House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, Fulton County Commissioner John Eaves and Senator Vincent Fort have all resigned their posts to focus on gubernatorial or mayoral bids. Abrams is running for governor and it is expected that her rival, Stacey Evans, will resign her state house seat soon. Eaves and Fort are both running for mayor.
Thursday more than 200 business and civic leaders crowded into the conference center at the North Georgia Technical College Blairsville Campus to hear Senator David Perdue speak as part of the Blairsville Union County Chamber of Commerce annual Power Lunch Series. Jimmy C Tallent, Chairman & CEO of United Community Bank Inc. introduced the junior
Though long overdue, DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond is quite possibly the perfect choice to sit on the board responsible for what goes on at Stone Mountain. DeKalb’s African American CEO lives close to the park, and is a Civil War buff to boot. He sees the war as A “triumph for human rights,” who asked
On this date in 1869, a patent for the waffle iron was received by Cornelius Swarthout. . Peaches Candidates for Georgia Governor and their rural Georgia love affair Growing number of Georgians have college debt but no degree Atlanta is taking over the entertainment industry Georgia scientists on soda and getting fat The push for expanded
Rep. Stacey Abrams now has 75% of the Georgia Democratic Congressional delegation in her corner. In a statement released a few minutes ago, Congressman David Scott announced he is supporting Abrams. Scott said: “Stacey Abrams is an experienced and principled leader who is not afraid to stand up for what is right, and put service
Google Fiber is still coming to nine cities in metro Atlanta – but not anytime soon. In January, 2015, Google Fiber announced that they were bringing gigabit internet speed to nine metro Atlanta cities*, including Smyrna, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Decatur, Avondale Estates, Hapeville, East Point, and College Park, in addition to the City of Atlanta. I
Paul Morris, now the former BeltLine CEO, has plenty of time to circuambulate Atlanta after the organization’s board voted to remove him from the post earlier this morning. Full details are not yet available. The AJC reports a BeltLine spokesperson referred questions to the Mayor’s office and The Atlanta Business Chronicle has a report but it is
Is this the face of the man who should have final say on the nation’s science policy? “I Looked at the Sun” by the Adverts. Isakson and Perdue: Our never-ending war in Afghanistan is cool. Let’s keep it up. Beltline-styled projects for: Buford Highway and Airport neighborhood. Sally Yates noshes with London’s The Financial Times, likely
I know it may come as a surprise to some of the commenters on this site that I have friends, let alone liberal ones, but it’s true. A liberal friend with whom I enjoy mutual respect, Marjorie Hall Snook*, has agreed to engage in a social effort in which we try to create a forum
A sharp decline in illegal border crossings from February 2016 to March 2017 is being attributed to the change in the administration’s enforcement policy. 9th District Congressman Doug Collins, who managed the passage of the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act in the House in June, had the following comments on the recently released statistics on
