by JMO Staff | Apr 26, 2024 | Floating Boats
Last week, for the first time since 2019, the Board of Regents voted to increase student tuition for the 26 institutions that comprise the state’s University System. In-state tuition will rise 2.5 percent in the fall; students from outside Georgia will pay 5 percent...
by JMO Staff | Apr 25, 2024 | Floating Boats
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson appears to have run out of steam following the passage of his $95 billion foreign aid package this week. Greene has found few allies willing to support her criticisms in DC, and even former...
by JMO Staff | Apr 24, 2024 | Floating Boats
He didn’t actually play last year, but quarterback Matt Ryan made his retirement official Monday after signing a one-day deal with the Falcons, the team that drafted him in 2008. Ryan is arguably the greatest player in franchise history, the only Falcon to ever...
by JMO Staff | Apr 23, 2024 | Floating Boats
Over the weekend a major Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers union. The move is a win for pro-union officials, who have historically had difficulty getting a foothold in the South. Gov. Brian Kemp was quick to sign onto...
by JMO Staff | Apr 22, 2024 | Floating Boats
Gov. Brian Kemp has announced three new additions to the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, an influential group which oversees the state’s public colleges and universities. The appointees are David Dove, an attorney who formerly served as...
by JMO Staff | Apr 19, 2024 | Floating Boats
The state Public Service Commission (PSC) kept Georgia on a growth track this week by approving a massive energy acquisition for Georgia Power. The IRP update, as it is called, was required because of massive data center and manufacturing growth. Overseas wars,...
