BREAKING: Jones to attend Perry GOP rally
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has confirmed that he will attend the Saturday Republican rally in Perry, and that the White House had invited him to be with President Donald Trump. Jones says he will be there “to support the president and the Republican Party.”
Political notes on early voting & the governor’s race
There have been seven recent polls on the race for governor of Georgia, including one released Tuesday by the left-leaning Atlanta Journal-Constitution, indicating that Republican candidate Rick Jackson is in the lead. And that’s after Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms began the general election campaign with a five-point advantage. Significantly, the poll showed Jackson has a lead of 58 percent with those voters 65 years old and older.
Allen’s ‘Retire Through Ownership Act’ signed into law
Legislation initially introduced by U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-GA, that will provide legal and regulatory clarity in the formation of new Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) has become law with President Donald Trump’s signature. According to Allen, the Retire through Ownership Act is about protecting retirement security and preserving jobs in local communities.
Mercer gets “Georgia Grown” medical school designation
The event of the year for Georgia agriculture – and the Department of Agriculture that oversees it – the Georgia National Fair, just wrapped up in Perry on Sunday. Part livestock show, part carnival and part celebration of all things Georgia, the fair attracts more than a half a million people to central Georgia every year.
Both parties see reason for optimism in early voting totals
One week into early voting in Georgia and both Democrats and Republicans have reason for optimism – and cause for concern – when digging deeper into the numbers (shout out to GeorgiaVotes.com, check the site out for yourself to get a closer look).
McCormick bill seeks to expand homeownership opportunities
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-GA, says he wants to expand homeownership opportunities for all families. Late last week he introduced the “Own Not Rent Act” (H.R. 10784), legislation that would allow state governments to guarantee portions of mortgages that would result in smaller down payments without mortgage insurance.
Trump to Georgia voters: ‘Pretend I’m on the ballot’
President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia on Friday to rally Republican voters three days after early voting got underway and with Election Day just over two weeks away.
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Georgia early voting tops 1 million ballots
A record number of Georgia voters have cast early ballots in person for a midterm election, surpassing 1 million on Tuesday.
The Georgia Gang: Collins, Ossoff clash in fiery debate
The panelists on the Georgia Gang discuss personal attacks in the heated Senate debate between Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins, Rick Jackson skipping the Atlanta Press Club debate, Trump’s Dalton rally, early voting turnout records, and a federal appeals court ruling allowing Georgia to enforce its social media age-verification law for minors.
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Opinion: Rural Georgia must lead our next chapter
There is a tendency to talk about Georgia’s success as though it simply happened. It didn’t. Someone built the Georgia we love, generations who invested in roads and schools and ports, recruited factories to courthouse-square towns, opened businesses, and cared for land they hoped to hand down to their children.
Opinion: Georgia healthcare – on the record
In healthcare, reaching “average” would be a huge win for Georgia. Georgia ranks near the bottom nationally in physicians, registered nurses, and dentists per capita. Organizations with no stake in Georgia politics publish these statistics annually. When it comes to outcomes, the data are equally troubling: Georgia ranks nearly last in the nation in fetal mortality, ahead of only Alabama and Mississippi. The next governor inherits every healthcare challenge on day one.
Opinion: Georgia lawmakers should demand transparency for program misused by big hospitals
As healthcare costs rise, Georgia state legislators are looking for solutions. So are families and employers who bear the brunt of price hikes. They all deserve to know the truth about a shadowy federal drug program that is growing fast and pushing up insurance premiums and other costs. That’s why I testified last month at a Georgia House Study Committee on prescription drug pricing.
