by JMO Staff | Dec 6, 2023 | Floating Boats
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was joined this week by Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in calling for an acceleration of the state’s scheduled income tax cuts. Last year’s HB 1437 set in motion a reduction of the state’s income tax rate...
by JMO Staff | Dec 5, 2023 | Floating Boats
A trio of Georgia Democrats are calling for the extension of a federal grant they say is needed to help meet the needs of “historic numbers of migrants seeking asylum” in Georgia. The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave the state some $6.9 million to...
by JMO Staff | Dec 4, 2023 | Floating Boats
The Georgia Senate last week found time to vote on a couple of issues other than the redistricting process they were called back to Atlanta to sort out – one of those being the Atlanta law enforcement training center that has become a focus of national...
by JMO Staff | Dec 1, 2023 | Floating Boats
This week Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced some staff movement, with current Chief of Staff Trey Kilpatrick set to move on to become Georgia Power’s senior vice president of external affairs starting in mid-January. Lauren Curry, currently Kemp’s...
by JMO Staff | Nov 30, 2023 | Floating Boats
It was inevitable that some Georgia state reps. would be dismayed by the proposed redistricted map, the first draft of which was unveiled this week. Eight representatives, six Democrats and two Republicans, have been drawn into the same districts. Among those...
by JMO Staff | Nov 29, 2023 | Floating Boats
Rumors continue to swirl around Atlanta potentially getting a new professional hockey team in the near future, but the cities newest franchise plays on the hardwood in Gwinnett County. The Atlanta Vibe are one of seven teams in the inaugural season of the Pro...
