Month: December 2016

When can we expect an election in GA-6?

With the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, potential candidates are already maneuvering to fill his seat.  While phone calls are being made and rumors are being launched, no one is yet sure when this special election sprint will end. Determining this should be easy: the governor determines an election date

Congressman Tom Graves Vying For Powerful Appropriations Subcommittee Chairmanship

Congressman Tom Graves (R-GA-14) has been in Congress since 2009 (after Nathan Deal resigned his seat in Congress to run for governor).  After Congressman Tom Price (R-GA-06) is confirmed for his post as the next Health and Human Services secretary, Congressman Graves will become the most senior Republican in the Georgia House delegation. He’s also

Morning Reads for Friday, December 2, 2016

DECEMBER? It’s DECEMBER?!?!? #panic Words escape… more later. Sigh. Even more rules. Clark Atlanta gets a big donation. Location. Location. Location. Haggling. Prayers for East Tennessee. How to help. Flap or flop on Fixer Upper? How to get folks to turn OFF their phones. Checking out, for real. Carry your gun nationwide? Democrats promise to

Agnes Scott College Supports Its Dreamers

Today, Agnes Scott College President Elizabeth Kiss announced that the Decatur college will join Emory University in supporting its DACA students. Last week, a group of more than 700 Emory University students, 100 faculty members, and 17 campus groups sent a letter to their administration urging them to ensure that the private university will be a “sanctuary campus”

In Emory’s Sanctuary Campus Debate, One Administrator Compares Reaction to Trump’s Election to What He Saw After 9/11

Last week, We told you about a letter sent to administrators at Decatur’s Emory University asking that the university be turned into a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students who were admitted to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program set up by President Obama. Those signing the petition were concerned that President-Elect Trump would terminate

Morning Reads – Thursday, December 1, 2016

Finally, December is here. On this date in 1959, 12 countries, including the US and USSR, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from military activity. Peaches Another death row inmate set to die next week, lawyers begin last ditch efforts Committee begins offering recommendations after Amendment 3