TGIF. National Margarita Day may have been Wednesday, but this Mexican is going to celebrate tonight. State Georgia Firefighter shot 14 times beats the odds. Because we all want to read more about CD-6 and because our own Lawton Sack got a shout out on Political Insider… Georgia’s Creative Industries bring $62.5 Billion to State
Georgia’s Certificate of Need (CON) law could receive a face lift this session as legislators debate SB 158. The bill introduced by Senator Watson has a hearing in the Senate Health & Human Services Committee this afternoon. Georgia’s CON law is fairly restrictive. While the federal government repealed its CON law in 1986, prompting 15 states
Valdosta State University is currently competing for the prize for one of the most expensive open records requests in regional history, stipulating that the university needs a full team of administrative assistants, records custodians, and legal affairs representatives to fill a simple request about a university employee. The university, which is part of the University
Two weeks ago I wrote a column debunking the thought that we don’t have significant legalized wagering going on already in Georgia. We do, and it’s available at every corner store, fully backed by the Georgia constitution, and sanctioned and governed by the Georgia Lottery Corporation. We’re more than a little pregnant on the issue.
This morning, CD-6 candidate Karen Handel announced a list of endorsements that includes more than two dozen current and former municipal, county, and statewide elected officials. Notable among that list is Cobb County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott: “I am proud to endorse my longtime friend Karen Handel. Karen has always worked hard to find solutions
We need to talk. It’s time to wake up. You need to get out there on the field and look alive. You’ve been struggling for some time. The tables starting turning in favor of Republicans back in 2002 and they now have a choke hold on the state house, the state senate, and the Governor’s
We received an email in our tipline promoting a website titled “Shepherding The Truth”. Its mission is to supposedly expose Jason Shepherd as the “wolf among sheep.” The blogger wrote in one post, At the caucuses, Cobb GOP Chairwoman Rose Wing, who also announced her intention to seek a 2nd term, distributed literature which touted about
On this day in 1980, the US Olympic Hockey Team downed the Russians in the semifinal, in one of the greatest upsets in sports. In less great news for our nation, Spain ceded Florida to the US on this day in 1819. If Not Darwin, Who? An alternative history of the great ideas of science. (Nautilus)
Dear David Abroms, I don’t know you, but I have some advice I want to share. I read an article today at AJC.com titled “A GOP newcomer lays a $250K bet on Georgia’s 6th District.” Greg Bluestein shared with us that you plan on putting $250,000 of your own money into the GA-6 race. A
Yesterday, Lt. General H.R. McMaster was tapped to serve as National Security advisor by President Trump. McMaster served as Commanding General at Ft. Benning from June 2012 to July 2014. The then two star general received his third star and took his current post with Training and Doctrine Command. And, while Trump supporters are raving
