by Walter Jones | May 13, 2016 | News, News 2
A university and a civil-rights museum announced Thursday they are teaming up to research lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender southerners. “Although the South is home to more LGBT adults than any other region in the country, more than half of all anti-LGBT bills...
by Walter Jones | May 9, 2016 | News, News 2
The Republican candidates running in Georgia’s federal-election primaries this year nearly all agree to support Donald Trump and say medicine derived from marijuana should be legal. And the Democrats running to unseat Sen. Johnny Isakson argued among themselves about...
by Walter Jones | May 5, 2016 | News, News 2
Surviving a political campaign is tough enough, but a pair of hopefuls learned on Wednesday if they survived the first hurdle: qualifying, or not qualifying, as a candidate. Secretary of State Brian Kemp decided to disqualify Steve Reighard in state House of...
by Walter Jones | May 3, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Turns out the rush for the Augusta Council to pass an ordinance on drones before the General Assembly enacted its own bill was for nothing after Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed the legislature’s bill Tuesday. Lawmakers on a special committee, including Rep. Brian...
by Walter Jones | May 2, 2016 | News, News 2
ATLANTA – The fever to create new cities across metro Atlanta has cropped up on the coast, but supporters are frustrated by the slow and cautious approach of legislators. Unlike many of the metro-Atlanta cities where legislators have been eager to advance the effort,...
