We’re so close to Friday, but not there yet, so for today…here are your reads: Peaches Over 1,000 Arrests Nationwide After Authorities Test Backlogged Rape Kits Thanks to State Rep. Scott Holcomb for his role in working down this problem Georgia cost-cutting panel to pay staffer six-figure salary Buttons with profanity at Georgia Capitol spark lawsuit “Black
It’s getting warmer out. The storms are coming. Shorts weather is coming. For God’s sake don’t make us look at pasty legs. Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick again proves why we can’t have nice things.The ACLU sues 4 counties over the 2018 election.Coordinated migration is the key to flipped GA?If you go looking for an answer, you
From a press release from Sen. David Perdue’s office: U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA), and U.S. Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), have secured full capability funding to keep the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) on track in fiscal year 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today released its proposed budget for fiscal year
From a press release from Sen. Johnny Isakson’s office: President Donald J. Trump today signed into law three pieces of legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., to expand and protect three Georgia historic sites: Ocmulgee National Monument, Fort Frederica National Monument and Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park. The new law also reauthorizes funds for
On Monday, President Trump released his fiscal year 2020 budget proposal. The White House is proposing a $4.7 trillion budget that includes $8.6 billion for border funding and increased defense spending. The budget proposal suggests cutting discretionary spending overall and making significant cuts to the Education Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, and international aid. The
Crossover day fails: gambling, guns, and taxes (dad, get me out of this)! Floyd County officials visited D.C. to lobby for runway funds. The latest on the tornado recovery efforts in Georgia. Thanks to Florida, and also lousy pet owners, south Georgia has a new invasive lizard species. Once again, Georgia State is the #1
Earlier in February, HB 184 worked its way through the Georgia House. The legislation, sponsored primarily by House Ways and Means Chairman Brett Harrell, will streamline the permitting process and the process of acquiring the right-of-way for wireless providers in the deployment of 5G technology. The House passed the bill 170-1 and is now sitting
This week’s Courier Herald column: Reform of Georgia’s healthcare system stalled last week when the Georgia House voted down the most sweeping reforms to Georgia’s Certificate of Need (CON) laws in decades. Certificates of Need are essentially state issued monopoly grants that allow hospitals and some other health care providers to operate in a given
Y’all. Daylight Savings Time is for the birds. I am with all my peeps out there who have sent emails asking for the state to do away with this sleep-sucking, body-crushing measure. Solidarity, y’all. NBC News is talking about Cobb County and how it could be a forecast of our State’s changing political climate. This
Well, 10a on Saturday, March 9th came and went. New leadership has been elected (or re-elected) in the various county GOPs across our great state. A few announcements were made including a third entrant into the Georgia Republican Party chairman’s race. Former State Senator David Shafer announced at the Gwinnett County Republican Convention. In his
