A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about Cornerstone Health in Walker County. The company that manages the hospital, ApolloMD, had sued Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia for not honoring contractually agreed upon reimbursements for emergency services. Now the county is on the hook for $8.7 million for a separate issue stemming
In a release hot off the press, the Georgia Life Alliance sent this statement about a half hour ago: ATLANTA – On June 19, 2017, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a challenge to Georgia’s 20-week fetal pain abortion bill that had kept the 2012 law passed by the Georgia General Assembly from
Have you heard the one about the sheriff who walked into a high school? He frisked 900 students without a warrant and (in the majority of cases) without probable cause. No, that’s not a joke, and no, that’s not the least bit funny. Unfortunately, it’s the reality of every student present at Worth County High
Two Georgia parents are cheering after winning a dispute over the last name chosen to appear on their child’s birth certificate. The pair chose “Allah” as the last name of their now toddler daughter, despite a state law which mandates a child’s last name must be one of the parents or a combination of the
I have been a resident of South Georgia for nearly two years now and, in that time, I have seem some real circus shows in government. But few things top what is happening in Tattnall County right now. I am not exactly sure what my job title is. Writer, pot stirrer, transparency guru, whatever the
My day job today brought me to an issue in the far reaching corners of northwest Georgia. In my search, I was directed to the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit webpage, but in order to access any information, I had to travel back in time to the 1980s – and for a brief moment, the 1960s.
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing on Marsy’s Law which would place crime victims’ rights into the constitutions of states that haven’t done so. Georgia is one of 15 states that has yet to do this with North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana passing the law overwhelmingly in November. State Senator John
Sen. David Perdue met recently with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. He released the following statement: “After meeting with Judge Gorsuch, it is abundantly clear that he is a principled jurist who will put the Constitution, and the rights of all Americans, at the forefront of any decision he makes. We discussed our
President Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy left by Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. Georgia’s Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue released the following statements on the nomination: Senator Isaskon: “I have consistently said that the next Supreme Court justice should be someone who understands and values the
Speaker David Ralston has made his appointment to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, picking Richard Hyde of the firm Balch & Bingham. Hyde is not unfamiliar with the JQC, having previously served as an investigator and member of the body. He has the reputation of being somewhat of a “bulldog”, which is not a reference to
