Good morning! How fitting that hump day this week also happens to be National Middle Child Day, right? Here are a few fun facts about middle children in honor of their collective belief they’ve been shortchanged for all eternity. Full results from yesterday’s primary runoff election can be found here. Now, the news: Pat Conroy
It’s also Election Night for the General Primary Run-off Races. Republican voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District apparently wanted a true outsider. Marjorie Greene, who originally began her campaign in her home district of GA-06 to unseat Congresswoman Lucy McBath, looks to be sailing towards a victory to succeed Congressman Tom Graves in the US
Former Vice President Joe Biden has picked California Senator and former Presidential opponent Kamala Harris to be his running mate. Two prominent reactions of note. One from a Georgian that made the short list: And one that ran a full court press for the job.
This week’s Courier Herald column: To understand the future, we first need to understand the past. To change the future, we first must change the present. There was a time, not long ago at all, when good policy was good politics. Good policy wasn’t hyper partisan – quite the contrary. Good policy was post-partisan. Good
Happy Run-Off Election Day! 2020 hasn’t produced too much that is super exciting to me, but Election Day is another version of Christmas for political nerds. If you need me, I’ll be sign waving and stalking poll locations to gauge turnout. Election day in Georgia: What you need to know for Tuesday ‘Everyone in the
School is back in session across Georgia, both in the classroom and in the dining room. May the odds be in your favor. It’s also Run-Off Election Day Eve in may counties! Don’t forget to vote tomorrow. Georgia school seen in viral photo temporarily closes after 9 students and staff members test positive for coronavirus
Southerners love their dogs. Georgia shows “…a smart and directed reopening is absolutely possible.” Since when does threatening teenagers get the result you want? LOLz. Sadness. Not much time left to visit this gem. Goosebumps ON FIRE, baby! Vindicated. All we need is a fainting couch, and our 2020 life will be complete. GoT creator
Today is the 55th anniversary of President Johnson’s signing of the Voting Rights Act. It’s also the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima. The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan where an estimated
Governor Kemp today vetoed four bills, and offered statements regarding those. At the bottom of the press release, there is a note on a bill he signed, HB 105. It’s important. In the coming weeks, I will issue a proclamation calling for a special session of the General Assembly to pass the Hurricane Michael tax
Good morning! Or mid-morning. Y’all, I totally thought it was Tuesday until an hour ago when I got the reminder for my weekly Wednesday meeting coming up in an hour. But, it’s International Traffic Lights Day, which is pretty awesome. Here is a short history of the first ever installed electric traffic light. There’s not
