Senator David Shafer (R-Duluth) has been racking up endorsements for his bid for the Republican nod for Lieutenant Governor.  Among those are current Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, former Congressman John Linder, The Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Senator Shafer is adding another name to that list: Bob Barr.  The

This week’s Courier Herald column: Last year there was a study committee on rural broadband issues and the growing digital divide facing our state. Residents of metro Atlanta and other densely populated parts of the state don’t witness this problem. Those living in rural Georgia too frequently deal with internet service that is slow, unreliable,

On July 27, former House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D) phoned into the podcast Hellbent to talk about her 2018 gubernatorial campaign. During the interview, she hit on a central theme in the Democratic primary: What types of voters do Democrats need to win in 2018? The Abrams theory is that Democrats should try to

You all know her. If you’ve been reading here long enough, she’s probably written something that upset you. You may have even thought her self-imposed exile to South Georgia would have provided a reprieve, but then she just keeps showing up at the Capitol or here or on Fox-5, like it or not. Today is

Happy Monday, everyone. Also “ugh” because it’s Monday. State IMPORTANT: Atlanta Humane Society is waving its adoption fee this week!!! What’s the world’s most popular Airbnb? Well, it’s a treehouse in Georgia. Visit one of Georgia’s waterfalls. Peake: It’s time to change redistricting.  The Georgia Cyclone was simply natural selection running its course. National Centrist

The 49-51 vote in the Senate in the early Friday morning hours drew a mixed bag of reactions from politicians involved in the process to citizens impacted by the process. Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins: “Some of my colleagues across the aisle believe that the Senate’s vote against repealing Obamacare was heroic. I believe

Last week, AT&T and local leaders cut the ribbon on a new fixed wireless service in Lee and Sumter Counties in south Georgia.  It’s the first area in Georgia where AT&T set up fixed wireless, a technology different than broadband through the cell network.  From WFXL, Fox31: The service, which targets rural and underserved areas,

Filling in for the incomparable Ginny Ray! Happy Friday, y’all! State I was homeschooled and did my math at the beach, so this is hard for me to wrap my mind around. Also, this. AFLAC is having a good second quarter. North Hall Parkway crossing hit a roadblock. #baddadjoke Nobody likes a tax hike. Chatham

Over in the Saporta Report, the great Maggie Lee describes a lawsuit filed by a DeKalb County family to change the federal classification of marijuana. “We have proof after proof that it shouldn’t be a Schedule I substance,” said Sebastien Cotte, a Stone Mountain dad who gives his son Jagger, 6, a liquid made from cannabis to alleviate the pain of Leigh’s

Antica Posta, a Buckhead restaurant of some renown, hosted a famous holocaust denier and white supremacist on a speaking tour last week. In another time, this wouldn’t really be news. Racists eat every day. Some of them eat well. But this made the news, because one of the servers at the restaurant posted a tearfully-written