This week’s Courier Herald column: The Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die the Thursday before Easter, after passing a controversial religious freedom bill the week before. It was a final week filled with threats of boycotts and political reprisals. After a brief break for Easter weekend, the Governor emerged last Monday with a veto. It
Yesterday, the Georgia Republican Party executive committee voted to reopen qualifying on the Republican ticket in State House Districts 3 and 52 after incumbent Representatives Tom Weldon and Joe Wilkinson, respectively, decided to withdraw their candidacy. The Catoosa County Republican convention passed a resolution requesting that the state GOP to reopen qualifying for House District
While Georgia, including the 80% that thought Campus Carry was a bad idea (even before the Day Care issue was raised), waits breathlessly to see whether Governor Deal will veto the Campus Carry bill, others are planning for passage. Or have they been given a heads up by the Governor’s Office that he’ll sign it
Walter Jones is the political reporter for the Morris News Service, providing political content since 1998 for a consortium of newspapers including the Athens Banner-Herald, the Savannah Morning News, the Georgia Times Union and the Augusta Chronicle. I’ve covered news events with him in locations as diverse as the Varsity, the North Atlanta Trade Center,
On Monday, Governor Nathan Deal vetoed HB 757. Just now, I’ve received my third email from Mike Crane’s congressional campaign on the matter. Two of the three were direct fundraising emails. This latest one puts Senator Crane directly into the “ScamPAC” territory. In the email, Crane threatens a false deadline of 48 hours “to choose”.
Is it coincidence that two of the top five days in mankind’s history (MLB Opening Day and my birthday) are so close? Probably not. #IntelligentDesign “Big Dipper” by Built to Spill One of These is the Most Pressing Issue in the World Today. You Decide Which. GSU eyes conference title, continued growth. Sam Nunn offers
Just one day after Governor Nathan Deal declared that Georgia would remain open for business and void of potential discrimination, members of the Atlanta City Council are requesting that the NBA relocate the 2017 All-Star game, and all the commerce that comes with it, from a state that decided to, well, take a different route. We’ll
Congressman John Lewis heaped tremendous praise on Gov. Nathan Deal for announcing a veto of the controversial RFRA legislation. In fact, Lewis, a lieutenant for Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights Era, said Gov. Deal and other political heavyweights who banded together against HB 757 are following in King’s footsteps. In a statement released
State Senator Mike Crane, a Republican from Newnan who is also running to fill the soon-to-be-empty seat of Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, has called for a special session to override the religious freedom bill veto by Governor Nathan Deal. Deal announced Monday that he plans to veto the bill, citing the First Amendment and Georgia’s willingness
“What must be done eventually must be done immediately” – Jeremy Foley The Governor has called a press conference for 10am this morning. While no reason has been given, the expectation is that guidance will be given on RFRA, and possibly the announcement of a veto could be forthcoming. A livestream can be viewed here.
