Despite a record breaking Presidential Preference Primary on March 1st in Georgia, the July 26th runoffs did not see the best turnout. In a press release issued by Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s office, the voter turnout for Tuesday’s election, which was the last election for Georgia until the November General Election, was declared “low”
This weekend is Georgia’s annual Back to School Tax Free Weekend. It’s a tradition in the Peach State, where a wide variety of items, including clothing, computers, and school supplies can be purchased free of sales tax. The governor’s Office of Planning and Budget estimates this year’s event will save consumers $74.5 million in sales
RIP Jack Davis. DGD. Georgia hospital ratings are out, with a few surprises. The things people will do for football. Trolling… Pot? Kettle? How can you tell? Can we start now? If course he’ll be the victim, right? Maybe, but will you be able to hear the dog bark in the background during the scrum
In an article over at Praxis, Matthew Sheffield discusses whether political ads that pepper our evening TV viewing time during the campaign season really work. In his opinion, they don’t, and he give five reasons why. I think we’ve gone past “weird” in terms of the 2016 political season, but Donald Trump has bucked a lot of
Is Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump considering Georgia’s junior Senator as part of his cabinet? Maybe. Because outsiders who are actually insiders band together, or something. The Hill reports that several Republican senators are among the short list for potential cabinet officers should Donald Trump be elected in November: One Republican senator said Sen. David
An effort by Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp to replace the executive director of the Georgia Board of Nursing has been postponed until after a new Nursing Education Consultant has been hired to assist the board. Board of Nursing Executive Director Jim Cleghorn was originally going to change positions with Andrew Turnage, the current
In an article published in the Macon Telegraph on Tuesday, it was described that as the next legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly inches closer, Speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston and other Georgia lawmakers are looking into language that would clearly criminalize the practice of taking secret, invasive pictures for the purpose of
On this date in 1868, the 14th Amendment was declared to be in effect, guaranteeing due process of law. Peaches Tennessee spikes a little competition at Georgia. 9 Georgia schools to close because of facilities. Some of the DNC delegates from Georgia…what are they thinking? The tyrannical city of Roswell continues to crush its own.
In a contest that started with 4 candidates in the May primary and came down to 2 in the July primary runoff, Matt Gurtler prevailed over Kent Woerner 61-39%. The primary runoff featured an inflow of money from outside the district to the Woerner campaign but Gurtler’s door-to-door retail politics won the day. Just 27
