As readers of GeorgiaPol.com know, there is a lot that goes on during the 40 day legislative session. And even when the session ends, the capitol stays busy, with activity in the executive branch, and legislative study committees that meet during the summer. Making sure that information about these activities reaches the public is the

The AJC has an article about a possible constitutional amendment proposal by Representative David Stover (R-HD-71) to “give control” to Georgia voters by turning appointed positions on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia into elected ones.  Increasing tuition at Georgia universities is spurring this proposal to allow Georgians to “weigh in”:

Now that Mike Crane has committed to run for the third district congressional seat currently held by Lynn Westmoreland, we now have a candidate for Crane’s seat in the State Senate. Matt Brass, who currently serves as Westmoreland’s Chief of Staff will run for the 28th district seat. Brass is a Newnan native who served

On this date in 1977, President Jimmy Carter pardoned almost all Vietnam War draft evaders. Peaches The most Googled job in Georgia… Unemployment numbers drop, but still mean nothing. No Dax for David. Georgia County says no to Spanish ballots. Republicans unite to limit fireworks. Jimmy Carter Ah, yes. The American way. Forcing a business to

U.S. Senator David Perdue issued the statement below today voicing his support of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act. He holds that the Act would suspend the admission of Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the United States until the integrity of the vetting process is improved. Sen. David Perdue: “ISIS has called on

Flanked by legislative allies, Senator Mike Crane announced his candidacy for the 3rd Congressional District vacated by retiring Congressman Lynn Westmoreland. Surrounded by Representative David Stover and Senators Marty Harbin, Bruce Thompson, Bill Heath, Josh McKoon, and William Ligon, Senator Crane was praised as one who will “bring comfort to the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

Georgia State Representative LaDawn Jones, an Atlanta Democrat, has kept her promise. Jones recently filed House Bill 760 to “change the purpose of Stone Mountain” and allow elected officials and bureaucrats to effectively change, alter, and remove monuments from certain memorials. Specifically, House Bill 760 would: Eliminate Stone Mountain Memorial Park as a memorial to the

California farmer John Duarte faces millions of dollars in penalties for refusing the Environmental Protection Agency’s order not to plow his own land. Duarte, a fourth-generation Central California tree, vine, and wheat farmer, has been at odds with the EPA since 2011 when his farm was ordered closed after he planted his field despite regulators’

An annexation proposal by State Representative Howard Mosby (D-Atlanta) would redraw the map of Atlanta to include several neighborhoods along the Memorial Drive corridor. HB 706 has … somehow … already had two legislative readings, meaning it could be presented to local legislative committees for consideration. Mosby told Decaturish yesterday that 911 response time drives

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear a challenge to President Obama’s plan to shield certain illegal immigrants from deportation. The challenge was filed by the state of Texas, and joined by 25 additional states including Georgia. The president’s proposed executive action, which was announced in November 2014, would allow undsocumented parents