Happy Monday, everyone! Congressman-elect Handel will be sworn in today. That’s exciting! State Roy Barnes endorsed Stacey Evans for Governor. This relates to the title. This was a good post-GA 6 read. Meet the richest person in Georgia. Slightly dated, but I want to include it: How often do earthquakes happen in Georgia? National Do

Friends to strangers, it’s not just a Southern thing. Fulton County homeowners get a breather. For this year… A blind spot? No kidding. There’s never, ever, enough juice. Super, double secret Senate healthcare bill revealed yesterday. Same ol’, same ol’ or something that might actually work? You read it and decide. No money. Seriously, dude,

Consider the impact of agriculture in our state: – contributes about $74.9 billion annually to Georgia’s economy, according to the UGA Center for Agribusiness & Economic Development. – one in seven Georgians works in agriculture, forestry or related fields. – there were 42,257 farms in Georgia encompassing 9,620,836 acres of land. The average farm size

The Georgia Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments on “certificate of need” laws that have long been considered by many to be “anti-competition.” The case stems from an October 2014 attempt by two OB/GYN doctors, who own an outpatient surgery center in Bartow County, to expand their center. Initially, the doctors wanted to

A fairly rare event -an open seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia- will likely be contested next spring. Here’s a press release from John Ellington: Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge John Ellington today announced his candidacy to succeed retiring Justice Carol Hunstein on the state Supreme Court. The nonpartisan election will appear on

Guest post by Will Collier- originally posted at WillCollier.com So it’s time for some post-runoff Gaming Theory, from an actual resident of GA06. If you lived in the 6th, you were bombarded by fliers, signs, ads, door-knockers, and most of all, phone calls. At least once a day (and usually more than once), the phone

Earlier this week, the folks in GA-6 elected a new representative to serve them in Washington. Congratulations to Congresswoman-elect Karen Handel. That said, you may have seen the headlines from Politico and others regarding the security of Georgia elections in the run up to the runoff, and I’ll admit, they were outright terrifying, so the

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle has scored 64 early endorsements from elected officials in Northwest Georgia in his campaign to be Georgia’s next governor. The current state legislators who endorsed Cagle include state Sen. Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga), state Sen. Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome), state Rep. John Deffenbaugh (R-Lookout Mountain) and state Rep. Dewayne Hill (R-Ringgold). The full list

On this date in 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court voted that Henry Miller’s book, “Tropic of Cancer”, could not be banned. Peaches The death penalty will be sought for the 2 prisoners who killed 2 correctional officers Commissioner to be reprimanded over John Lewis “racist pig” comment  At least we’re one of the best for

Rep. Jody Hice has introduced legislation entitled the Congressional Personal Safety Act (H.R. 2945) that would permit “Members of Congress to carry a firearm anywhere in the United States, except for the U.S. Capitol Building.” Rep. Hice: “Personal protection and being able to defend oneself against an assailant is part of the fabric of our Constitution,