by Walter Jones | Aug 5, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The newest member of the Jekyll Island-State Park Oversight Committee appointed Monday is a well-connected legislator from South Georgia. House Speaker David Ralston appointed Rep. Matt Hatchett, R-Dublin, to the panel that reviews the economic...
by Walter Jones | Aug 3, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Gov. Nathan Deal’s alter ego in the media, Brian Robinson, left the governor’s office Friday to pursue a career in private industry, signaling a change in tone and style for the remainder of the term. Augusta-native Robinson, one of...
by Walter Jones | Jul 31, 2015 | James Magazine
CHATSWORTH, Ga. – Promising to remove 50,000 truckloads from Georgia highways, state officials signed an agreement Tuesday to develop a rail-truck terminal to serve shippers in North Georgia and neighboring states with a more convenient route to the port of...
by Walter Jones | Jul 29, 2015 | James Magazine
SAVANNAH, Ga. – A Democratic legislator says construction and movie-production companies are tax frauds and insists that the Department of Labor needs more inspectors to police worker misclassification. Sen. Lester Jackson, D-Savannah, said employers that...
by Walter Jones | Jul 23, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Money is a key ingredient in creative expression, according to an economics history professor invited to speak Wednesday at a dinner hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. While the image of the starving artist may be a romantic staple of...