Cobb DA Joyette Holmes will lead the prosecution team in the Ahmaud Arbery case. Kemp will extend operating restrictions for nightclubs and bars. At 39%, Kemp’s approval rating is among the lowest of all U.S. Governors. Georgia’s first COVID-19 death was earlier than previously thought. Is it healthy – like, pandemic healthy – for members

I won’t lie, the best part of pandemic world is not having to “get ready” for meetings because sleep regression is a very real thing in the Robertson house. At this point, it’s our 13 month old’s world and we’re all just living’ in it. So, welcome to Mid-Morning Reads. Live updates: Coronavirus in Georgia

Seeking a “complete and transparent review”, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today asked the United States Department of Justice to review the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery case. Arbery was shot and killed February 23rd of this year, but arrests in the case were not made until a video publicly surfaced of the shooting, with

We get a lot of press releases from individual legislators here. We don’t post most of them, as our space is limited and many are often just PR vehicles or for bills being dropped that have no chance of moving. I’m sharing two today because they are the opposite of those. The shooting of Ahmaud

Sunday is Mother’s Day. Hug her, squeeze her, blow kisses from afar. Celebrate your mom while you can! Jericho Brown wins Pulitzer in poetry. Sad changes coming in Tifton. Hurry up, already! Crunchy! Zesty!  So did you venture out for Taco Tuesday? No good deed goes unpunished. Race car driver in training. Self-determination. The operative

The following is from a press release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. You can find background on this case from Ladawn B. Jones here and here. Glynn County, GA  – On May 7th, 2020, the GBI arrested Gregory McMichael, age 64, and Travis McMichael, age 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery.  They were

George asked the question here. I spent a good amount of time talking to Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler this afternoon getting the answers. TL; DR version: Not only can Georgia pay its employment claims, but it has already paid out $2.3 Billion in claims so far. AND, the state has roughly $4 Billion on

I just sat through the legislative budget briefing on Zoom. Buried amid the revelations about how our unemployed selves are all smoking and drinking a lot more than we were last year, even with the bars closed, a nugget of information revealed about unemployment claims deserves a bit more attention. About 1.4 million people filed