UPDATE:  JUST IN: @BernieSanders to visit @Morehouse in Atlanta on Tuesday. @KillerMike will join him at 5 p.m. — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) February 15, 2016 Bernie Sanders continues his HBCU Tour at Morehouse College on Tuesday. The Democratic prez hopeful has a rally scheduled for 7:00 to 9:00.  In case you were wondering: The #FeelTheBERN HBCU

This week’s Courier Herald column: Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday. The immediate political reaction was as expected as it was unseemly. Expected because one of the courts most conservative members has left a vacancy during a heated election to replace our country’s most progressive President. Expected because the candidacies of Donald Trump and Bernie sanders

Fresh off a strong performance in New Hampshire, the John Kasich presidential campaign now has someone to lead its efforts in the Peach State. Billy Kirkland has been named State Director for the Ohio governor’s bid. In a statement, Governor Kasich said, What a big win this is for us, to have Billy Kirkland on

Representative Barry Loudermilk (R, GA-11) recently introduced a bill that would increase involvement by local law enforcement in the fight against terrorism. H.R 4401, also known as the “Amplifying Local Efforts to Root out Terrorism (ALERT) Act of 2016,” is also intended to improve coordination between all levels of law enforcement and raise awareness of the threat posed

 “We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life, the driven ones, the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America could be better.”  – Governor Mitt Romney Those words are true.

By a vote of 75-20, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that will revise Customs and Border protection, strengthen trade enforcement, and permanently prohibit state and local taxation of internet access. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill in December 2015. Now it awaits the president’s signature before it is put into law. Senator

State Representative Geoff Duncan (R-GA-26) is sponsoring a proposal to help the struggling hospitals of rural Georgia. House Bill 919, proposed by Duncan, would allow individuals and corporations to get a state tax credit for donating money to rural health care organizations. Duncan met with rural hospital officials at the State Capitol on Thursday to

Happy Monday, everyone! It’s cold (like my heart) and dark (like my soul) but it’ll be a great day! Unless it’s not. Jawja Falling ice!!! Maggie Lee provides a rundown of Georgia’s upcoming primary madness. Mayor Reed won’t endorse Senator Fort should he run for mayor. Donald Trump is coming back to Jawja. Senator Albers

This morning U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead in Texas. He had apparently been there for a quail hunt. From his official Supreme Court biography: Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children – Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis,

It’s a full week!  Petty politics under the Gold Dome, your weekly RFRA update, and a few words on the New Hampshire primary as GeorgiaPol Radio takes the air.  Each week, Charlie Harper, Jon Richards, and Stefan Turkheimer take over Rich “Sully” Sullivan’s show for an hour each Friday on WGST to talk about all