I am a product of the University System of Georgia.  I was also a HOPE Scholar.  The HOPE Scholarship was a major factor in being able to graduate with a Bachelor’s in Management Information Systems from Dalton State College in May 2009. I never had the opportunity to meet Governor Zell Miller, but his leadership

It was a year ago on March 26, 2017 that we lost our friend and colleague Jon Richards. Charlie did a beautiful tribute to him and nothing needs to be added other than to mention that his presence is still missed. The Georgia Senate has added S.R. 539 honoring Jon Richards to its calendar for

This week’s Courier Herald column: The battle for 2018’s Economic Development Super Bowl, an effort to land Amazon’s HQ2 and the potential 50,000 high wage 21st century jobs that will come with it, has become a bit of a Rorschach test for those watching the General Assembly. This despite there being no specific legislation to

Happy Monday, everyone! I watched Tomb Raider on Sunday…save your money. News by the Numbers 200-year-old fight – Georgia’s northern border sits at the 35th parallel. That’s a fact. Tennessee, though, has their alternative facts. Georgia is fixin to set the record straight. 60 minutes – Curious about Trump’s sex life? Well, you share that oddity

Zell Miller’s journey home is complete. The 86 year journey began in the North Georgia mountain town of Young Harris. It was initially fostered by a single mother, Birdie. She was tough – had to be – and raised a son that inherited stubborn tenacity and dogged determination. These personal habits were “refined” by the

Well, there’s this, a new mayor’s first crisis. Sadness. Wisdom from your elders. Can you believe it’s been 25 years? Great. Now everybody loves camo. Time for a rip-roarin’ tire fire. Sauce. Goose. The migratory patterns of InfoSec executives. I suspect there will be openings in Atlanta soon. Ageism. You’re not old until it happens

The House passed a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through Sept. 30. The Senate must act by midnight Friday to avoid a shutdown. 9th District Congressman Doug Collins issued the following statement in response to today’s passage of the funding bill in the House: Supporting our military means funding troops

Former GeorgiaPol contributor and nationally-known bigwig Jason Pye has penned an op-ed in support of HB 118, a piece of legislation sponsored by Representative Trey Kelley (R-Cedartown) to responsibly preserve online fantasy sports games in Georgia that is currently held up by the Senate in the waning days of the legislative session. Jason’s op-ed follows.

On this date in 1946, the first U.S. built rocket to leave the earth’s atmosphere reached a height of 50-miles. Georgia Make satire Facebook pages great again. Cobb County cracking the whip on student walkout participants Ex-Hawks employee claims discrimination against whites  Study: Horseracing would bring in billions for Georgia Alzheimer’s deaths on the rise in Georgia

Though Rep. Karen Handel (R, GA-6) has co-sponsored several bills, yesterday marks the first time that Georgia’s newest member of Congress has introduced a bill of her own. The bill, H.R. 5338, is entitled the Stop Needless Award Payments (SNAP) Act of 2018. It seeks to eliminate an initiative of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that