Gov. Brian Kemp has announced that the General Assembly will meet Nov. 3, with a session that will probably last until the week of Thanksgiving, to begin a special session to redraw Georgia’s congressional, state legislative and local electoral districts. The lawmakers will be drawing and approving the district boundaries to account for population shifts over the past decade as reflected in the U.S. Census. With Republicans holding the governorship and dominating in the legislature, they will draw maps to create new and friendly Republican districts to recoup losses to Democrats in recent years. With that prospect, GOP 2022 electoral successes should be RISING…
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…
