Month: November 2019

Georgia: Record Number Of Jobs; Unemployment Rate Matches All Time Low

Some good news this morning, via a press release from Governor Brian Kemp: Atlanta, GA – This week, Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, matching the lowest percentage since 1976. Additionally, Georgia set a record number for total jobs in the state at 4.64 million. Since 2010, Georgia has added

Rural Broadband in Low Income Areas

Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins reintroduced the Gigabit Opportunity (GO) Act, House Resolution 5082, to encourage broadband development in economically disadvantaged communities. The GO Act allows governors to designate one-fourth of their state’s low-income communities as Gigabit Opportunities Zones.  It also provides tax incentives for companies to invest in gigabit-capable broadband expansion within these

Morning Reads for Friday, November 15, 2019

Great news – President Jimmy Carter up and moving around.  Sometimes Babylon Bee looks like a real news site. Dolly is the Queen of Everything.  Hamburger history. Anybody into vintage subway cars?  A long line of tiny Mr. Rogers. Gannett now nation’s largest publisher. A big “Bah, Humbug!” to Durham, New Hampshire. Strange gases mean

Morning Reads – Thursday, November 14, 2019

Peaches Georgia may have executed an innocent man last night. The AJC says their poll shows Trump has an uphill battle in Georgia. Ga election officials investigate prominent critics. Parents upset they can’t learn vaccination rates at their children’s schools. How fear, politics forged Georgia’s punitive juvenile laws A look inside the first school district

Governor Kemp Sets Deadline To Apply For U.S. Senate

The time to apply to become a United States Senator is coming to a close. Governor Kemp’s office sent out the following notice this morning: Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that all qualified Georgians who want to serve in the U.S. Senate must submit their application online by Monday, November 18 at 5 PM.

Expanded Newborn VA Care

Yesterday the House passed H.R. 3224, the Deborah Sampson Act, which includes the Newborn Care Improvement Act sponsored by 9th District Congressman Doug Collins. The Newborn Care Improvement Act, introduced by Collins in May 2019, extends the amount of time female veterans’ newborns are eligible to receive medical care through the Department of Veterans Affairs

Morning Reads for Wednesday, November 13

Georgia Pray for President Carter as he recovers from surgery. Atlanta’s pro teams have United (get it?) to back HOPE revenue generating online gambling Teresa Tomlinson honored Veterans Day by asking you for money University System enrollment at record high; larger than the combined populations of Savannah and Macon Gwinnett YIMBY Gwinnett/North Fulton/Cobb are sterling

Medical Cannabis Commission Appointments Named

Today, Governor Brian Kemp, Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, and House Speaker David Ralston announced their appointees to Georgia’s newly created Medical Cannabis Commission. The Commission is the result of House Bill 324, which establishes the commission to oversee the growth, production, and distribution of low THC oil. The Commission is administratively attached to the Secretary