by JMO Staff | Jan 17, 2025 | Floating Boats
As Democrats and Republicans swore in their leadership for the 2025-26 Biennium, one state senator made history. State Sen. Kim Jackson, D-Stone Mountain, was sworn in as the Senate Democratic Caucus Whip, making her the first female Whip in the history of the...
by JMO Staff | Jan 16, 2025 | Floating Boats
The New Georgia Project, the voting rights group founded by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, was slapped with a $300,000 fine for illegally supporting her 2018 campaign – the largest penalty ever given out for violating state campaign finance laws. ...
by JMO Staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Floating Boats
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson yesterday appointed U.S. Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga., to be on the powerful Rules Committee. The newly elected Peachtree City resident will be serving on what is commonly known as “The Speaker’s Committee” because it...
by JMO Staff | Jan 15, 2025 | Floating Boats
The 2025 legislative session has only just begun and we already know Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority: school safety. Flanked by Republican legislators, Kemp announced $50 million in school security grants for this year, and pledged the issue would receive major...
by JMO Staff | Jan 14, 2025 | Floating Boats
This week’s men’s college basketball AP top 25 poll holds a rare sight – the University of Georgia. Fresh off back to back victories over ranked teams, UGA slots in at 23, not the loftiest of positions but the first time the program has been ranked...
by JMO Staff | Jan 13, 2025 | Floating Boats
Georgia’s economy has boomed since the pandemic, but could that growth be grinding to a halt? The most recent numbers from the first half of FY2025, which began July 1st, show that net tax collections were up about 1.8%. But when the two and a half month gas...
