by JMO Staff | Nov 29, 2024 | Floating Boats
Georgia’s biggest road race is on July 4th, but for the 22nd straight year Marietta has hosted the Gobble Jog to raise money for Cobb County’s MUST Ministries. More than 9,000 runners worked up an appetite (or burned off calories) and all for a good cause...
by JMO Staff | Nov 27, 2024 | Floating Boats
New residential developments in Atlanta are typically forced to include affordable housing units in exchange for the tax breaks they receive from the city. One of those is in downtown’s “Gulch” redevelopment, where a 304-unit tower under...
by JMO Staff | Nov 26, 2024 | Floating Boats
One of Georgia’s biggest companies is about to get a lot bigger, as Sandy Springs-based Quikrete announced an $11 billion acquisition of Denver-based Summit Materials. The move cements Quikrete’s position as the top packaged cement and concrete producer...
by JMO Staff | Nov 25, 2024 | Floating Boats
Medical marijuana has had a bumpy road through the Georgia legislature, but on the heels of its eventual success legislators will study the medical potential of more drugs – namely ecstasy and magic mushrooms. Military veterans have long championed the effects...
by JMO Staff | Nov 22, 2024 | Floating Boats
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected two resolutions to halt offensive weapons sales to Israel. All Republicans and a large bloc of Democrats voted against the ban, but a Democrat minority– including Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock— voted to...
by JMO Staff | Nov 21, 2024 | Floating Boats
The ongoing fight between Georgia Democrats got worse this week when newly-elected House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley took some noteworthy shots at U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. Ossoff, who is gearing up to defend his seat in 2026, recently made it known that he’d...
