Brian Kemp ‏@BrianKempGA To better constituents, the S GA office will be closed Tue-Thurs for training. Regular business hours resume Friday. So is the South Georgia SOS office only closed to their “better” constituents and therefore open to their “good” and “best” constituents? Or are they improving customer service by being closed? Inquiring minds want

The debate over whether to expand Medicaid coverage in Georgia has been going on for as long as the option, available as part of the Affordable Care Act, has been available. For the most part, the reaction by GOP lawmakers at the Gold Dome has been negative, from Governor Deal, who said adding the option

212 years ago yesterday, Vice President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel. They say Angelica and Eliza were both by his side when he died; death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints*. Too late, Burr realized, “The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.”* Wait for it – it’s

Atlanta’s former COO, Peter Amman, says he raised a total of  $285,716 for his campaign. Amman wants you, dear voters, to know that he had the least amount of time of all candidates to raise money. (Last I checked there 8 candidates but I may be off one or two…dozen.) Amman has a total of $240,036 cash

Mayor Kasim Reed has earned high praise for his handling of the ongoing protest marches. He’s been in the middle of the protestors. He’s stood beside them and his police force, simultaneously. He’s done his best to allow all sides to vent their frustrations, and ultimately let everyone go him safe with their messages delivered

Happy Monday, everyone! Today’s Morning Reads are brought to you by Lateness. Jawja Protests enter their fourth day. NOPE. Emory is the number one school in Jawja. A police ambush hit close to home. Paging Chet: Sixth inmate set to be executed. Murica Big freaking surprise! The Gays™ are causing trouble for the GOP. Lesson from

Which Georgia State Senators are most likely to vote with the other members of their party? During the 2015-2016 legislative session, for Republicans, the list includes Brandon Beach, John Wilkinson, and Tyler Harper. For the Democrats, names would include Michael Rhett and Gail Davenport. Who votes least with their party? Republicans Mike Crane, Josh McKoon,

Monday at 7 PM, the Eleventh District Republican Committee will meet in order to determine if its chairman, Brad Carver, should be removed from office for cause. The facts of the case are straightforward. As filed with the Georgia Ethics Commission, last year and early this year, Chairman Carver contributed $575 to the campaigns of

Earlier this morning, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued an executive order that flags at stat facilities should be flown at half staff through Sunday, in honor of the lives lost in Dallas last night. The wording of his executive order drew immediate criticism because he referred to the shooting as being part of an “anti-police

Next week’s Courier Herald column: I miss my dad every day. Some days more than others. Today is one of those days. Like most sons, I found my father to be a larger than life figure. He could fix anything. He could protect me from anything. He was often unconventional, but he was direct, pragmatic,