As tradition dictates, GeorgiaPol is hosting its annual Wild Hog Road Show. Join Dear Leader Charlie Harper, our editors, and our contributors for a celebration before the Georgia General Assembly convenes the following day. Topics that are off-limits: My attire at last year’s road show, my attire at this year’s road show, and the impending
80,000 jobs and $4 billion-with-a-B in wages is nothing to sneeze at. For a 20 to 30% discount on their state income taxes, filmmakers, television producers and video game companies do their respective things in Georgia, and NOT in places like North Carolina, Louisiana, or Michigan. That tax break translated into 245 feature film and
The Georgia Ports Authority announced a 6.5% monthly increase in total container traffic yesterday. The Port of Savannah alone moved 167,333 containers, an increase of 10,210 over November 2015. Against the backdrop of increasing national skepticism about America’s trade policies, the Georgia Ports Authority credits a “strengthening export market and a busy peak holiday season”
Good morning! Today is the last day to send first-class mail if you want it to arrive before Christmas. Cindy Stowell died before her “Jeopardy!” triumph aired. A group of really really smart scientists figured out how to blast antimatter atoms with a laser. Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, was found guilty of “negligence.”
UPDATE: Baoky Vu, the elector who has resigned due to opposition to President-Elect Trump, will be replaced by John Padgett, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. After more than a month of emotional pleas, Georgia’s members of the Electoral College will vote at noon in the state capitol. Presumably, all 16 of Georgia’s Electoral College
Everyone knows about the unusual conundrum of government spending: Spend it all by the end of the year so you can get the same amount the next year. But the Bibb County Board of Education is taking that idea to new heights. The BOE last week filed a lawsuit against former superintendent Romain Dallemand after it
This week’s Courier Herald column: This time last year, those opposed to Donald Trump in Republican circles were just learning to take him seriously. Most that wanted to stop him – in both parties – did so too late. Despite the ongoing bargaining stage in many Democrats’ phases of grief, he’s going to be sworn
I had the pleasure of meeting an interesting individual at the Phipps AMC movie theater on Thursday. As I sat at the bar awaiting the arrival of my friends, I couldn’t help but notice the man’s Chewbacca onesie. After striking up a conversation, he gave me his business card: “Professional Fame Whore” written beside a picture of himself
Legislation was signed today officially naming the Marietta Post Office on Sandy Plains Rd in honor of Cobb County native Lance Corporal Squire K “Skip” Wells. Wells was one of five service members murdered in a terrorist attack at the Naval Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn in July of 2015. He was a 2012 graduate
As a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Georgia congressman Barry Loudermilk is keeping a watchful eye on the incidents involving the Department of Homeland Security and the Georgia Secretary of State’s database. A data security contractor informed the Secretary of State’s office that the firewall protecting the database had been scanned on November
