by JMO Staff | Feb 26, 2026 | Floating Boats
Georgia Power is getting help from the Trump Administration when it comes to beefing up its energy grid in the form of a $22.5 billion federal energy loan package. The funding comes with a lower interest rate than if the utility went to the private markets, and part...
by JMO Staff | Feb 25, 2026 | Floating Boats
A pair of Democrats launched campaigns Tuesday to try and win seats on Georgia’s Supreme Court, and they’re packing impressive resumes. Former state Sen. Jen Jordan, who ran for attorney general in 2022, is challenging Justice Sarah Warren, while trial...
by JMO Staff | Feb 24, 2026 | Floating Boats
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals granted the state of Alabama’s request to dismiss its lawsuit against Georgia over water management within the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin. It’s the first time since 1989 that there hasn’t been an...
by JMO Staff | Feb 23, 2026 | Floating Boats
The Elon Musk-backed political action committee America PAC was reprimanded by Georgia’s State Elections Board last week for sending “partially” pre-filled absentee voter applications to voters in a handful of right-leaning counties ahead of the...
by JMO Staff | Feb 20, 2026 | Floating Boats
Georgia House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in November, marking the end of one of the most accomplished tenures in state history. The eight-term Republican was the first woman to be speaker pro tem and GOP majority...
by JMO Staff | Feb 19, 2026 | Floating Boats
Republican Steven McNeel won the special election runoff Tuesday to fill the seat of former state Sen. John F. Kennedy, who resigned to focus on his run for lt. governor. He defeated Democrat LeMario Brown by nearly 20 points, keeping the Middle Georgia seat under...
