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”
This week’s Courier Herald column: When I first wrote on the economic consequences of our Covid response there was the assumption that the shutdown of our state and nation’s economy would be relatively short. It was expected to be measured in weeks, not months. The original goal wasn’t to perfectly defeat the disease, but to
This week’s Courier Herald column: When part of a governing majority, members of the political party in charge get both credit and blame for the state of current events. Georgia’s Republicans have run for re-election several times sharing the success stories of economic transformation in the aftermath of the great recession. Many that have taken
The growth of Georgia’s film and entertainment industry has been an organic success story that dates back to the creation of the Governor’s Office of Film under Jimmy Carter, A revamp of the film tax credit program under Governor Sonny Perdue, and a full embrace and enhancement of the program under Governor Nathan Deal –
The Vice President, Governor, Georgia’s junior Senator and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia are getting lunch at Waffle House HQ in Norcross today. A statement from Sen. Kelly Loeffler said the group will have a roundtable discussing how to safely reopen Georgia’s economy. Loeffler added: “The vice president is no stranger to Georgia, and this visit
Despite the record number of Georgians seeking unemployment due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Georgia’s Economic Development team remains hard at work. There have been several smaller announcements in the past few weeks, but today’s announcement is a trophy. Microsoft is adding a facility in Atlanta’s West Midtown area, and will be adding 1,500 positions to
My print column this week as a refresh of last week’s post on the state of Georgia’s unemployment claims and the DoL’s efforts to process them. Since it was mostly a reformatting of what was already posted, I didn’t double post. Instead, I’ll revert to a more blog style entry for our readers here, and
This week’s Courier Herald column: We’re almost two months into Georgia’s State of Emergency to address the issues brought to us by the Covid-19 virus. Our crisis is now one of public health and one of economics. As leaders attempt to simultaneously deal with both problem sets, it often appears we are still in search
This week’s Courier Herald column: Most of my thoughts on Covid-19 and our Great Time Out have been directed at those of us who are staying at home, or at least need to be. As we’re now under extended stay at home orders through April and no date certain on when we can return to
There was good news coming out of the state capitol this week as Governor Kemp announced state revenues for March were up 9.8% compared with March of 2019. For the first nine months of the state’s fiscal year which began on July 1st, revenues are up year over year by 2.1%. It’s safe to assume
