Adam Wynn, a resident of Waleska, has announced that he is running as a Democrat in the 2020 GA-11 Congressional election. GA-11 is currently represented by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican. Mr. Wynn’s announcement states that he “wants to be the first openly gay U.S. Representative from Georgia.” Mr. Wynn was previously a candidate for

Imagine, dear readers, all the good $100,000,000 could do for the state of Georgia. Perhaps funding the $123 million in unmet needs for Georgia’s parks. Or maybe buying up-to-date textbooks for our students. Or anything better than buying off candidates for office. Well more than $100,000,000 was spent on last year’s elections. Some lowlights from

Warning – traffic nirvana on Monday.  Work from home if you can!  Coal-ash leaks.  BIG fine for that traffic-wrecking crane. It’s satire, but painfully close to truth. Exponentially dumber, that’s right. Opposite land. Talk about night terrors! Do we need little boy playing a video game to defeat them?  Eeeeew. The Return of the Lost

State Representative Michael Caldwell (R – Woodstock) pre-filed legislation for the 2019 session that would allow citizens to vote for or against legislative term limits.  HB6 would limit members of the General Assembly to eight consecutive years of service by allowing four separate two-year terms.  Under the legislation, General Assembly members must take off one

Good Morning, friends! Jessica is out of the office today, so I am filling in. Georgians are starting to feel the effects of the shutdown. The shutdown is also disrupting the flow of Georgia Beer. R Kelly is under investigation in Georgia after a television series debuted describing his abuse of women, specifically minors. Delta

From a press release from the Georgia House of Representatives: Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) has named State Representative Jay Powell (R-Camilla) as Chairman of the House Rules Committee. Arguably the most powerful committee in the House, the Rules Committee oversees the flow of legislation and determines what bills should be voted on the House

Today, the Georgia State Ethics Commission suspended with pay current Executive Director Stefan Ritter. Commission Chair Jake Evans will oversee the investigation into a December complaint about irregular work hours and inappropriate material on his work computer, according to the AJC. Mr. Ritter called the allegations “untrue.” He told that the AJC that he “hasn’t

Smithsonian has an excellent review of the Cyclorama, which is not the largest painting in the world. It is, however, “the largest palimpsest of Civil War memory to be found anywhere on planet Earth,” and it reopens next month at the Atlanta History Center. Related: Georgia newspapers from the Civil War through the early twentieth

Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson has told Georgia Institute of Technology faculty and staff via campus wide email that he will be stepping down this Summer: From: …On Behalf Of GT PresidentSent: Monday, January 7, 2019 11:27 AM Subject: Looking Ahead: Plans for the Future To the Georgia Tech campus community: I have indicated to

This week’s Courier Herald column: It’s a new year.  Gyms are packed this week.  Sales of diet plans and related foods are peaking.  It’s going to be different this year, we all tell ourselves.  We’re going to do better.  Resolutions.  I’m sure the root word has some meaning of “lies we tell ourselves to make