This week’s Courier Herald column: Interstate 285 turned fifty years old this month. The then two-lane highway opened in October 1969 allowing travelers to completely bypass Atlanta. Georgia hasn’t built many freeways since I-285, favoring instead to constantly add lanes to those we already have. I-16 connected Macon to Savannah in 1978. Other spur highways
This week’s Courier Herald column: Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the gut to assess where we are, why we do what we do, and what we should be doing going forward. For sports fans in Georgia, we’ve been provided ample opportunity. It was a week that began and ended with embarrassing losses by
This week’s Courier Herald column: If you want the right answers, it’s best to make sure you have asked the right questions. Presidential primaries have a tendency to set the tone on policy debates, as much as we have debates on actual policy anymore. It is through this lens we have accepted as a current
Per press release from Georgia’s Attorney General’s Office: ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation today announced that a joint investigation of suspected racketeering and criminal attempt to commit theft by taking has warranted the arrest of Clarence Dean Alford, a former member of the Board of Regents representing
From a press release this morning: ATLANTA – State Representatives Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee) and Gerald Greene (R-Cuthbert) today announced that they will introduce legislation during the 2020 legislative session to address vaping and e-cigarette use in Georgia. “As a mother of teenagers, I have firsthand knowledge of the insidious and harmful effects of youth vaping
Details at this point are scarce, but it appears someone broke into the Georgia Capitol last night and did “a lot of damage”. Officials are still trying to put together exactly what happened. A motive is not yet known, but reports/rumors are that a suspect is in custody and possibly hospitalized. This is posted primarily
This week’s Courier Herald column: While theatrics in Washington have consumed virtually all of the political headlines over the past week, a two-day budget hearing in Atlanta framed the state of Georgia’s economy and tax policy. No immediate votes are scheduled, but the discussion provided a road map to future implications for the state’s politics
Senator David Perdue has teamed up with Alabama Democrat Doug Jones to introduce a bill to improve school safety. The bill is modeled after grants used here in Georgia. Senator Perdue’s press release is as follows: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Doug Jones (D-AL) are taking bipartisan action to strengthen school safety
This week’s Courier Herald column: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium had a bit of a coming out party Saturday night. A record capacity crowd greeted Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish and kept the stadium rocking until almost midnight. A national TV audience was able to witness Georgia grind out a victory. It was a great night
This week’s Courier Herald column: I’ve covered the “State of the Port” address in Savannah about six or seven times now. The meeting hosted by the Georgia Ports Authority and the Savannah chapter of the Propeller Club of the United States fills the Savannah Convention Center ballroom to capacity every year. It’s a room where
