Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston issued a joint statement announcing that Georgia’s Rural Hospital tax credit reached its full donation cap for the first time ever. This means that $60 million will be directed to 58 of Georgia’s most distressed rural hospitals. The efforts of former state Representative Geoff Duncan
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, GOP candidate for Georgia Governor, issued the following response into the NAACP’s call to sandblast Stone Mountain’s carving: “When I’m governor, we will preserve Stone Mountain as the monument and cultural attraction it was intended to be – one that brings in visitors from around the world. I will work on
Why Atlanta, you may ask? Because I met King Willem-Alexander back when he was merely a prince and he was so thoroughly impressed with my hometown. That’s it… Anyway, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte made the announcement during his official visit with President Trump yesterday. The Consulate General will strengthen ties between the Netherlands and
Good morning! It’s the third of July. Celebrate with one of Cabbagetown’s greatest bands: Several state legislatures could – for the first time – be majority women. Deer baiting is statewide now, thanks to a DNR ruling. Savannah’s Starland Village is moving forward. There’s a new planet out there! The Thai soccer team is safe!
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a state-by-state analysis of the impact on President Trump’s tariffs and the results are bad everywhere in Georgia. According to the Chamber (a one-pager is below), exports from Georgia to Canada, Mexico, the European Union and China worth worth $749,849,268 could be adversely impacted. The Chamber also says 1,283,800 jobs in
This week’s Courier Herald column: The surprise retirement announcement from Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has served to remind us once again that there is a third and equal branch of government to the ones that get most of the coverage in political columns such as this. His announcement came as the court ended its
Good morning! Here’s to hoping your weekend was as lovely as mine, because I found $20. Georgia Today’s the first day of early voting in the July Republican runoff. But should we ban it? Might as well vote though because polls say it’s tied It’s also the first weekday of hands-free driving, and you’re all
These merit badges look like fun. Finish this sentence: If someone has to say it’s NOT a power grab, it’s a __________. 61 days ‘til kickoff. Some schools don’t have to beg for it. Just sayin’. CNN now rated lower than Food Network. Still waiting. Creatures of habit. Suppose after enough of this you. Will.
A lot of the focus of economic growth is around the metro Atlanta area….which makes since due to the fact that the majority of Georgia’s population works and/or resides in the metro area. However, South Georgia is getting some well-deserved attention not just because of the Savannah port, but because of Spaceport Camden. Spaceport Camden
The Office of the Attorney General has issued an alert “of an email scam targeting parishioners of several Catholic churches in Georgia:” “As cyber threats continue to evolve, we are making cybersecurity education for our small businesses, local governments, houses of worship and non-profits a priority,” said Attorney General Chris Carr. “Up to this point,
