This week’s Courier Herald column: Several questions will be answered this week in the Georgia General Assembly that will have an impact on Georgia’s long term future. These will bleed into upcoming campaigns and, with most statewide offices up for election, will thus send an early signal of how Georgia will be governed as well

With qualifying for elections set to begin next Monday, another round of retirement announcements is forthcoming.  Today, we spotlight that Rep Brooks Coleman (R-Duluth) will be ending his tenure in the Georgia House of Representatives at the end of his term.  Coleman is the Chairman of the House Education Committee.  In my experience, he’s been

Congressman Buddy Carter conducted a tax reform tour last week with constituents across the 1st District of Georgia to discuss the benefits of federal tax reform, which was recently passed in Congress and signed into law. He had 15 events across the district with high school students, college students, small businesses, large businesses, chambers, and

Happy Monday, everyone! Shout out to Jessica for filling in last week. New by the Numbers 125 painters – Alright, I admit that I’m late to the game, but I arrived nonetheless. Loving Vincent is incredible if for visually pleasing delivery alone. It took 125 painters nearly four years to create the first fully painted

Delta has a knack for poor political timing. I’m old enough to remember when former CEO Richard Anderson told a Chamber gathering that lawmakers need not be “chickens” when raising gas taxes, right before he insisted on a tax break for jet fuel. They’ve waded in heavily on RFRA legislation, strongly making the point that

I rarely tell the story about why I left the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Usually, I tell people that in 2007 and 2008, the AJC was an unhappy place, and I had a path to something better. The AJC had been my dream job, though. Literally — the one big-city news job I had been working to

Congressman Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) got selected by Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on the Joint Select Committee of Budget Process Reform. Congressman Woodall is one of four Republicans up sit on the 16-person committee. You can read the full presser below. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that Rep. Rob Woodall

A day after Rep. Allen Peake announced he would not be seeking re-election for State House District 141, Shane Mobley has issued a release stating that he has chosen to run for that seat instead of qualifying for State Insurance Commissioner. Qualifying will take place between March 5-9 for the May 22nd primaries. The press

I’m filling in for Ginny this Friday. Let’s jump into it. Russian bots took aim at Congressman John Lewis, Atlanta, and CNN. Speaking of Russia, an oligarch, who boasts close ties to Putin and Assad, had his mercenaries attack US troops in Syria. Two West Forsyth High School students were arrested yesterday for threatening to

There have been a lot of folks announce they are not running for re-election this year, but this one is a bit of a surprise and a game changer. State Representative Allen Peake (R-Macon) will not be returning to the Georgia House next year. Greg Bluestein of the AJC has Peake’s announcement via Twitter. Peake