…because this flight is over. Dr. Tom Price, the CD6 Representative who left Congress to be Donald Trump’s Secretary for Health and Human Services, resigned this afternoon following a turbulent week. From the AJC: Health Secretary Tom Price resigned from his Cabinet post on Friday, the White House said, after racking up at least $1
From a campaign press release: Tracy Jordan, a member of the Hoschton City Council , announced her campaign for the Republican nomination for Insurance Commissioner of the State of Georgia. “I’m running because the insurance industry has run roughshod over the people and businesses in Georgia for too long. They can raise premiums without consequence
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today that the entities responsible for the two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle will receive additional loan guarantees. Georgia Power recently announced their intention to complete the project after their prime contractor, Westinghouse Electric, filed for bankruptcy over cost overruns on this and other projects. As others have
We have a battle over how to document success in Georgia’s public schools, and it pits Governor Nathan Deal and the State Board of Education versus the State School Superintendent, Richard Woods. At the crux of the issue is the federal “Every Student Succeeds Act”, which requires states to file a plan with the Federal
The Porch Light Latin Kitchen (Smyrna) and Buen Provecho (Marietta) restaurants are taking donations for Puerto Rico. Deadline is tomorrow. UPDATE: The response has been so overwhelming, that Andre of PLLK is asking that we hold our donations for now, until the group can round up MORE trucks. Not from ‘round here, are ya? That’s
Consider this an open forum on the mayoral race in Atlanta. The debate livestream was live but is now over. An archive of the debate can be seen HERE on WSB-TV’s website.
Tom Price was needled for his seemingly too serendipitous stock sales prior to confirmation, but he weathered that mini-scandal and became Secretary of Health and Human Services. But it is still up in the air whether he’ll be able to land safely in DC from his latest personal profiteering, or be diverted back home. Secretary
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr held a press conference today where he announced a Statewide Opioid Task Force had been created. The goal of the Task Force is to provide “an infrastructure of communication between organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors that are combating and are impacted by this critical issue.” You can track
From the Savannah Morning News: The Savannah City Council approved on Thursday a resolution for Georgia lawmakers to rename the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge, named for a former governor and segregationist. Mayor Eddie DeLoach said he wanted the city to be on the right side of history and that the bridge should no longer be
In a release sent earlier today, Georgia’s Third District Congressman, Drew Ferguson (R), praised the Department of Veterans Affairs for their plans to build a new clinic in Pike County, Georgia. According to the release, Ferguson voted for the Congressional authorization of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 which included the new
