The most charitable description of State Senator Michael Williams’ “press conference” this afternoon would point out that it was thin on substance. More accurate accounts might use analogies like “goat rodeo” or “clown car pileup.” Even the currently overused “nothingburger” is appropriate. After promising to expose some “reprehensible” acts by the Lt. Governor, and urging

Blake Aued profiled the (surprise!) open seat for State House 117 in Flagpole yesterday, noting three candidates in the race: Doug McKillip, running as a Republican (bet you wondered…); Deborah Gonzalez, running as a Democrat; and Houston Gaines, running as a Republican. It’s been well-known for about a month that Gonzalez was running in the

Earlier this week, Microsoft announced its plan to invest in rural broadband across the United States.  Their plan is to, in short, utilize the white space in the 600 MHz band to provide high-speed Internet access to under-served areas across the nation.  Right now, the project will launch in 12 states, and Georgia is one

Varnell is a small city in Whitfield County with a population of over 1,700.  They have a police department as one of their city’s services.  Well, they did until the city council made a surprise move this week and voted to disband the department. A little back story: The Varnell Police responded to a domestic

On this date in 1836, John Ruggles received patent #1 from the U.S. Patent Office for a traction wheel used in locomotive steam engines. All 9,957 previous patents were not numbered. Peaches  Groups using race to drive support for Stacey Abrams  Cagle panders with minimum wage for police officer idea  Speaking of police…this Georgia city just

By Mike Shield and Rob Simms – Originally posted at CNN.com There is an idiom in politics that “special elections are special” because a lot of the “normal” rules of campaigns do not apply to them. As the strategists on Karen Handel’s victory in Georgia’s 6th congressional district, we can attest that this phrase still

Tamar Hallaman wrote an article over the weekend about how the federal earmark ban has come back to haunt us in the form of the Port of Savannah. For those who have known me a while, you know I’m straining really hard not to say the most obvious, childish thing on the planet. No, I’m

                State Senator Michael Williams (R) is holding a press conference at the state capitol tomorrow to “make a statement regarding previously undisclosed actions of Lt. Governor Casey Cagle.” According to the Facebook invite, “The actions and corroborating details will be presented at the press conference.” Williams and

According to various emails, Facebook posts, and the AJC, several changes in staff have been made at the Georgia Republican Party. Chairman John Watson recently took over for outgoing Chair John Padgett, who did not seek re-election, after Watson’s victory at the GAGOP State Convention. Carmen Foskey has been selected to serve as Executive Director

Now that the first campaign finance filing deadline has passed, we have a better idea of what each of the six gubernatorial campaigns will look like from a fundraising standpoint. On the Republican side, the reports confirmed the conventional wisdom that state capitol veteran Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will be the top fundraiser in the