Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan dead at 46

Did President Donald Trump use colorful language to call or allude that some Caribbean, Central American, and African nations are undesirable places to live and posed the question on why we should let more of them in?  There are conflicting stories.  Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin lays out the controversial comments to the Chicago Tribune. 

Happy Monday, everyone! 11 events – around Atlanta honoring MLK. Bring a jacket! $11 billion – Ford is increasing its investment in electric vehicles by 2022. Previously they had committed $4.5 billion by 2020. 1 year later – The Trump family has acclimated to DC living and political theater. From an independent First Lady to

It must be a slow day in the Williams for Governor campaign office. Earlier this afternoon, the Georgia Young Republican’s twitter feed featured the following statement and Gubernatorial hopeful Michael Williams campaign manager, Seth Weathers, took to the keyboard to respond.   No other responses have been elicited from Mr. Weathers on this particular thread.

Today’s poll from The AJC is, candidly, a bit hard to believe.  If the data is to be believed 58.7% of Georgians disapprove of President Trump and only 36.7% approve. Could there be essentially a 13-point swing since the all-important November 8, 2016 approval poll? Possibly. The numbers almost mirror national results. President Trump does create

From a campaign press release: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that he has raised more than $1 million for his 2018 election campaign thanks to the generous support of more than a thousand donors across the state of Georgia. More than $538,000 of that $1 million was raised since June 30, 2017. Carr’s

When compared with tax reform, rural broadband, immigration reform and the other grandiose plans coming out of Washington, updating copyright laws seems a little mundane. However, as 9th District Congressman Doug Collins points out in his recent op-ed in The Hill, there are millions of dollars available to the overall economy with some timely adjustment

The AJC has a poll out this morning and headlined it with Donald Trump’s popularity.  That generates clicks, but Trump isn’t on the ballot in 2018.  Georgia’s statewide constitutional offices are, as are all members of the Georgia General Assembly.  The spots for Governor, Lt Governor, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, and a PSC Member

Chick-fil-A moving to iconic spot in downtown Athens. Flu ticking up in the ATL. Wash those hands! Atlanta’s first “Smart Neighborhood.” But does it deliver tacos to your door every evening? You can count me out on this one. Let’s work on no more power outages, shall we? It’s like a rash. Stay out of

Throughout its existence, Augusta and GA-10 have been blessed with some true giants, including child labor laws crusader Tom Watson, the Father of the Two-Ocean Navy Carl Vinson, and patients’ rights advocate Charlie Norwood. One whose name might not spring immediately to mind these days is the Father of Modern Banking, Doug Barnard, Jr., a