It was announced today by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal that both the Department of Corrections and the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMHSA) will soon be under new leadership. Current GEMHSA Director Jim Butterworth will be leaving his position on December 1 to enter the private arena and will be replaced by Homer
Independent Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin is speaking at the African American Value Voters Summit in Atlanta this evening. McMullin is polling well in Utah and attracted surprising crowds in Idaho over the weekend for organizing events. He’s not on the ballot in Georgia, but has qualified as a certified write-in candidate. Interested in hearing from
Our Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump, has climbed the political ladder by poo-pooing those below him. Republican leaders, sitting congressmen and senators, and even the Speaker of the House have been targeted at being awful people for calling out some of Donald Trump’s ridiculous statements. Most recently, Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he won’t
This week’s Courier Herald column: When Georgia voters go to the polls between now and November 8th, they will be given a series of proposed constitutional amendments to consider. Four measures will be decided that could give the Governor more power to fix chronically failing schools, establish new taxes on strip clubs, provide political oversight
Editor’s Note: The following guest post was written by Nathan Williams. Williams is from Cumming, Georgia, and earned his undergraduate degree in political science and economics at the University of Georgia. He currently lives in the United Kingdom where he’s enrolled in a master’s program at the London School of Economics & Political Science. Water
Rumors that the Clinton Campaign is considering whether it should compete seriously in Georgia aren’t new. The Washington Post brings up the prospect in a lead story this morning, framing the question as one of whether the Democrats should ensure their win, or try to expand the electoral map to reliably red states that Democrats
Happy Monday everyone! I discovered that Australia has more camels than the Middle East. That blew my mind. Jawja Jawja politicos struggle to support Trump and Clinton. Randy Evans refused to denounce Trump’s claim that the election is rigged. In fact, he stirred the pot. Jawja’s Pinewood Studios will become the largest movie studio complex in
Some residents of Chatham County were already evacuating by Thursday, Oct. 6, five days before the deadline to register to vote in the November general election. By Oct. 7, many government offices had closed. That night, many area homes lost power; some homes remained without power for a week. Yes, many evacuees were in places
Former Savannah congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jack Kingston has become one of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s most vocal surrogates. He regularly appears on cable TV news shows in support of Trump’s candidacy, including Friday night, when he appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, attempting to defend Trump’s remarks as locker room talk: https://youtu.be/UwyYWhU4RNk This
The presidential election is no doubt consuming all the oxygen in politics, but it’s worth noting Georgians will vote on four constitutional amendments next month. Brian Kemp’s office sent a list of the proposed constitutional amendments, which you can read here, or you can read the “too long; didn’t read” version below. If a GeorgiaPol
