Sorry, folks! Yes, we are a full month into summer break (for those of us for whom summer break is a thing, as it is for me), and yes, I still have not adjusted to the change in routine. Many schools across the south no longer want to be named for Robert E. Lee, and
Representative David Stover, who has represented parts of Coweta County in the Georgia House, has resigned his seat citing family issues. The Newnan Times Herald has the official line: Stover married a woman from England last summer, but following his reelection in 2018, he said he intended to serve through the end of his term
Hello fellow Political Junkies. Hope your Monday morning is off to a good start. Governor Kemp is in South Korea. Atlanta has an affordable housing problem. Bernie Sanders has a plan to cancel ALL student debt. Worst news to hit Southerners in a long time. Honestly, as a new mom, I wasn’t sad that Toys
This week’s Courier Herald column: I spent the last few weeks checking off a bucket list item. There’s just too much of this country I had not yet seen, and by playing aggressive defense on my calendar I was able to piece together the time for an extended road trip. 22 states and 8,027 rental
There’s a big music festival in Athens this weekend. Georgia’s bustin’ out all over. Athens has just what Wayfair needs. Nobody wants to be a nurse anymore. Wow. Dude. That’s a great echo. Florida city caves to ransomware attack. Run away. Run away. Robot bartenders? How on earth do you flirt with a machine? You
From a press release (emphasis added): Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the presence of a World War I memorial cross on public land in Maryland does not violate the Establishment Clause, and that in fact, destroying the nearly century-old memorial “would not be neutral and would not further the ideals of respect and
From a press release: Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan today announced the members of three Senate Study Committees: SR 442 (Senate Study Committee on Creating a Georgia Agricultural Marketing Authority), SR 479 (Senate Evaluating E-Scooters and other Innovative Mobility Options for Georgians Study Committee), and SR 153 (Senate Study Committee on Revising Voting Rights for Nonviolent
Today is the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling which held that employers must treat male and female workers equally in providing health benefits for their spouses. Peaches Long Beach might hop on the Georgia travel ban bangwagon. Abrams to testify on effect of 2013 voting ruling. Your car’s data privacy comes into question
As Lawton mentioned in the morning reads this morning, Georgia will likely not be a part of Super Tuesday. Earlier this morning, WSB’s Aaron Diamant confirmed that Georgia will be conducting it’s Presidential Preference Primary on March 24, 2020. BREAKING: Just confirmed. Date set for Georgia’s presidential primary: Tuesday, March 24, 2020. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/Xh8GKNt1dK —
Juneteenth Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, an order was read in Texas on June 19, 1865 announcing that all slaves were free in Texas and throughout the United States. Part of the order read: “This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves,
