Morning Reads for Friday, June 21, 2019

There’s a big music festival in Athens this weekend. Georgia’s bustin’ out all over. Athens has just what Wayfair needs. Nobody wants to be a nurse anymore. Wow. Dude. That’s a great echo. Florida city caves to ransomware attack. Run away. Run away. Robot bartenders?  How on earth do you flirt with a machine?  You

Three Senate Study Committees Appointed by Lt. Gov. Duncan

From a press release: Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan today announced the members of three Senate Study Committees: SR 442 (Senate Study Committee on Creating a Georgia Agricultural Marketing Authority), SR 479 (Senate Evaluating E-Scooters and other Innovative Mobility Options for Georgians Study Committee), and SR 153 (Senate Study Committee on Revising Voting Rights for Nonviolent

Morning Reads – Thursday, June 20, 2019

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling which held that employers must treat male and female workers equally in providing health benefits for their spouses.  Peaches Long Beach might hop on the Georgia travel ban bangwagon. Abrams to testify on effect of 2013 voting ruling. Your car’s data privacy comes into question

Georgia Sets Date For 2020 Presidential Preference Primary

As Lawton mentioned in the morning reads this morning, Georgia will likely not be a part of Super Tuesday. Earlier this morning, WSB’s Aaron Diamant confirmed that Georgia will be conducting it’s Presidential Preference Primary on March 24, 2020. BREAKING: Just confirmed. Date set for Georgia’s presidential primary: Tuesday, March 24, 2020. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/Xh8GKNt1dK —

Morning Reads for Wednesday, June 19

Juneteenth Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, an order was read in Texas on June 19, 1865 announcing that all slaves were free in Texas and throughout the United States. Part of the order read: “This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves,

Morning Reads for Tuesday, June 18

Good morning! Last week, TheDeepDark asked our readers to suggest news sources that we might overlook in our Morning Reads. Thank you for the suggestions! I try to keep up with different dailies from across Georgia, but it’s easy to miss some of the great resources we have. One intrepid reader noted that too many