The following is a guest post that originally appeared on the Facebook page of its author, Georgia Young Republicans Chairman Robert Lee, and is reposted here with his permission: Just some thoughts from someone in the Oregon Trail generation (part millennial, part GenX) about what my party, which I’ve always belonged to as long as
From a press release from Governor Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced during National Travel and Tourism Week that the state’s tourism industry generated $58.9 billion in business sales in 2015, according to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. This represents a three percent increase over the previous year and a new record
Signalized intersections on Route 316 between Lawrenceville and Athens are on the way out, and grade-separated interchanges are on the way in, according to Georgia DOT commissioner Russell McMurry. Commissioner McMurry made the announcement at a Wednesday meeting of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Ten grade separated interchanges along the route will be under construction
From a press release from Governor Nathan Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the appointments of Dustin W. Hightower to a Superior Court judgeship within the Coweta Judicial Circuit and Bradford L. Rigby as district attorney of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. The appointments will take effect upon swearing in. The vacancy within the Coweta
In the wake of Donald Trump becoming the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the Cook Political Report issued an updated Electoral College Scorecard. The latest rankings predict the Democratic nominee, likely Hillary Clinton, with 304 electoral votes, Donald Trump with 190 votes, and the remaining 44 votes as a tossup. 270 votes are required to win
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Also on this date, in 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he made a 15 minute suborbital flight. Peaches They managed to mess up the Georgia Milestones Test. Again. Student killed on campus – why was campus carry vetoed? Our peaches aren’t safe enough? Life on CraigsList really is
From a press release from Secretary of State Brian Kemp: Today Secretary of State Brian Kemp issued his final decision in candidate challenges for two contests on the upcoming May 24 General Primary and Nonpartisan Election ballot. To initiate a candidate challenge, an elector residing within a district must submit a complaint to the Secretary
Texas Senator Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday night after a decisive loss in the Hoosier State — one that he determined was a must win for him. A post mortem story in Politico suggests that despite the fact that Indiana should have been Cruz-friendly territory with its southern social conservative heritage, the candidate’s
U.S. Congressman Doug Collins (R, GA-9) has released an ad attacking Paul Broun (R, GA-10) over Broun’s ethic charges while serving in Congress and the indictment of Paul Broun’s top staffer. He also has set up a webpage that goes into more details about Broun’s issues. Broun is one of four Republican challengers to Rep.
Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana yesterday signaled a lot of things about the direction of the Republican Party, but mostly it was about entering into the final stage of the presidential primary: acceptance of a presumptive nominee. For some of us, that’s going to be a little harder than others. There’s thought and strategy behind
