Happy November! The best news I can report today is that the next time I bring you the Morning Reads on a Thursday, Election Day will have already passed. Peaches By this point, you’ve heard the final gubernatorial debate is cancelled and while the candidates continue to point fingers in the blame game, the national

According to the Washington Post, Oprah Winfrey is coming to campaign in Georgia for Stacey Abrams. If you’re in the Marietta or Decatur area tomorrow, you may have a shot of seeing Lady O. The pair of events will be conversations “on the critical value of women in leadership and what is at stake for

I guess this is fitting for Halloween… some will see this a treat, others as a trick. Let us begin. You were warned. All of you. In an attempt to bring civilized conversation to our comment section we even called out some of the worse offenders. Some of you listened, and we have noticed a a

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced today that Silicon Ranch Corporation will invest approximately $89 million into two solar projects in Bluffton, Georgia. These two projects are part of “a portfolio of projects” that were announced back in June by Silicon Ranch and Green Power EMC. The facilities are scheduled to come online before the end of 2021 and

Good morning! I’ve started to think of Election Day as less of an event in and of itself, and more as if it were a deadline, not unlike the April 15th income tax filing deadline. So… have you voted yet? Next month’s Special Session of the Georgia General assembly won’t be an opportunity for outgoing

This week’s Courier Herald column:     The issue at hand that most directly led to the matchup at the top of Georgia’s ballot next week is education.  Specifically, it is the funding through tax credits of Georgia’s Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs) and two former candidates’ actions.   Clay Tippins, a political newcomer who ran

We enter the final stretch of the 2018 mid-term elections after an unbelievably horrific series of events from last week. The lunatic who was mailing bombs to prominent Democrats was captured. Apparently he had “mommy issues.” A wacko white supremacist killed two African Americans at a Kroger in Louisville, Kentucky “...before an armed bystander reportedly

The most controversial Constitutional Amendment set to be voted on by voters on November 6th has received endorsements from the national level. Amendment 4, known as Marsy’s Law, addresses rights of victims of crime. It is part of a national effort to add additional rights and privileges for victims of crime. It’s named after California college

Two Savannah locations picked Best in the World. Ft. Benning alums giving back to Columbus. It’s a statewide problem. And a metaphor. Ahhh, fall. Finally. Perfect day of fun. FREEEEE TAAAAAACOOOOOOOOS! Same song, different verse. The death of American manners. Pretty pictures. Now go away or I will taunt you second time. When a man

This is a guest post from State Representative Terry England (R-Auburn). Rep. England is the Chairman of the House Appropriations committee as well as a farmer, so Abrams’ comments about Georgia’s number one industry struck a chord with the Chairman. Hurricane Michael roared into South Georgia a couple of weeks ago as a Category 3