Complaints have steadily rolled in over the past three years regarding the state’s e-filing system, which tracks campaign donations, lobbying reports, and other financial information. The Georgia Ethics Commission has spent some $1.5 million on the software, implemented by Louisiana-based company Civix, but lawmakers and the public alike continue to struggle with it. So the commission is reversing course, putting out proposals for a replacement system that it hopes to have up and running by fall of 2025. Civix’s role monitoring Georgia campaign finance is SINKING…
Loeffler to head SBA
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was the latest Georgian to be tapped by President-elect Donald Trump for a key role in his upcoming administration, in this case to head up the Small Business Administration. Loeffler will lean on her experience as a successful financial executive as well as her political background in leading the SBA, which doles out loans and provides regulatory support for millions of small businesses nationwide. The appointment has Loeffler’s political star once again RISING…
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