LWV event to feature national party delegates
It is quite an honor to be chosen to represent a national political party at a summer convention. Ask local residents Kevin Madden, Michael McNeely, Cheryl Olin and Rick Tillman.
Category Archives: Georgia
Convention of States For The Purpose of Proposing Amendments
Tomorrow I head off to Washington, DC to join the Georgia Chamber of Commerce for their "DC Fly-in." We'll be meeting with Georgia's Congressional Delegation to discuss things going in in Washington and how they impact Georgia.
John Lewis to receive Liberty Medal for civil rights work
U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia will be honored Monday night with Philadelphia's Liberty Medal for his dedication to civil rights.
Pump problem? Gov’s office says they’ve gotten no complaints
Despite some gas station employees saying they've run out, the Georgia governor's office has said they haven't received any complaints of gas shortages within the state after a pipeline spill in central Alabama. Gov. Nathan Deal's spokeswoman Jen Ryan said in a statement Sunday that they haven't received any complaints but will act accordingly if that changes.
Pump problem? Gova s office says theya ve gotten no complaints
Despite some gas station employees saying they've run out, the Georgia governor's office has said they have not received any complaints of gas shortages within the state after a pipeline spill in central Alabama. "As of now we've not received any complaints," Gov. Nathan Deal's spokeswoman Jen Ryan said in a statement Sunday.
Local gas prices up after pipeline leak
A leak in a pipeline that supplies Georgia and other states in the South and East Coast caused gasoline prices to spike in Douglas County and across metro Atlanta at the end of the week. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded was already up to $2.39 a gallon Friday night at several Douglasville gas stations, according to GasBuddy.com .
Republican State Party Power and 2016
In the 22 years since the 1994 Republican midterm landslide, the landscape of partisan power in state governments has changed dramatically. The Republican Party was the minority party in state government for almost seventy straight years before the Gingrich Contract with America transformed not only control of Congress but vitally control of state legislatures, long the hardest bastion of Democrat power in politics and quietly the key to Democrat dominance of American politics.
EDITORIAL: Deliberately misleading wording on Opportunity School District question
There has been a lot of discussion about the constitutional amendment that will seek voters' approval on the November ballot.
Congressman John Lewis crowd surfs after Colbert interview
Civil rights leader and U.S. Rep. John Lewis may be 76, but he's not too old to crowd surf.
DON McKEE: Sen. Johnny Isakson: Tireless warrior for veterans, citizens
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson lives by a set of principles that have guided his success as a husband and father, businessman and political leader.
S.E. Cupp Blames Decision To Court White Nationalists For GOP’s Problems
S.E. Cupp appeared on CNN shortly after Hillary Clinton's speech utterly ripping Donald Trump and the alt-right to shreds. Suffice it to say, she and others were very unhappy about the fact that Clinton rightly used Trump's own words and deeds to make her case.
Walker County, Ga., Appeals Ruling That It Pay Erlanger over $8 Million On Hutcheson Debt
Walker County has filed a notice of appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the ruling by Federal Judge Harold Murphy that the county pay Erlanger Health System over $8 million related to the Hutcheson Hospital bankruptcy.
Trump-Clinton race tests Senate race in reliably GOP Georgia
Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson insists he won't be a "volunteer apologist" for Donald Trump or anyone else who utters something stupid, but that defiant independence is being sorely tested by the GOP presidential nominee's sinking support and Democrat Hillary Clinton's push into surprisingly competitive Georgia. The down-ballot Senate race involving the affable, two-term Isakson wasn't ranked as poachable for Democrats despite the changing demographics in the southern state and the higher, diverse turnout of a presidential election year.
DPD, DCSO take part in ‘Convoy of Care’
Law enforcement agencies from Douglas County and throughout Georgia are partnering this weekend to help the flood-ravaged community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, through what is being called a "Convoy of Care." "I think this is an historic event and I am excited to really show what Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal talks about as being 'One Georgia,'" said Clarence Cox, National Vice President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives .
Statute of limitation tolled for crime in tort suit against other…
Stopping the clock in Georgia. In 1964, Rep. Denmark Groover hung over the gallery rail to stop the clock from reaching midnight on the last day of the legislative session.
House Ethics panel investigating Texas congressman
A congressional review panel says there is "substantial reason to believe" that a Republican congressman from Texas may have been perceived to be acting in his own financial interest when he offered an amendment to benefit auto dealers last year. Texas Rep. Roger Williams is an auto dealer, and he has come under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over an amendment he offered to a wide-ranging transportation bill that would have allowed auto dealers to rent out vehicles even if they're subject to recall.
Patrick Buchanan: Who got us into these endless wars?
"Isolationists must not prevail in this new debate over foreign policy," warns Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Georgia editorial roundup
People living downstream from a massive landfill near Jesup have good reason to worry about the nearly 1 million tons of coal ash dumped there. Likewise, they have a great reason to block a project that would bring in tons more.
Williams: Dems unified, GOP isn’t
Recently returned from the Democratic Nation convention in Philadelphia, State Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway, said the political event was "absolutely fantastic." Recently returned from the Democratic Nation convention in Philadelphia, State Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway, said the political event was "absolutely fantastic."
Georgia town can continue banning the sale of sex toys – but probably not for long
A federal appeals court has upheld a ban on the sale of sex toys in Sandy Springs, Georgia - but acknowledged the decision probably won't stand, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . A panel of three judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta made the decision, saying they had no choice but to follow a 2004 case precedent.