U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA), as well as U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA-1), spoke out in a press release on Tuesday against the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2017 budget request. They demanded answers on funding for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP), which is critical to keep the project
President Barack Obama submitted his final budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2016. The budget would be a record $4.1 trillion and would increase taxes by $2.6 trillion over the next decade. $319 billion of the tax increase would come on a $10 per barrel tax for crude oil. You
An announcement was made today by Gov. Deal stating that Georgia’s net tax collections for January, 2016 totaled almost $2.05 billion, an increase of about $119.3 million (6.4%) from January, 2015. This brings the net tax revenue collections to $12.49 billion for the current 2016 fiscal year, which is up $1.02 billion (8.9%) from last
This week’s Courier Herald column: During the process to approve partial taxpayer financing of Atlanta’s new Mercedes Benz stadium, I was perhaps one of the most frequent and outspoken of the critics. Atlanta had and has many infrastructure needs. The decision to tie up a dedicated revenue stream for three decades in order to replace
Union County has 4th lowest tax rate in the state, a top 5 rated school system, an outstanding park, a top 100 rural hospital system and is a great place to raise your family and grow your business. Unfortunately, yesterday the DEA and local law enforcement raided that hospital and arrested 6 individuals. As reported
Channel 11Alive of Atlanta recently reported that a data breach of the health insurer Centene Corporation has put the personal data of 150,000 Georgians at risk. Centene is the parent company of the Peach State Health plan that covers the 380,000 Medicare and PeachCare patients. The data breach occurred when Centene lost six computer hard drives that contain highly
A gaggle of Middle Georgians deserve a large pat on the back, because years of work have gone into this. Yesterday, in a rare show of bipartisanship from Congress, Representatives Austin Scott and Sanford Bishop announced that the move to change the Ocmulgee National Monument to a National Historic Park passed unanimously out of committee. This
Seeking a candidate to replace Rep. Tommy Benton of Jefferson, Newsradio 106.7 FM personality Michael Graham placed an advertisement in Wednesday’s edition of the Jackson Herald featuring a picture of a hooded person in a Ku Klux Klan costume. In the ad, Graham promises to host a fundraiser and endorse a candidate to replace Benton,
In a press release issued today, Sec. of State Brian Kemp announced that Georgia set a new voter registration record just prior to the March 1st SEC Primary. 37,903 Georgians registered to vote and 16,482 updated their registration status using the office’s Online Voter Registration website (OLVR) during the last 7 days. Monday, February 1, the last
State Senator Josh McKoon of Columbus took to the well on Monday to address the comments made by Rep. Tommie Benton about Senator Vincent Fort’s sponsorship of a bill that would have stopped the state from celebrating Confederate holidays. In a statement to the AJC, Benton compared Fort’s bill to ISIS, and praised the work
