Remind me, what’s today? I compile (curate?) the GeorgiaPol Morning Reads every Tuesday, which means that I get to do them every Election Day – and I decided a while back that it’s best if Election Day Morning Reads are wholly apolitical. If this makes you twitchy, go play Tetris for an hour or so
The New York Times reports that Amazon is finalizing their HQ 2 plans with the intent to split their second headquarters’ 50,000 employees between two East Coast cities – neither of which is Atlanta: The company is nearing a deal to move to the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, according to two of the
Win or lose, Democrats in Georgia have succeeded in doing something that they have not done well in the past. Democrats in Georgia have coalesced around all the Democratic candidates. After the divide caused during the 2016 election, Democrats showed the ugly side of our primary system and still have not recovered. Primary elections are
At the end of the day, public policy in Georgia is set by the Georgia General Assembly on the critical issues facing our state and communities’ future, including issues of transportation, education, crime, tax fairness, and economic development. Being an inside the perimeter Republican let me discuss eight critical races and why I believe it
The following opinion piece is from Hal Scherz, M.D., the chief of urology at Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital in Atlanta, vice president of finance at Georgia Urology, and board secretary at Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation. While we are thankful for the submission, we at GeorgiaPOL don’t care to be pressured publicly on social media to publish
Many American holidays have stories, movies, or songs we will alway connected to them. I’m ready to see The Christmas Story on repeat this season. How about you? In 2017, VICE News covered a non-fiction American story that takes place in the 1920’s, the year women first secured the right to vote. The story is
The day before an election is the least politically informative day on the calendar, so here’s what you need to remember today: You know nothing. You’re like Jon Snow in the final round of Jeopardy. Are you looking forward to your Thanksgiving dinners and your Christmas lists? Well, tough noughies, pardner, there’s 24 more hours
About an hour ago the Marietta Daily Journal posted the Justice Hines had passed away due to a car accident he and his wife were involved in earlier today between Newnan and their Cobb County home. Many of our contributors knew Justice Hines, and you will hear more from them about his exemplary life of
In addition to the high-profile Governor’s Race being waged, every other statewide state office is also up on Tuesday’s ballot. Let me discuss here the four most hotly contested races according to political pundits – the races for Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Public Service Commissioner (District 3). Caveat: As I stated
Oh, the joys of tight elections! They bring out the best in some of us, but then there’s the mayhem caused by bad actors… Between August 2014 and May 2016, I voted in North Carolina. That was two years of sheer craziness because North Carolina is well known for being the purplest of purple states.
