Let’s get right to this… Space Force is on it’s way to be the sixth branch of the Armed Forces. Have you been on a museum tour at the Grand Canyon? Chances are you were exposed to a bunch of radiation… a bunch. The “powerhouse libel and defamation lawyer”, “Lin” Wood (see Richard Jewell), has
On Monday the Americans for Prosperity announced that Stephen Allison is the new Director for the State of Georgia. Allison, a Blairsville attorney, is the former District 8 State Representative and the former co-host of Mountain Mornings on WJRB 95.1/WJUL 97.7 in Young Harris. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is driving long-term solutions to the country’s
This week’s Courier Herald column: The easiest way to kill success is to take it for granted. The growth in Georgia’s entertainment industry has been an unqualified success. Georgia’s leaders are taking steps to quantify where the industry currently stands in the state, as well as to prepare to anchor the industry for years to
Filling in for my gal, Teri, this morning! Welcome to Week 6 of the Legislative Session. Feel the Bern. Welcome to the Circus, Bernie Sanders! He’s in. Governor Kemp swore in 6 executive appointees yesterday. The final Facebook report on fake news via a British Parliamentary Committee. Yikes. A beautiful story out of Macon on
Federal spending bill meant to avert another government shutdown expands the business exemption process for China tariffs. Business reliant on one of the lion-share of Chinese goods subjected to U.S. tariffs will soon be able to petition the U.S. Trade Representative for an exemption from the additional duties. Several businesses across Georgia are expected to
Just in this morning, first reported by the AJC, the Georgia Supreme Court has unanimously agreed that a person accused of driving under the influence can refuse to submit to a breathalyzer test, both roadside and at the jail, without that refusal being used against them in court. Justice Nels S.D. Peterson wrote in the
House Bill 286 was introduced by Representative Scot Turner (R-Holly Springs) last week to address an on-going issue of manufacturers limiting the ability to maintain, diagnose, or repair equipment that a person has bought and owns. As more and more things that we buy (e.g., cars, phones, TVs, refrigerators, etc.) come with embedded software, device
Hurricane Michael moved through southwest Georgia on October 10th and 11th in 2018, causing more than $2.5 billion in losses to the state’s agriculture industry. The state government passed disaster relief initiatives during a special legislative session in November but are still waiting on the federal government to send additional aid. On Friday, Governor Brian
Helllooo, Monday. Patrick Caddell, the political pollster who helped send an obscure peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter to the White House, later became disillusioned with fellow Democrats and finally veered right to advise supporters of Donald J. Trump, died on Saturday in Charleston, S.C. He was 68. I’m just going to leave this here and
Cox Enterprises reached a deal with Apollo Management Group, an international investment firm, to sell a majority stake in Cox Media Group. Cox Media Group owns 14 television stations, including WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. The acquisition follows a nationwide consolidation trend for television stations and comes as regulators at the Federal Communications Commission debate loosening
