From Chris Clark, President & CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce The business community understands that education and job creation are the most effective solutions to improve economic mobility and success. If Georgia can better educate our students, our state will see more jobs created locally and more companies choosing to locate here. These
Attorney General Chris Carr was sworn in today at the Capitol to become Georgia’s 54th Attorney General. Governor Nathan Deal appointed Carr after former Attorney General Sam Olens stepped down to serve as President of Kennesaw State University. Carr will fulfill the remainder of the approximate 26 months left on Olens’ term. Carr previously served as
It shouldn’t be a big surprise. Polling shows that the University of Georgia community favors Democrat Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald Trump, according to a survey published by the Red & Black. Clinton is supported by 58%, while Trump is supported by 22%. 9% plan to vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson. Enthusiasm for Clinton is
Well. It’s November 1st and I’ve only eaten one three of my daughter’s Reese’s cups. Winning! Here’s how Halloween went down at The White House. More problems for Colonial Pipeline in Alabama. The background on how Georgia responded to Hurricane Matthew. Georgians are all in with early voting. Columbus State earns accolades for affordable online
So Halloween is this evening, and on a Monday. I don’t have the usual Georgia-Florida excuse to not be home, nor am I attending a Monday night party dressed as “Sexy Blogger”. You’re welcome. Thus, it is my civic duty to prepare to give neighborhood kids candy. Except my neighborhood is a bunch of old
Department of Community Health Commissioner Clyde Reese has been appointed to Georgia’s Court of Appeals. Governor Deal’s press release is as follows: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the appointment of the Honorable Clyde L. Reese III, Esq. to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Reese will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable
This week’s Courier Herald column: A funny thing happened on the way to way to passing a constitutional amendment to fix Georgia’s failing schools. The NEA – the largest national teachers’ union – decided to send several million dollars to Georgia to kill the measure via a group called “Keep Georgia Schools Local”. Don’t let
A poll of likely Georgia voters taken last week prior to the revelation that there could be additional evidence in the Hillary Clinton email case shows Republican Donald Trump leading Democrat Clinton by seven points, 49% to 42%. Libertarian Gary Johnson has 3%, and 6% are undecided. Comparing the poll results to those taken by
Happy Halloween! Will is busy getting his costume ready for this evening, so I offered to fill in for him. Today’s headlines – and a few from over the weekend: How we all handle sharing food The Florida-Georgia Water Wars trial begins today. Hopefully they’ll go better than the football rendition from the weekend. About
