The following have been set by the House Rules Committee to be debated by the House today, Monday, June 15, 2020: SB 43 – Revenue Bonds; definition of the term “undertaking” as it relates to electric systems; revise (EU&T-Carpenter-4th) Payne-54th SB 134 – Georgia Commission on the Holocaust; commission for administrative purposes; reassign (GAff-Silcox-52nd) Kirkpatrick-32nd
The Senate will reconvene today at 10 a.m. to consider the following bills on the floor: · HB 781 – Financial institutions; clarify and remove superfluous language; provisions · HR 935 – Georgia Commission on Freight and Logistics; create · HR 1023 – A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide
On this last Monday of Spring, the Georgia General Assembly will reconvene to finish the work that was interrupted in March by COVID-19. It will be the oddest end to the oddest session, which is pretty much the only thing that makes sense for the year that just needs to go back to wherever it
More openings! Peabody Awards announced. Schooled. Victor Hill in hot water. Again. Veep sweepstakes continue. Domino’s hack. Overkill. IBM to walk away from facial recognition. Wayward moon.
The growth of Georgia’s film and entertainment industry has been an organic success story that dates back to the creation of the Governor’s Office of Film under Jimmy Carter, A revamp of the film tax credit program under Governor Sonny Perdue, and a full embrace and enhancement of the program under Governor Nathan Deal –
Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) released the below statement after Bill Kokaly, a member of his staff and a dear friend, died following an 18-month battle with cancer. “Like most people, I have been blessed with childhood friends who have walked with me and my family through every phase of life, constant in a sea of
Was WSB-TV trying to invoke the Atlanta schools cheating scandal by making false statements about a metro area high school? Yesterday, WSB-TV’s Tyiesha Fernandes did a story that on its face appeared to be an uplifting article. She reported about all 500 students in Westlake High School’s graduating class of 2020 going to college or
Michael Boggus, who finished last in Tuesday’s 9 candidate Republican Primary for the 9th Congressional District with 3% of the vote, announced last night on Facebook Live that he will continue his campaign as a write-in candidate in the November general election. Boggus, a Conservative and Constitutionalist, was born and raised in Gainesville and works
The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute published a letter urging the governor and legislators to raise new sources of revenue. Thirty-six other signees joined the left-leaning organization including: the League of Women Voters of Georgia, the International Rescue Committee and Open Hand Atlanta. An odd mix to be sure. Charlie has a good primer on
A timely court anniversary: on this date in 1993, SCOTUS ruled that people who commit “hate crimes” could be sentenced to extra punishment. Peaches Gov. Kemp on Tuesday’s mess. But CNN says it shows ‘why Governor Stacey Abrams is right.‘ The New Yorker took a long form look at voting in Georgia, though. And Stephen
