The first official candidate to replace Johnny Isakson in 2020 is the son of Joe Lieberman. (This is, of course, different from “The Bachelor: Georgia Senate Season”) Matt Lieberman will run as a Democrat and seems to be of a very different political stripe than his father. The Lieberman scion called Trump “the crazy man
Superior Court Judge Horace Johnson, (Alcovy Circuit) has declared his candidacy for the Georgia Supreme Court seat currently held by retiring Justice Robert Benham. Johnson, a graduate of Emory University and the University of Georgia School of Law, joins former Democrat Georgia Congressman John Barrow, former Republican state lawmaker Beth Beskin, and state Court of
From a press release this morning: ATLANTA – State Representatives Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) and Gerald Greene (R-Cuthbert) today announced that they will introduce legislation during the 2020 legislative session to address vaping and e-cigarette use in Georgia. “As a mother of teenagers, I have firsthand knowledge of the insidious and harmful effects of youth vaping
Georgia A federal judge has blocked implementation of Georgia’s Heartbeat Law (Obama appointee, for what it’s worth) From the ruling: ” HB 481 changes the definition of a natural person in Georgia…” Ay, there’s the rub. Anti-Ralston Republican wins Newnan special election The vape game is getting tougher University System will cover gender reassignment after
With less than 10% of the voting public exercising their right to be heard, it appears that Philip Singleton has won the special election for House District 71, scraping by Marcy Westmoreland Sakrison with a 770 vote difference. The seat was vacated by Rep. David Stover who resigned to spend more time with his family.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” this afternoon from going into effect. The bill, House Bill 481, would have gone into effect on January 1, 2020. CBS News shared the following quote from Barbara Ann Luttrell, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Southeast: “This is a victory for Georgia and people all across the
Details at this point are scarce, but it appears someone broke into the Georgia Capitol last night and did “a lot of damage”. Officials are still trying to put together exactly what happened. A motive is not yet known, but reports/rumors are that a suspect is in custody and possibly hospitalized. This is posted primarily
Happy birthday, President Carter! The General Assembly, the governing body that creates the state’s appropriations legislation, politely requests that the Governor’s office share the plans that state agencies submitted to the Governor’s office in response to his request that they cut spending by 4% this year, and 6% next year. (Here’s a primer for how
Earlier today, the medical sterilization company Sterigenics announced that they will permanently close their facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, attributing the decision to “the unstable legislative and regulatory landscape in Illinois.” Sterigencs has been in the Atlanta news since a story broke in July detailing the Georgia EPD’s decision to not inform residents near the Cobb
It’s Election Eve if you live in House District 71. Be sure to get out and vote tomorrow. A Georgia hunter was shot and killed after being mistaken for a deer. Sweet story of a 5 year old Georgia boy saved by an Indiana State Trooper. This could make 2020 even more interesting. 20 deaths
