Morning Reads – Thursday, April 13, 2017

On this day in 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Jefferson Memorial. Long live the irony. Peaches Not bad, GA-6. Not bad at all. Georgia hospital safety grades Georgia counties where teachers earn the least Educators defend AP classes for high schoolers Georgia legislators are the Oprahs of tax breaks “Kansas elections a “wake up call”

Senator David Perdue Tours I-85 Bridge Repair

U.S. Senator David Perdue and Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry toured the I-85 bridge rebuilding effort and discussed the construction progress. According to a presser:   “I am grateful that no Georgians were injured during the I-85 bridge collapse,” said Senator Perdue. “A special thank you goes out to our first responders for their swift action

A Preview of the 2018 GOP Gubernatorial Primary: Kemp vs. Cagle

Brian Kemp and Casey Cagle are two Republicans who are definitely running for governor next year. Other possible contenders include Speaker of the House David Ralston, state senators Michael Williams, Hunter Hill, Josh McKoon, and Burt Jones, state representative Allen Peake, former congressmen Lynn Westmoreland and Jack Kingston, and political operative Nick Ayers. I will

Everything New Is Old Again

I don’t write a lot of personal stuff here anymore. There was a time when a “blog” was all about pouring feelings all over the internet. The internet has changed. Blogs have changed. Commenters now have Facebook. Our readership has remained stable over the years, but we’re no longer comment driven. Here, we now lean