnies. This year, the Easter story had help from a Tiger. Tiger Woods won The Masters on Sunday. His
(un)Happy Tax Day! I finished mine a couple of weeks ago, and my tax bill has me kinda like… May the odds be ever in your favor. Here: Tiger wins the Masters Speaking of the Masters, I saw “a few” people griping on social media about the local Atlanta CBS affiliate breaking in during Masters
It’s here! District Convention. Be in line before 10a if you’re a delegate or alternate and prepare for people griping about resolutions. That’s pretty much it. Y’all discuss among yourselves about what y’all see going on in the conventions. I’ll be at the 7th District Convention. Maybe Will Kremer will share his popcorn…
What is poetry? Is it forcing the state to conduct two extra elections, claiming less than a combined 100 votes were questionable and then spending who knows how much money on a legal fight for a third election leading to a three-thousand vote landslide defeat? Wordsworth might agree and what about now-former-Rep. Dan Gasaway? He’s
It’s the day after nothing. Collective Emergent Behavior. Fort Valley State University gets a big push with research and dispersion of medical marijuana. Don’t panic. Coca-Cola innovating with local flavors in China. Jackson Healthcare and CHOA named in the top 20 places to work in the health care and biopharma space by Fortune for 2019.
The list of silly things to come out of Georgia’s Legislature is long (see proposed “Constitutional Tender Act;” the 2001 edition of the State flag; Mitchell Kaye; etc.) but the silliest of 2019 has to be the idea of a “State Journalism Ethics Board.” Outgoing State Rep. Andy Welch, a Republican from McDonough, thinks the
Good morning! Rain, rain, make the pollen go away, because allergy season in Georgia is starting earlier than ever (cough**CLIMATECHANGE**cough). Macon’s legendary Capricorn Studios will reopen with support from Mercer University. Abrams, Tomlinson – and whether they’ll run for the Senate in 2020. Speaking of climate change, increasing tidal floods mean that US 80 needs
This week’s Courier Herald column: Just before midnight on April 2nd, the chambers of Georgia’s General Assembly gaveled the session Sine Die, or closed for the year. Barring a called special session, legislators won’t convene again in Atlanta again until next January. There were some headline accomplishments this year. The year-over-year revenue increase in the
I don’t know about y’all, but this first Monday after session already feels amazing. It’s Masters Week. There is homemade pimento cheese in my fridge. Texas Tech is in the National Championship tonight. I’m sitting on MY couch, watching the news on MY tv, and drinking coffee. Kirstjen Nielson has resigned as Homeland Security Secretary.
