by JMO Staff | Jan 17, 2024 | Floating Boats
The new crown jewel of Atlanta’s hospitality scene is the Signia Hilton hotel, adjacent to Mercedes Benz Stadium, that opened just last week. The 42-story hotel is the tallest building on the Westside of Atlanta, the 6th largest hotel in the city, and the...
by JMO Staff | Jan 16, 2024 | Floating Boats
Gov. Brian Kemp recently appointed Mat Swift, a retired Columbus real estate developer, to a seat on the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents. Swift succeeds Dr. C. Thomas Hopkins in representing Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District on the...
by JMO Staff | Jan 15, 2024 | Floating Boats
Fulton County DA Fani Willis took to the pulpit over the weekend to defend herself against the bombshell allegations that she had hired her lover as a special prosecutor in the Donald Trump investigation. Speaking at Big Bethel AME Church, she did not specifically...
by JMO Staff | Jan 12, 2024 | Floating Boats
Tucked away in Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposed budget this week was $50 million for a new medical school at the University of Georgia. The school would become just the second public medical school in Georgia, which like many states is facing a need for more...
by JMO Staff | Jan 11, 2024 | Floating Boats
Supporters of sports betting legislation got an early lift Tuesday when Senate Bill 172 passed out of the Senate Regulated Industries & Utilities Committee on just the second day of the legislative session. The bill would establish a sports gaming commission and...
by JMO Staff | Jan 10, 2024 | Floating Boats
As Georgia legislators prepare to get to work on next year’s budget, they were met with some dour revenue reports – December tax collections were down some 5% over 2022. While net tax revenue for the first half of FY2023 was up 1.5%, that hike was due to...
