by Baker Owens | Jan 13, 2020 | News, News 2
Today is the big day. The 2020 legislative session gets underway. No more pre-filing. Only filing. One last pre-file that is worth a look comes from Senator Bruce Thompson (R-14 White). Thompson has filed Senate Bill 285, Military Spouses and Veterans...
by Baker Owens | Jan 10, 2020 | News, News 2
For one more week, interested parties can weigh in on a “participatory budgeting” experiment in the City of Atlanta. Amir Farokhi, City Council Member from District 2 – which includes much of the historic downtown of Atlanta, is seeking the best ideas on how to...
by Baker Owens | Jan 8, 2020 | News, News 2
Many readers may be familiar with the ‘Waffle House index,’ an informal metric used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine the impact of a hurricane or other storm. The gist of it is to see whether a particular Waffle House in a...
by Baker Owens | Jan 6, 2020 | News, News 2
Every ten years, per the Constitution of the United States and the wisdom of Jefferson, Madison and other Founders, the U.S. undertakes a census. The purpose of the 2020 U.S. Census is to count every resident of the United States and to gather data to help the...
by Baker Owens | Dec 31, 2019 | James Magazine
One of the Federal Reserve’s goals is to promote the stability of the country’s financial system, a part of that goal is to monitor and research the country’s thousands of banks, from the J.P. Morgans down to the Hooterville Bank and Trust. A recent report...
