It’s the last Monday of August with only 9 Mondays until Election Day and 16 Mondays until Christmas. You’re welcome. Georgia island adds maritime forest to protected acreage New protocols for Georgia absentee ballots Sen. Kelly Loeffler making a stop in Savannah on her ’All About Georgia’ tour Georgia Research Alliance names new president –
In Fulton County, voting issues seem to be a feature, not a bug. Today, the State Elections Board has referred the systemic mishandling of absentee ballot requests during this year’s primary to Attorney General Chris Carr. Noted pointedly in the press release below from Secretary of State Raffensperger, David Worley – a Democrat – made
Jimmy Carter, the Rock and Roll President. Columbus honors founding of women’s sufferage movement in Georgia. Pray for our neighbors. Farmer’s Almanac predicts a wild and crazy winter, especially for our northern neighbors. Even the new ones (you know who you are). When grammar triggers… But is it fluent in Whale Song? Good grief,
Continued prayers this morning for our friends in Louisiana & Texas. It was on this date in 1894 that the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The provision for a graduated income tax was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Peaches Georgia Universities Face Staggering Losses if Football Season Is
Happy Women’s Equality Day! Representative Bella Abzug first introduced the day in 1971, and it became an act of Congress in 1973 that each August 26th would be set aside to honor the certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It further calls attention to women’s continuing quest
This week’s Courier Herald column: Checking my inbox this week, I had an email from a political consultant with the subject line “All we do is win, win, win”. Hubris is often on full display with consultants after a successful primary season, but I’d likely hear “it ain’t bragging if you can back it up”
Good morning! We are asserting that we don’t need a statewide mask mandate for Georgians to do the right thing while we are also exhorting Georgians to please not drink bleach. Delta will slowly add more international flights. They will also continue to cap seating at 75% capacity through at January 2021 (at least; depends
Good morning. I’m filling in for Theresa this morning to bring you a few articles of note: Georgia Covid update: 1800 new cases Sunday. 33 new deaths reported statewide in the last 24 hours. 83% of the state’s critical care beds are full. (Edit: Despite being on the CL-E’s front web page this morning, this
Oh, what a tangled web. Or something. Not just UGA, any college football game. As we continue to eat our way through summer. But they still bite, right? Not your father’s Clone War. Pardon refused. What? August 25. Backed up with lots of data. What could go wrong? What’s a Fujiwhara (question on next week’s
Good news… (and we all need some, don’t we?) In addition to being the date in 1866 on which it was formally declared by President Andrew Johnson that the American Civil War was over, today is National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day. Peaches Georgia voters to be made ‘inactive’ after absentee mail undeliverable Hazmat suits for
