A banner year for Georgia’s film industry, which spent a record breaking $2 billion in the state in 2015. A staggering total, and one that speaks volumes to the tax incentives that Governor Nathan Deal and co. have used to lure film production to the Peach State. For Georgia and the, (mostly) Republican leaders who have leveraged tax breaks into massive economic impact, the ship is RISING…
Senate Republicans nominate new president pro tem
A follow up to yesterday’s Floating Boat – Georgia Senate Republicans this week also nominated state Sen. Larry Walker III, R-Perry, as president pro tem. That nomination won’t become a full election until the General Assembly convenes in January, at which point Walker will succeed state Sen. John F. Kennedy Jr., R-Macon, who is running for lt. governor. RISING…