First the actual news here: The Georgia House of Representatives has announced it will begin offering paid leave for employees who have children, including those who adopt or for foster care. The press release is as follows. ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) today announced a new paid family leave policy for employees of
This week has been full of administrative back-end stuff. Hopefully the site is working well for everyone. What websites do you read? What magazines/papers do you read? What sites should we use for Morning Read sources?
This past week, a delegation from the Georgia Young Republicans traveled to Omaha, Nebraska to elect new leadership for the Young Republicans National Federation. Georgia YR Chairman Colt Chambers was elected as Southern Regional Director of the YRNF by the convention, and newly elected YRNF Chairman Rick Loughery appointed Georgia YR National Committeeman James Hall
Good morning! If you live in metro Atlanta, get ready to either work from home or endure wrenching traffic as a result of rolling roadblocks, because the Vice President returns to Atlanta on Friday. Your job doesn’t even matter, though, because a 16-year-old just won $3 million in a Fortnite tournament. The many faces of
From a press release: ATLANTA) — After a competitive selection process, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger selects Dominion Voting Systems to implement its new verified paper ballot system. Implementation of the new secure voting system will start immediately and be in place and fully operational for the March 24, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary. “Elections security is
This week’s Courier Herald column Over the next few weeks, dormitories across the state will again fill up. For most of us that are long since beyond the glory of our college days, the biggest outward sign of this will be the long awaited return of college football. For those that are returning to college
Senator Johnny Isakson’s office sends word that the Senator has been discharged from Cobb County’s Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. The Senator has been participating in in-patient physical rehabilitation after falling last week in Washington D.C., fracturing four of his ribs. I am doing much better thanks to the excellent medical care and rehabilitation services I have
Why DO https://www.onlineathens.com/nationworld/20190725/why-did-whales-beach-themselves-in-georgia-no-answers-yetthe whales beach themselves? No.More.Scooters. Can’t wait to see this! What would you do with a unlimited, life-time airline ticket? California continues its pursuit of third-world status. Hoaxing season is here again. 42. Tears in rain. RIP Rutger Hauer.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order today barring the city from accepting new permit applications from scooter companies, pending an August 5 council meeting where more permanent actions is expected. The order comes a week after a CobbLinc bus ran over and killed 37-year-old William Alexander in Midtown, while he was on
Peaches The Erica Thomas incident wasn’t national news, but that never stops our outrage-hungry media. Gwinnett doing Gwinnett things. Rural broadband estimates = $3+ billion. The complicated math behind buying a college education in Georgia. Georgia’s Coast is Not an Ashtray. DC Appellate Lawyer to Defend Georgia Abortion Ban. Jimmy Carter GOP blocks election security
