by State Rep. Will Wade | Feb 23, 2021 | The Forum
Over the past two decades I’ve had the opportunity to be engaged in public policy, both in the public and private sector, and witnessed many changes in our society. Perhaps no greater change has occurred than the slow – but constant – erosion of the meaning and...
by D.A. King | Feb 22, 2021 | The Forum
State Rep. Kasey Carpenter, R-Dalton, presented the latest version of his legislation granting in-state college tuition for illegal aliens in the House Higher Education Committee last Friday. He was on Zoom from his car parked “on the side of the...
by Fmr. Senator Mack Mattingly | Feb 22, 2021 | The Forum
We have, throughout history, come together in times of crisis to face whatever life threw at us and emerge victorious. So, at this moment, how do we, as a united people, return our country to the miracle that made it the inspiration for liberty around the...
by Terri Denison | Feb 18, 2021 | The Forum
The U.S. Small Business Administration remains steadfast in its efforts to support small business recovery during this pandemic. It re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program on January 11 with $284 billion appropriated through the Economic Aid Act. As of...
by Gordon Giffin and Eric Tanenblatt | Feb 16, 2021 | The Forum
The future is electric, and Georgia has spent a great deal of energy— and hundreds of millions in development incentives— to secure its position in the economy of tomorrow as a high-tech manufacturing corridor. Thanks to a historic $300 million subsidies...
by Benita Dodd | Feb 15, 2021 | The Forum
On the home front overall, the news about education options is encouraging. Georgia’s public charter schools’ enrollment increased during the COVID-19 pandemic even as enrollment in traditional public schools declined. This week, public charter schools won back...
