This week, I am going to be writing at length about social problems in Atlanta. About how homelessness works, about how social services work — or don’t work — to solve problems, and about what you can do to help. Let’s start with something simple today. A very young couple from Denver found a job
This week’s Courier Herald column: Last week the Georgia Ports Authority held its annual State of the Ports briefing in Savannah. It’s an annual banquet that fills the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center to capacity with the state’s elected officials and business leaders. The program is similar each year and can usually be subtitled
Happy Fall, Y’all. It’s hotter than August and we have 6 Mondays until Election Day. May the good Lord send rain and cool temperatures for our faithful sign teams and neighborhood canvassers. If that beard or 1970’s ‘stache was keeping you from applying to work at your local Publix, get that application in! Starting in
An internal poll for Stacey Abrams has the Democratic challenger leading Brian Kemp 48%-42% of likely voters. The poll was conducted by Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group who found in May that Abrams was beating Kemp 49%-40%. I’m not smart enough to comment on the validity of the poll or the firm’s methods. However, GHY compares its results
Recently, a professor at Emory Law School was accused of using the n-word during class while discussing a case. The school did not fire the professor, but they did order-in some Starbucks-type unconscious bias training. Pressure by students on this issue forced the school to deal with a deeper issue that using the n-word makes
Fascinating interview. Inside the Waffle House Storm Command Center. First they came for UGA. Now they are after balloons. Self-awareness fail. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water. Faster, please. I thought RUMOURS was a Fleetwood Mac album. The history of chowder (it will get cold sooner or later).
Today, Geoff Duncan, Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia, released his rural health care plan. Duncan’s plan rejects Medicaid expansion as a “political solution that promises free health care in exchange for votes.” Duncan states that “we have to get away from judging success by the size of the federal program. We should judge
Good morning and Happy Thursday. We’re almost to the end of the week — and thank Heavens for that! Peaches “School safety has nothing to do with guns“ Unopposed lawmakers raking in campaign donations Georgia’s high school graduation rate climbs 3 cities with the highest migration rates Educators endorse Abrams Jimmy Carter Hunting on the
Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) shared some remarks today at Georgia Southern University on Rural Development in Georgia, including a call for an extension of the House Rural Development Council. The following is a press release, followed by additional coverage from Charlie Harper via Twitter. “Today, at the House Rural Development Council meeting, Speaker David
Alternative Title: Election’HD28 II: Electric Boogaloo Yesterday evening, Senior Judge David Sweat found there was enough evidence to warrant a new election for House District 28 based on voting irregularities in last May’s primary election in Habersham County. In the primary, incumbent Representative Dan Gasaway was defeated by Chris Erwin by a total of 67
