It was hard not to sympathize with Mary Norwood, once. She’s been making it easier though. Saturday morning, Norwood posted a purported list of Atlanta street gangs, which immediately went viral through her well-networked list of Facebook friends. The list, not to put too fine a point on it, is hilariously wrong. (EDIT: Mary changed

Eight time NWA Champion Harley Race passed away yesterday at the age of 76. Read the newest “At Issue” newsletter from the Georgia Senate An increasing call for the shut down of Sterigenics in Smyrna until independent testing can happen Fulton Tax Commissioner makes almost $500,000 a year. An upcoming FEC ruling on Former Rep.

Good morning & happy Thursday!Did you know…that today is the 229th anniversary of the completion of the first US Census, which included 17 states and counted just over 3.9 million people. It’s also the 126th anniversary of the patent for shredded wheat. Peaches Georgia gets bad news on Medicaid waiver funding. Abortion rate in Georgia

First the actual news here: The Georgia House of Representatives has announced it will begin offering paid leave for employees who have children, including those who adopt or for foster care. The press release is as follows. ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) today announced a new paid family leave policy for employees of

This week has been full of administrative back-end stuff. Hopefully the site is working well for everyone. What websites do you read? What magazines/papers do you read? What sites should we use for Morning Read sources?

This past week, a delegation from the Georgia Young Republicans traveled to Omaha, Nebraska to elect new leadership for the Young Republicans National Federation. Georgia YR Chairman Colt Chambers was elected as Southern Regional Director of the YRNF by the convention, and newly elected YRNF Chairman Rick Loughery appointed Georgia YR National Committeeman James Hall

Good morning! If you live in metro Atlanta, get ready to either work from home or endure wrenching traffic as a result of rolling roadblocks, because the Vice President returns to Atlanta on Friday. Your job doesn’t even matter, though, because a 16-year-old just won $3 million in a Fortnite tournament. The many faces of

From a press release: ATLANTA) — After a competitive selection process, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger selects Dominion Voting Systems to implement its new verified paper ballot system. Implementation of the new secure voting system will start immediately and be in place and fully operational for the March 24, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary. “Elections security is

This week’s Courier Herald column Over the next few weeks, dormitories across the state will again fill up.  For most of us that are long since beyond the glory of our college days, the biggest outward sign of this will be the long awaited return of college football.  For those that are returning to college

Senator Johnny Isakson’s office sends word that the Senator has been discharged from Cobb County’s Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. The Senator has been participating in in-patient physical rehabilitation after falling last week in Washington D.C., fracturing four of his ribs. I am doing much better thanks to the excellent medical care and rehabilitation services I have