This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s not about Donald Trump. Let me repeat that less the opening not be clear enough.  The 2022 mid-term elections, both the primary and the general, are not about Donald Trump. My friends in the news media, stuck on their own narrative since 2016, have already concluded this is wrong. 

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Happy April 20th, and all that may mean to you. I’m going to highlight National Look Alike Day, though. If you’ve got a doppleganger, today’s your day! And now, the news. Pat Conroy The Veterans Administration has proposed several changes – including entirely new buildings – for its Georgia hospitals and clinics. (Alternate link.) The

When it comes to party primary debates in Georgia, the series of debates (HD 1, 2 & SD 53) hosted by the Walker and Catoosa Republican Parties this past Saturday could have been worse. None of the debates descended into threatened armed conflict, as happened in 1856 when Alexander Stephens challenged Ben Hill to a

CBS46 reported last night that a new Landmark Communications survey found that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp had increased his lead to a margin wide enough to prevent a runoff. The survey of 660 likely Republican voters show Gov. Kemp with 52% support. Former Sen. David Perdue and Kandiss Taylor are far behind Kemp with 27.5%

“It doesn’t matter what team I lead, this is the kind of person I want on it!” (There’s a Lithia Springs connection here.) Nope. Nope. Nope. I mean, who wouldn’t do the same? Watch the Lyrid meteor shower the next few days. Why are journalists addicted to scandal? Watergate created that addiction. You keep using

This week’s Courier Herald column: The time between the General Assembly leaving town and Easter provides most that work in and around the area of state politics a bit of much needed down time.  There is an exception for those running for office this year, especially those with primary opposition.  It seems campaigns are a

Peaches Former Statesboro City Councilman appears in federal court to offer guilty plea Is the Georgia State Patrol elite or not? State lawmakers, Georgia sheriffs denounce Perdue’s GSP comments Public college costs to fall in Georgia as fee goes away Republican rivals try to topple Georgia football star Herschel Walker in key Senate race Trump

State Representative David Clark, R-Buford, who recently qualified for re-election after announcing last summer that he would not seek re-election but keep “holding the powerful accountable and continuing to call out corruption” was hit with an ethics complaint from a constituent last week. The complaint states, “David Clark has made over $5000 in reimbursements to

The following is an op-ed submitted by State Senator Tyler Harper, Republican Nominee for Commissioner of Agriculture: Across the country, American families are feeling the pain as prices on fuel, groceries, and virtually every product continue to climb to record highs. In Georgia, our consumers are facing particularly devastating prices. Last week, the average price