Recognizing that Georgia’s public safety officers have difficult and dangerous jobs for which they are not adequately compensated, Governor Deal announced a two part law enforcement initiative this morning, including a 20% pay raise for the state’s law enforcement officers and additional training programs designed to improve officers’ skills and effectiveness. Flanked by Lt. Governor
Last week I commented on the various options for expanding Medicaid in Georgia and drew comments from a number of readers. Now it seems like a Forbes contributor has taken a closer look at those options and come to some scathing conclusions. Josh Archambault, Senior Fellow with the Foundation for Government Accountability, has joined the conversation
We’ve written for the past couple of weeks about Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s tepid attitude towards federal intervention of election administration all in the name of cyber-security. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been making remarks about the “rigged system” that will steal this election from him for a while now, and I know
While the world focused in horror on New York and Washington during the 2008 financial crisis, the greatest cost was borne by cities like Atlanta. Rapidly expanding for decades, the sudden scarcity of capital tanked home prices and forced over 100 community banks in Georgia to close their doors– more than any other state. While
On this date in 1892, an early version of “The Pledge of Allegiance” appeared in “The Youth’s Companion.” Colin Kaepernick would probably disapprove. Also on this date, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon. Peaches Georgia Tech is trying to reduce the number of suicides on campus A monkey and drugs caught in
Over at Politics4Tomorrow, Austin Wagner takes a look at which State House and State Senate districts might be most vulnerable to flip from Republican to Democrat and vice-versa. To determine the districts most likely to flip, he starts with a vulnerability index developed by the DailyKos to determine winnable U.S. house and senate races, and
There’s something poetic about 9/7 in ’16. Maybe said date was mentioned as something important in a Dan Brown book. “Four Cornered Room” by War. The two candidates for POTUS may have locked in their GA strategies. Ninety GA Bar exam takers can now say they are only technically failures. Missed connections at Dragon Con. #sad
There was a time when the Defense Authorization Bill wasn’t generally used as a political football. Can’t say exactly when that ended, but a morning story from Politico notes the unusual step of the Pentagon openly coordinating a political plan as part of the executive branch. The memo, prepared for Defense Secretary Ash Carter and
Georgia Democrats have been clamoring that Georgia needs to be considered among North Carolina and Virginia as states worthy of investment. After polls showing that she is running close here, Hillary Clinton may have been convinced. The campaign is running the following ad showing veterans and Gold Star parents watching Donald Trump’s remarks. Georgia has
This week’s Courier Herald column: With the passing of Labor Day, we admit that Summer is over for all practical purposes. School is long back in session, most white clothing is to be stored away lest we be cited for violation by the fashion police, and it’s time to get back to work. In political
