This news dropped just before Senator Isakson’s announcement on Wednesday, and didn’t get the attention it may deserve. While it may seem we do a lot of “study” on healthcare issues, there is one item here that seems to have bi-partisan, bi-cameral support: Price Transparency. Patients are tired of surprise billing, and an inability to
First the old business: Governor Brian Kemp has asked for state agencies to prepare for across the board budget cuts of 4% to 6%. In order to ensure time and planning to analyze, prioritize, and implement possible spending reductions, Speaker David Ralston announced earlier this month that the House would commence budget hearings early this
On Wednesday morning Senator Johnny Isakson rocked Georgia’s political world by announcing he is retiring at the end of the year. Isakson has been a fixture in public service for over four decades. His name sits alongside others such as Coverdell and Gingrich in the small circle of founders of the modern Georgia Republican party.
This morning we were greeted with a bit of a surprise from Senator Isakson, with the now well covered news of his early retirement. He’s made no secret of his health challenges, and a recent fall with broken ribs combined with a newly discovered issue with his kidneys have led him to decide that it
ATLANTA – Today, Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) announced the passing of former Clerk of the House Robert E. Rivers Jr.: “No one loved serving others as much as Robbie Rivers. He loved this state and he loved the Georgia House of Representatives. Robbie was never too busy to help a new representative who sincerely
This week’s Courier Herald column: We’re in the middle of a fight that wasn’t expected. Fueled by media that caters to click-bait stories, social media warriors were quick to choose sides and take up arms. The physical battleground was well represented at high noon Sunday in Cobb County on Windy Hill Road, just down from
Sad news out of Albany this morning, as reported by WABL news: Albany police were dispatched to the area around 8:11 a.m. where they found Goss, 60, in a wooded area behind the residence dead from a gunshot wound, according to police. Judge Goss was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal to serve as a judge
This week’s Courier Herald column: My thoughts keep returning to a meme being posted and reposted on Facebook. It featured a picture of protesters in Hong Kong, waving American Flags. The words are simple on the surface but contain a haunting charge: Be the America Hong Kong thinks you are. America’s self-image often differs greatly
This week’s Courier Herald column: Former State Senator Michael Williams, a Forsyth County Republican, apologized last week for his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. In a detailed Facebook post, Williams seemed to characterize his recent guilty plea for filing a false police report just before the Republican primary as a campaign strategy mistake. “Let me be clear.
Emma Hinesley has passed away. A stalwart in may Georgia Republican organizations, she was a past President of the Georgia Federation of Republican Women among her many other titles and organizational affiliations. I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Emma in the 90’s, when I was part of the Fayette County GOP. She lived in
