Fifty years ago Ronald Yancey became the first African American to graduate from Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech founded in 1885, did not admit African Americans until Yancey in 1968. The admission of Yancey was not easy. He was rejected for not fitting the “Tech model of success.” Just in case anyone pretends not to know
From a campaign press release– 2/19/2018 ATLANTA – Georgia’s Deputy Insurance Commissioner announced plans to step down from his post to run for Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner in the Republican Primary to be held on May 22. The resignation will be effective on March 1, 2018. “I have been honored to work closely with the Insurance
Yesterday I dedicated this week’s column to a stall in both momentum and political will to fully implement school choice in Georgia. Today I’d like to focus on one bill – House Bill 430 – to explain why the gap between traditional local schools and public charter schools is even larger than is usually discussed.
The U.S. Congress passed and President Trump signed into law the largest tax reform plan in a generation. The reforms changed personal and corporate income tax rates, but also increased the standard deductions and altered or eliminated others. As a result, Georgia’s tax code didn’t match the federal tax code as closely (it has never
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.
Over the past few days, I’ve seen a sudden uptick of activity on the Dade County GOP Facebook page with a couple of people expressing their ire over their county’s commissioners proposing another T-SPLOST question to be placed on the May general primary ballot after the last one was defeated in November of 2017. The
9th District Congressman Doug Collins has announced another Veteran’s Benefits Fair on Wednesday February 21 from 1-3 pm at the Rabun County Civic Center. Constituent services staff from the Congressman’s office will be on hand to answer questions and help veterans with casework. Representatives from the Atlanta Regional Veterans Affairs Office, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Health
Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue issued the following statements on President Trump’s intention to nominate John Cary Bittick of Forsyth, Ga., as U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia and David L. Lyons of Savannah, Ga., as U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Georgia. Senator Isakson said: Our U.S. Marshals provide
I saw this tweet a few minutes ago that was tweeted out by the AJC’s Tamar Hallerman yesterday about Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA-14) running for House Appropriations Committee chairman. It will be a crowded race, but it’s a very powerful committee since it controls the proverbial purse strings….and quite a boon for Georgia if Congressman
Statesboro attorney Robert Busbee will announce his candidacy for House Seat 160 on Monday, February 19 at noon from the steps of the Bulloch County Courthouse. The seat is currently held by Rep. Jan Tankersley, a Republican who has been serving in the House since 2011. Busbee will qualify as a Republican and will face
