From a press release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, is urging his colleagues to pass urgent legislation that will help improve veterans’ access to health care, disability benefits, education and homelessness assistance, among other important benefits.

The allure of possibly being Speaker of the House is more appealing than being the junior-most member of Georgia’s congressional delegation. At least that’s how I interpreted the news that Jan Jones won’t run for the Sixth Congressional District seat. Incumbent Tom Price was tapped by President-Elect Trump to serve as Health & Human Services

My Christmas wishlist begins and ends with me trolling the POTUS-elect and him responding. The worst part about that is that I’d have to Tweet, second is that we’re getting a POTUS who wants to revenge-Tweet everything out of thin-skinned pettiness. Sweet. “Let’s Unite the Whole World at Christmas” by James Brown Did Newt get

After Governor Deal vetoed the Free Exercise Protection Act last spring, There has been lots of speculation over whether “religious liberty” legislation would be a factor in the upcoming 2017 legislative session. That speculation grew more heated after House Speaker David Ralston wondered in an interview with Bill Nigut and Jim Galloway if the issue

During the 2017 legislative session, the ability to request a fiscal note from the Department of Audits and Accounts or the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget will be limited to what the law prescribes. In practicality, what does that mean, and how will it affect legislation being written or voted on? Let me explain.

Good morning! Pretty sure it’s Election Day, somewhere. Also, I guess it’s 5:00 somewhere, too, so you may as well have a Bloody Mary. An Emory professor writes about how it feels to be added to The Professor’s Watchlist. The Port of Savannah has some very cool, very large new cranes. Ocmulgee National Monument is

The Census Bureau has determined that Gwinnett County has a sufficient Spanish speaking population to require that voter information be provided in Spanish under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act. Gwinnett was the only Georgia jurisdiction named in a Notice of Determination published today in the Federal Register by the Department of Commerce. A

Democracy requires more of its people than a vote. I’ve said this before – democracy is a tool of war, or perhaps a substitute for war. The Greeks used democracy to husband their strength against common enemies, counting men with spears in hand rather than the bodies on the ground. To prevail in a vote

Today is Edward Lindsey’s birthday. If there is one thing you can say about Ed, it’s that he’s willing to jump into the fray. Elected to the State House in 2004, he steadily gained seniority, and contributed to the efforts of the Judiciary Committee, among others. In 2014, he decided to run for the open

This week’s Courier Herald column: With the calendar now having turned to December, we’re roughly half way between last month’s election and next month’s “governing”. An Inauguration is on tap for Friday, January 20th. Congress and the Georgia legislature will begin legislative duties a couple of weeks earlier. While the professional political class and most