As of 3:30 p.m. today, Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are reporting 244,166 customers without power. The hardest hit areas are in metro Atlanta and the north and west regions of Georgia. Tropical Storm Zeta hit the state with tropical storm-force winds and heavy rain. From a press release from the Georgia EMC: At first

From a press release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that family-owned and operated Ken’s Foods will invest $103 million and create 70 new jobs as they expand their manufacturing and distribution operations in Henry County. “It’s a pleasure to see this family-owned company continue their investment in

I heard rumbles that President Donald Trump would be visiting Floyd County on Sunday. Those rumbles got louder with the Rome News-Tribune posting that FAA records show the President making a stop at the Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, GA. Polls show that Georgia is a battleground state for the 2020 election, so it’s

It was on this date in 1974 that President Gerald Ford signed a new law forbidding discrimination in credit applications on the basis of sex or marital status. Also, it’s National Cat Day & National Oatmeal Day. Celebrate in a way that tickles your fancy. Peaches County Election data released by hacker even though the

Good morning! It’s Separation of Church and State Day, which commemorates the 1963 Supreme Court decision in Abington School District v. Schempp, the law that declared that school-sponsored Bible readings were unconstitutional. It’s also National Chocolate Day, and yes, I’m well aware I buried the lede. Thrillist has a list of free and cheap chocolate

Records continue to be broken as people are voting early in Georgia: Ballots Cast as of 5 p.m. on October 27, 2020 (percent increase over 2016 after 15 days in each) Total Number of Ballots Cast: 3,159,807 (+96.6%) Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots Cast So Far Today: 141,982 Total Number of Early, In-Person Ballots

Last Thursday, I posted about the possible impact upon the Presidential and U.S. Senate races in Georgia by the forthcoming decision of the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the trade secret case between SK Innovation and LG Chem. A ruling was supposed to have been issued yesterday, October 26, but the ITC has postponed the

This week’s Courier Herald column: 40 years ago this week, Ronald Reagan asked in a final debate before his election “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”.  It became the standard litmus test for Presidential elections. That question helped crystalize the myriad of issues facing voters into a binary choice.  Do we

One. More. Week. . . . Until we start the runoff. Oh hey, did you know that Georgia is in play? Vice President is visiting the state today, including a visit to Warm Springs and FDR’s Little White House. “We are going to get dragged through the dirt for something that we did not do.”

This evening, the US Senate has confirmed the newest Supreme Court Justice: Amy Coney Barrett. Senator David Perdue’s office issued this statement concerning the confirmation of Judge Barrett: “Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an accomplished, experienced jurist and a brilliant legal mind,” said Senator Perdue. “Throughout her impressive career, Judge Barrett has demonstrated her commitment to preserving