Charlie’s Courier Herald column for this week: Several Republican candidates, including candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, are using their opponents’ support for 2015’s HB 170 to assert their own “conservative” credentials. They’re calling the transportation funding bill that changed a 40-year-old gas tax formula the largest tax increase in Georgia history and/or a billion-dollar

I snatch Coke Zero out of State Sen. Steve Henson’s fridge when I visit the capitol, and he hasn’t thrown me out of his office yet, which I find oddly gratifying. I generally drop in when something dumb is happening in DeKalb – a corruption issue here, an incorporation issue there – to offer the

Happy Monday, everyone! I’m changing my format for the next few weeks. We will return to normal soon! Take a look into Melania Trump’s world. Lobbyist spending reports have come out and they’re better than last year (maybe)! …hey guys, so this is happening. Denis O’Hayer is retiring. That’s a huge loss to Georgia politics.

Move over transit and transportation issues in Georgia. Forget about expounding upon how he will eliminate the state income tax. What about the 50 distressed counties in Georgia or the rural healthcare crisis? Nah. Michael Williams is focusing his campaign on what is really important to Georgia citizens: the decision of the Boys Scouts of America

Yesterday afternoon House Bill 930 was signed into law at the Georgia Capitol. Those in attendance waited silently and in the dark prior to the ceremony in the Capitol’s North Wing. A scene for The Walking Dead was being filmed on the 2nd floor. Make of that metaphor what you will, but it punctuated the

May the Fourth be with you! Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is erupting. The U.S. unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 2000. Governor Deal signed the Distracted Driving bill into law. Columbus, Georgia’s second largest city, is about to elect a new Mayor. Watch the only televised debate here. This is a very powerful

In her newly released ad, former Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Stacey Evans, moves away from her introductory video into distinguishing herself from her opponent the former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams.  This short commercial may answer the questions many democrats have – why you and not the other Stacey? [WATCH AD HERE] In

From a campaign press release: “Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich has endorsed Ken Shigley in his race for Georgia Court of Appeals judge, joining a chorus of support from conservative leader including Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren, former Georgia GOP chair Sue Everhart and former Congressman Lynn Westmoreland. “Ken Shigley is the best candidate

On this date in 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities were legally unenforceable. Peaches Georgia man pleads guilty to threatening 2 US Senators  Georgia judicial campaign turns partisan Record high for children in foster care in Georgia GPS systems are threatening a Georgia

It’s a bleak outlook for 104 counties, with a whopping seven ranking anywhere near the top nationally. Using data from the Appalachian Regional Commission, Reddit user u/killroy200 created a harrowing map of the economic status of Georgia’s counties. As you might guess, metropolitan areas are doing well. The rest of the state–well…. There are 50