The Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 gives veterans access to medical care from private providers under certain conditions. In practice the VA choose to ignore the spirit of the law and limit that access. Today Georgia 9th District Congressman Doug Collins introduced legislation to improve veterans ability to receive private health care options when
Which of these songs best represents your Mother’s Day (and I know one of these two will cover all of GAPol.com’s readership) “Mama Used to Say” by Junior or “I Wanna Get Rid of You” by Psychotic Pineapple? Remember when Trump said Snowden should be “executed” for sharing classified info with Russia? It’s nuts how
With 100% of the precincts reporting, Kay Kirkpatrick (R) has defeated Christine Triebsch (D) to become the next State Senator in District 32. Kirkpatrick has won with almost 57% of the vote in the District.
Jon Ossoff has released two ads in the GA-6 congressional runoff election over the last week. They both push cutting wasteful spending and prioritizing high-tech and bio-tech research. Table Ossoff states in this ad that both parties in Congress are wasting money and the deficits are holding back the economy. He lays out his three-point
Karen Handel has released a new ad entitled “Home.” She states in the ad that she has been involved in Georgia’s 6th District for almost 25 years, during which time she served as Fulton County Commission Chair, Chamber President, and Georgia Secretary of State. She states that it would be a privilege to serve the
Former US Attorney General Sally Yates crushed Georgia Democrats’ hearts saying she won’t run for governor. The full text of the interview will be published in next week’s issue of The New Yorker, but she left a crack in the door to possibly serve as an elected official in the future. Quoth Yates: “I am totally ruling
If you live in Senate District 32, it’s Election Day! Again! Make sure to vote in the special election runoff. The big deal this morning. ETA at 8:20 – John Dingell said it best – “Oh hell what now“ Paul Ryan stumped for Handel last night and nobody really wanted to talk about Lord Voldem
But my question is: how can 11% of CD-6ers remain uncertain on President Trump? Because this race is really about if you like the President and 11% of likely voters are “uncertain” about Trump’s presidency and if you are voting in a congressional special election runoff you are a very opinionated voter. Ossoff and Handel are also not
Democrat Christine Triebsch will face Republican Kay Kirkpatrick in the Senate District 32 runoff tomorrow, May 16, 2017, to replace former state Senator Judson Hill. Polls will be open in the District, which covers parts of Cobb and Fulton counties, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sec. of State Brian Kemp stated in a press
This week’s Courier Herald column. You may find the previous parts of this series by following this link. In this fourth installment of a series explaining the regions that make up Georgia’s statewide geographic political factions, we’re going to explore the newfound statewide power broker. That would be the roughly four million people that live
