In Sunday’s New York Times we moved to a new stage of uncertainty about the Veepstakes, but it appears Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is in the top tier of hopefuls. The paper said 13 women are being vetted by Joe Biden and he hopes to make a decision by August 1. It appears Mayor Bottoms’
In a brand-new poll shared with The National Journal‘s Hotline, Joe Biden leads President Trump and Rep. Doug Collins will maybe head to a runoff with Sen. Kelly Loeffler. The poll was conducted by Public Policy Polling (538 rating: B) for End Citizens United. In the presidential matchup it’s Biden’s 49% to Trump’s 45. The
It’s the last Monday of June, the legislature has officially adjourned for the 2020 session, and it feels like this year has accomplished SOMETHING that isn’t a global pandemic, dust storms, locusts, water boiling advisories, etc. Here is a fairly good list of what happened under the Gold Dome. Flooring is a booming business in
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will be joined by Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, Speaker David Ralston, and other distinguished guests this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the North Wing of the State Capitol to sign House Bill 426. The event will be streamed on Governor Kemp’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GovKemp
And there was great rejoicing. No furloughs for state employees. We all need a break. Let’s go. Green tomato pie, yumyum. We know so little. World’s fastest super-computer is Japanese. Minority Report, all over again. Economics and historical memorialization. Save the trees! A taste of Mordor. Honestly, The Bee is sounding more like real news
It’s a most unusual budget during a most unusual session of the Georgia General Assembly. The Conference Committee report on the FY 2021 Georgia state budget has been signed, and for state employees and local school systems, it’s better than expected. Given that much of the tax generating engines of the state were closed for
Good morning! “We are worse off than when we started,” stated the Mayor of Savannah as the city considers mandatory masking in response to a continue uptick in COVID-19 diagnoses. Throughout Georgia, poultry and agriculture workers may be the most at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks. The House version of the maternal mortality bill moved forward
A massive study of Democratic primary voters from Monmouth University finds decent support for Stacey Abrams as Veep nominee. The study was a follow-up to more than 14,000 interviews of likely Democratic primary voters, with 2,240 of those participants taking a second round of online interviews giving a primary post-mortem. But, this is the real
Welcome to another Legislative Monday in June. Because it’s 2020 and why not? Army vet empties gun at woman’s SUV in Columbus Mail In Ballots contribute to higher Georgia Democratic Party voter turnout Because we need some super cute… Long odds as Georgia lawmakers try again on sports gambling Education not left behind in Georgia
On this Juneteenth (Google it) the people in Decatur, Georgia have additional cause for celebration. The confederate statue found in the center of the downtown Decatur square has finally come down.
