HB 280, better known as Campus Carry, came out of a conference committee with new clauses and exceptions that are said to be straight from Governor Deal. If true, that should make him more likely to sign the legislation that he vetoed last year. But here’s a couple things he should consider before making that
Happy Monday, everyone! You heard it here first: It’s going to rain. My apologies for the late Morning Reads. You can blame talented writers like George. State RIP Rhubarb Jones. Brian Kemp is channeling his inner Trump. What passed and what didn’t pass during this year’s legislative session. First a blueberry crisis and now a peach
Three homeless people, smoking crack under I-85, are apparently responsible for destroying the interstate and causing untold millions of dollars in infrastructure damage and untold millions more in economic damage. That’s what we are asked to think. Yeah. Right. It’s not that I don’t believe that someone stupidly set fire to the combustible conduit stored under
The 2017 Georgia legislative session has come to a close and while any bill that didn’t make it out of both chambers is still “live” come 2018, we can rest easy for the next 9 months, knowing our legislators are home – away from their voting machines. Shoddy language and all, the campus carry legislation
Karen Handel has released her first television ad for the GA-6 Congressional race. The ad is entitled “Talk” and touts her experience in contrast to the “talk” of other campaign ads.
Our friend and former colleague Rep. Buzz Brockway officially announced his candidacy today for Secretary of State. #GoBuzzGo Rep. Brockway shared the following: Representative Buzz Brockway announced today he will run for the office Secretary of State. For the past seven years Brockway has represented House District 102 covering parts of Lawrenceville and Suwanee. “I
We all know what happened last night and that’s partly what has made writing this post so difficult. The other difficulty is how utterly unimaginable it should be that one of the most important cities in the world’s richest, most powerful nation has a key element of its infrastructure collapse. Regrettably, America’s infrastructure is in horrible
GA-6 Congressional candidate Bruce LeVell received a strong show of support and an endorsement from Corey Lewandowski, President Trump’s former campaign manager, at a rally in Alpharetta on Wednesday. Despite being replaced as campaign manager before the general election, Lewandowski remains a close confidant and supporter of President Trump. Lewandowski and LeVell both made clear statements that
Late this morning, Senator Renee Unterman responded to last night’s animated recap of the passage of the rape kit testing bill on Sine Die 2016. Kyle Wingfield has a detailed recap of her remarks, which were at times emotional, especially as she recounted how she lost her son several years ago. Sen. Unterman emphasized that
House rating change: GA-6 Special goes from Likely R to Toss-up. See @kkondik timeline for our reasoning — Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) March 30, 2017 Sabato’s Crystal Ball has moved the GA-6 special election from Likely R to Toss-Up. Kyle Kondik, the Managing Editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, shared some reasons via Twitter for making the change:
