(…and so much for having Rob prepare this early in the week and set to post closer to the meeting as a reminder. The study committee planned for Monday has been cancelled due to Hurricane Irma. – Charlie) Senator Renee Unterman’s (R-Buford) study committee examining barriers to healthcare access is meeting on Monday, September
As of today, there have been five special elections scheduled by Gov. Nathan Deal (R) to fill vacancies in the Georgia General Assembly. At least two more are on the way once state Rep. Geoff Duncan (R) and state Sen. Hunter Hill (R) make their resignations official. The Duncan and Hill seats will probably be
On Wednesday night, Hunter Hill came to Athens to speak to UGA’s College Republicans about his 2018 gubernatorial bid. Hill, a conservative Republican state senator who squeaked out a win in his Buckhead-centered district in 2016, says he is running on a platform of ideas and philosophical principles. Although he gave lip-service to his campaign
The race to fill the District 117 state House seat vacated by Regina Quick is about to get underway now that she has been appointed as a superior court judge by Gov. Nathan Deal. One challenger for her seat is Houston Gaines, an Athens native and the University of Georgia’s 2016-17 student government president. Gaines,
Despite his railing against “liberal media outlets” that are apparently unfair to him and other devoted followers of President Donald Trump, Georgia gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Michael Williams (R-Cumming) found the time to appear on CNN Saturday to discuss the future of Confederate monuments in the aftermath of white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville. During
If you’ve traveled south of Atlanta on I-75 recently you may have noticed (and if you are me, been considerably confused by) two new reversible express lanes that run about 12 miles through Clayton and Henry counties. Depending on traffic conditions, driving in these lanes costs somewhere between $0.10 and $0.90 per mile. Apparently commuters
Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle (R) continues racking up endorsements from Georgia’s elected officials in his bid to be Georgia’s next governor. On August 1, he announced 50 endorsements from the southeastern part of Georgia. Here are some of the highlights: State Senators Sen. Ben Watson (Savannah) Sen. Ellis Black (Valdosta) Sen. Jesse Stone (Waynesboro)
On July 27, former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D) phoned into the podcast Hellbent to talk about her 2018 gubernatorial campaign. During the interview, she hit on a central theme in the Democratic primary: What types of voters do Democrats need to win in 2018? The Abrams theory is that Democrats should try to
Casey Cagle (R), the lieutenant governor and 2018 gubernatorial hopeful, has good news in the midst of the summer meeting of the Georgia Sheriff’s Association: He has been endorsed by 58 current and former sheriffs across Georgia. Here are a few excerpts from the press release announcing the endorsements: You simply don’t receive such widespread
Since the 2016 election, there has been a lot of talk about the rural white voters who used to vote for Democrats but were won over by Republicans in recent years. According to the narrative, Republican politicians, particularly those in the same tough-talking vein as Donald Trump, found how to connect with working class white
