On Thursday, Governor Deal announced two appointments, including naming State Rep. Dusty Hightower as a Superior Court judge in the Coweta Circuit. Today, Tim Bearden, who held the seat prior to Hightower, announced he will try to replace him at the Gold Dome. Bearden represented the 68th district from 2005-2011, when he was appointed by

You may have seen the story by the AJC’s Aaron Gould Sheinin earlier this week describing the losses Georgia’s farmers are incurring because they can’t get the migrant workers they need to pick their crops, which for this time of year is blueberries. For one farmer, the loss is north of three quarter million dollars.

Aaron Barlow is currently challenging Brandon Beach for a State Senate seat. The North Fulton and Cherokee County district is one of Georgia’s fastest growing and most affluent. It mixes high density suburban employment centers with large lot rural residential neighborhoods, and many typical suburban subdivisions that separate them. The angst of impending growth and

The Atlanta Press Club debate schedule has been released and is available below. All the debates will be taped today, Friday, May 6 and aired, with the exception of the Public Service Commission debate, on your local Georgia Public Broadcasting station this Sunday, May 8. The debate videos will be made available on the Atlanta Press

I haven’t seen any publicity about it aside from a line of mouse type on the registration form for the Georgia GOP convention on June 3rd. Nonetheless, the featured speaker for the annual Victory Dinner is former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Perry is an interesting choice. Last July, he was the first presidential candidate to

Ginny is away in New York, so you are stuck with me bringing the news today. Math Equation for today’s date: 5 = 6 * 2 – 0 – 1 – 6 (Got anymore?) A Few Moments in History from May 6: 1861 – Arkansas secedes from the Union 1863 – Confederacy wins The Battle of

The following is a guest post that originally appeared on the Facebook page of its author, Georgia Young Republicans Chairman Robert Lee, and is reposted here with his permission: Just some thoughts from someone in the Oregon Trail generation (part millennial, part GenX) about what my party, which I’ve always belonged to as long as

From a press release from Governor Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced during National Travel and Tourism Week that the state’s tourism industry generated $58.9 billion in business sales in 2015, according to the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. This represents a three percent increase over the previous year and a new record

Signalized intersections on Route 316 between Lawrenceville and Athens are on the way out, and grade-separated interchanges are on the way in, according to Georgia DOT commissioner Russell McMurry. Commissioner McMurry made the announcement at a Wednesday meeting of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. Ten grade separated interchanges along the route will be under construction

From a press release from Governor Nathan Deal’s office: Gov. Nathan Deal today announced the appointments of Dustin W. Hightower to a Superior Court judgeship within the Coweta Judicial Circuit and Bradford L. Rigby as district attorney of the Cordele Judicial Circuit. The appointments will take effect upon swearing in. The vacancy within the Coweta