Former Governor Sonny Perdue flew up to New York City for a tete-a-tete with President-Elect Trump. Perdue’s name has been thrown around for Secretary of Agriculture. However, Perdue only said he was asked to meet with Trump “and that’s what I’m going to do.” Per Greg Bluestein of the AJC, Perdue arrived at Trump Tower
Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA-14) was unanimously re-elected by his House Republican colleagues from the Georgia and South Carolina delegations to his seat on the 32-member House Republican Steering Committee. From a presser: Rep. Tom Graves (R-GA-14) last night was unanimously re-elected by Georgia and South Carolina House Republicans to the powerful House Republican Steering Committee,
UPDATE: Archived video of the event is below. At 3:00 P.M. today, Rep. Tom Price will deliver a keynote address at the Brookings Institution on reforms of the budgetary process. Price is, of course, Chairman of the House Budget Committee and has been focusing his committee hearings on reforming that arcane process for some time.
The United States Army will convert the 3rd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, stationed at Fort Stewart outside of Hinesville, to an Armor Brigade Combat Team. The move indicates that Fort Stewart is likely safe in the next round of BRAC hearings, taking place today at North Georgia University in Dahlonega a possibility a
With a special election looming to fill the soon to be vacated seat of Congressman Tom Price, there’s a lot of confusion and social media discussion on Georgia’s “Resign To Run” law. Let’s clear the first part of the confusion up. It’s more than a law. It’s in the Georgia Constitution. Article II, Section 2,
Regent C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., MD and Regent Jim Hull were both recently appointed to the governing body of the University System of Georgia. Hopkins has been appointed a one-year term as the Board’s chair and Hull a one-year term as vice chair. Hopkins has been a regent officer representing the Third Congressional District since
And it’s Judson Hill! The Senator from Marietta becomes the first candidate to announce in the race, but will surely not be the last. Should he qualify for the race (a special election to replace Congressman Tom Price is expected to be held early next year) he would need to resign from the Senate, thus
Congressman Doug Collins continues making good on his promise to bring Northeast Georgia values and vision to national conversations about our country’s path forward. In his op-ed piece in this morning’s Washington Post the Congressman wrote: Republicans erred when we allowed our friends across the aisle to hijack the narrative of hope and inclusion. Not
Sorry folks. NYTimes reviews the very good graphic novel series written by John Lewis. ICYMI–March: Book Three won the National Book Award. On the semi-Georgian man who was the last unknown man in America. It only took 20 years but MARTA moving on phase two of Lindbergh development. Kasim Reed joins 30 other mayors in letter
We have our first official candidate to replace 6th District Congressman Tom Price, who will leave his North Atlanta district to take the job of Health and Human Services Secretary in the Trump Administration. And, he’s a Libertarian. Chase Oliver announced for the seat in a Facebook past Tuesday night. I am running for several
