by JMO Staff | Sep 16, 2024 | Floating Boats
Education and workforce development were the themes at last Thursday’s University System of Georgia Foundation’s Scholarship Awards Gala. Emceed by legendary Georgia comedian Jeff Foxworthy, it was a sold-out crowd at the Town Stage and Shipyard at mammoth Trilith...
by JMO Staff | Sep 13, 2024 | Floating Boats
Attorneys for Fulton Co. District Attorney Fani Willis say she plans to ignore a pair of subpoenas and skip a scheduled Georgia Senate special committee hearing later today. The move will no doubt enrage GOP lawmakers and set up a courtroom battle, likely in the...
by JMO Staff | Sep 13, 2024 | Floating Boats
If you’ve been keeping up with ballot access in Georgia for November’s presidential election, you might be getting whiplash! Last month, an administrative law judge agreed with a series of lawsuits from Democrat-led groups that independent candidates...
by JMO Staff | Sep 12, 2024 | Floating Boats
Good news for Georgia’s wallet, as state tax revenues were up 2.4% in August over the same month last year, nearly $2.34 billion. Mostly spurred by an increase in sales tax revenue, while individual income taxes declined. July and August marked a strong start...
by JMO Staff | Sep 11, 2024 | Floating Boats
U.S. District Judge Billy Ray this week dismissed an effort from right-leaning group the Georgia Republican Assembly, which sought to allow the Catoosa County GOP to disqualify four candidates for the county Board of Commissioners. The group has been trying to get...
by JMO Staff | Sep 10, 2024 | Floating Boats
One of Georgia’s most prominent law firms is getting even bigger – with the announcement that Troutman Pepper is merging with Locke Lord, effective at the start of 2025. The newly formed Troutman Pepper Locke will have more than 1,600 attorneys in 33...
