Yesterday Governor Deal signed the legislation that gives the NFL tax exempt ticket sales on a potential Super Bowl in Atlanta in 2019 or 2020. Miami, Taampa and New Orleans are also in the running. As expected, legislators and others opposing the measure decried the action as a tax giveaway and/or corporate welfare. According to
Today is Earth Day. In celebration of such, I will pointlessly drive many miles, burn my house lights all night, and grill a freezer full of red meat for dinner. And for the grand finale, a roaring tire fire in the backyard. Nice! Coca-Cola City Bowman in the news again – this time for historic
Earlier this week, the Appropriations Committee passed its FY 2017 spending bill. Congressman Sanford Bishop sent out the following statement regarding the passage of the bill, and a round up of bill highlights. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Congressman Doug Collins’ (R-GA-09) office sent out a press release concerning the House Judiciary Committee’s passing S. 1890, the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 out of its committee. Congressman Collins sponsored the House version. You can read the full presser below: Today, the House Judiciary Committee marked up S. 1890, the Defend Trade Secrets Act
The Atlanta Regional Commission recently released new projections of population in the Atlanta region in 2040. As you might expect, the region will continue to grow, from 5.5 million to 8 million people, with Gwinnett County expected to be the most populous. But perhaps the most interesting change will be an increase in the region’s
Last Wednesday, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed H.R. 4894, which would repeal Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Georgia’s Third District Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (R) is behind the bill, and yesterday his office sent a press release about the need for it, Capitol Corner: What Repealing Title
It’s back! The GeorgiaPol #RINORadioPowerHour is back on the air this week after Charlie went away to find his sanity to an undisclosed location for a little post-Georgia General Assembly rest and relaxation….or something. Probably for #moarbourbon. Anyway, this week’s live performance on the first hour of The Sully Show on WGST was actually a
A spat of sorts has formed between the Georgia Republican Party and the Secretary of State’s office in regards to the reopening of qualifying in House District 3. You may remember that State Representative Tom Weldon qualified…and then changed his mind and withdrew from the race. That spurred the Catoosa GOP to pass a resolution
Three weeks ago, students at Emory University woke up to find messages promoting the candidacy of Donald Trump for president written in chalk on buildings and sidewalks around the Decatur campus. The Trump mentions, while nowhere near as threatening as the events leading to protests at the University of Missouri, Yale, and other institutions of
Today, Georgia Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue introduced bi-partisan leglisation to re-authorize the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, which have their headquarters in Brunswick Georgia. The following is from a press release: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., David Perdue, R-Ga., Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., today introduced bipartisan legislation
