The well-known bastion of sociological expertise,WalletHub, crunched numbers from all 50 states in our union and the District of Columbia to evaluate racial progress and the increase of integration in our states and D.C. Georgia, for all her warts, has fared excellently. We’re no. 7 for integration and no. 1 for racial integration. What does
An announcement was made today by Gov. Deal stating that Georgia’s net tax collections for December, 2015 totaled over $2.04 billion, an increase of about $67.7 million (3.6%) from December, 2014. This brings the final net tax revenue collections to $10.44 billion for the 2016 fiscal year, which is up $834.2 million (8.7%) from last
UPDATED Tonight is President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address. The entirety of his prepared remarks for the address has been released and can be seen after the break, along with part of the Republican’s address by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Also, Rep. Buddy Carter (R, GA-1), Sen. Johnny Isakson, and Sen. David Perdue have
Ginny posted a list of possible candidates that might run for Lynn Westmoreland’s third congressional district seat. Looking at the list, most are current officeholders, either in the House, the Senate, or in the case of Mark Butler, a constitutional officer. If, say, these current elected officials decided to run for a state government position,
A couple of years ago, a number of my esteemed colleagues at georgiapol.com asked me if I wanted to start blogging on issues in Georgia law and politics. I am forever grateful for their encouragement and I could not be happier that I agreed to join them. The last few years have been a wild
I’m one of those rare commodities, a native Georgian. Raised a Democrat, I’m now mostly right-leaning, but always a conservative first and foremost. While I’m not a card-carrying member of any party, there are some who call me a “Good Republican.” My career background is in IT and cybersecurity. Other titles include, but are not
One of the best ways to judge strength of candidates before an election is by the amount of money they are able to raise. Not only does it imply the quality and level of campaign they will be able to run, but it is a good measure of the success they will have when they
“When group-man wants to move, he makes a standard. ‘God wills that we re-capture the Holy-Land’ or he says, ‘We fight to make the world safe for democracy’; or he says, ‘we will wipe out social injustice with communism.’ But the group doesn’t care about the Holy Land, or Democracy, or Communism. Maybe the group
House Speaker David Ralston said any presidential candidate still in the running by the time Georgia’s presidential primary rolls around are welcome to address the Georgia General Assembly. In a truly magnanimous moment, Ralston said “I’ll even welcome members of the other party.” Well if that doesn’t sound like he’s rolling out the red carpet
This week’s Courier Herald column: Nine years ago I created a fake name to make a joke on an obscure political blog. The next three years were fun. I made jokes – often at the expense of others, gained a small cult following, and had a good bit of fun while talking about one of
