On Thursday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that the Obama administration exceeded its authority by subsidizing health insurers who participate in the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Former Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans filed the lawsuit claiming that the reimbursements were unconstitutional because the money for the reimbursements had not been
In a straw poll taken Thursday night at an Oglethorpe County candidate forum, almost three quarters of those participating fully supported Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for the presidency. 74% supported Trump, 8% said they were part of the #NeverTrump movement, and 18% said they would vote for the reality show star turned candidate
U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA), joined by U.S. Representatives Buddy Carter (R-GA-01), Sanford Bishop (D-GA-02), Hank Johnson (D-GA-04), Austin Scott (R-GA-08), and Tom Graves (R-GA-14), wrote a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh urging them to consider locating new
Follow the money. What’s filming where around town. KSU Prez Dan Papp to retire. More art on the way. It’s only time you’ll never, ever get back. Shooting the messenger. Military dysfunction. Obamacare loses in court. Kenya is closing its refugee camps. Scorched earth. American PsyOps is a real thing. NASA announces discovery of new
Jennifer Yarber is the director of the Georgia Senate Press Office. Well, until tomorrow afternoon anyway. She’s found her a job in the private sector and has decided it’s time to move on. An email to the press distribution list closes with “Thank you for the kindness, cooperation and laughs over the past 4.5 years
The Fannin County Board of Education will meet tonight, and officials expect to hear from residents about a potential policy dealing with the use of bathrooms by transgender students. According to a story in FetchYourNews, the issue over bathroom use is the result of a decision by a federal appeals court in Virginia that Title
Yesterday while on a trip to Washington I was able to attend a meeting with Paul Ryan, my Congressman Barry Loudermilk, and a group of Loudermilk’s supporters. Speaker Ryan praised Loudermilk as a “do-er”, and noted that he was one of the top freshmen in this Congressional Class, by passing three bills. Loudermilk noted that
According to a press release, the ad “will run in the Columbus media market at 1,000 gross ratings points on broadcast and on Fox News Channel and in the Atlanta media market on Fox News, History, HGTV and ESPN.”
If you’re running for political office, heaven help you if you imply you know what you’re doing. Voters cry for “outsiders,” fearing with some reason that political office, like the One Ring, corrupts those who wield it. Long spells in office can contribute to indolence, cynicism, or arrogance; then again, so can rotten personalities. Voters
On this date in 1926, the airship Norge became the first vessel to fly over the North Pole. Also on this date,in 2003, fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers in Texas went into hiding over a dispute with Republican’s over a congressional redistricting plan. Politicking is hard, apparently. Peaches Because testing students over and over again will help. Tyler
