by JMO Staff | Apr 7, 2026 | Floating Boats
On the final day of the legislative session, Conservative groups (and Peach State property owners) celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 33, a last-minute maneuver that managed to lower property taxes. Not so fast, said state Rep. Scott Holcomb, D-Atlanta, who in a...
by JMO Staff | Apr 6, 2026 | Floating Boats
Two years ago the state legislature set July of 2026 as the deadline to completely get rid of using QR codes to count votes in state elections. Fast forward to this year’s session and… nothing to that end has been done. Multiple elections bills were...
by JMO Staff | Apr 3, 2026 | Floating Boats
You’ve heard of many new cities springing up around Georgia over the past decade, but you probably haven’t heard of as many disappearing. That’s what happened to the city of Quitman in south Georgia, which lawmakers agreed to dissolve by passing HB...
by JMO Staff | Apr 2, 2026 | Floating Boats
Parents and students at Midtown International School got some shocking news this week when administrators informed them the school would be closing permanently, effective this Friday. Citing declining enrollment and financial difficulties, the school gave no further...
by JMO Staff | Apr 1, 2026 | Floating Boats
The Georgia House and Senate have both approved House Bill 369, which would get rid of party affiliation for local races in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Democrats have slammed the measure, calling it discriminatory and unconstitutional, and...
by JMO Staff | Mar 31, 2026 | Floating Boats
Earlier this month Clayton County Assistant District Attorney Deborah Leslie was presenting a case before the Georgia Supreme Court, when Chief Justice Nels Peterson called her out over a proposed order that appeared to cite and quote multiple totally made up cases. ...
