Education bills make Crossover deadline
As lawmakers worked into the night Friday to meet the Crossover deadline, multiple education bills were approved by the House and Senate — including a bill that builds on the Georgia Promise Scholarship law which provides school vouchers for students.
Crossover Day legislative action (or inaction)
Georgia legislators worked late into Friday night , with the House of Representatives even going past midnight. It was Crossover Day, which marks the deadline for legislation to pass its originating chamber and stay alive for the rest of the session. Consider major highlights:
Kemp traveling to Canada for trade conference
Gov. Brian Kemp will lead a three-day trade mission to Canada next week amid an atmosphere of uncertainty prompted by a series of tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on the United States’ northern neighbor.
Ossoff asks Georgia military families to share their story about housing conditions
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-GA, is asking Georgia service members and military families to share their stories about privatized military housing conditions as he continues to investigate allegations of mistreatment of these families. Ossoff made the request in a public service announcement released Tuesday.
House committee on cancer care hears from experts, stakeholders
A new House study committee tasked with exploring the lack of access to quality cancer care in Georgia heard from a variety of experts and stakeholders Tuesday in Albany at the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Ga. CEO: Norfolk Southern’s Ed Elkins on ‘The Coolest Thing Made in Georgia’
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Norfolk Southern Ed Elkins – also this year’s Georgia Chamber chair – discusses the “Coolest Thing Made in Georgia” program and the importance of highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of Georgia.
City of Dalton forces cop to quit over illegal alien stop
The city of Dalton has been rocked by an incident involving its police officer Leslie Allen O’Neal arresting an unlicensed illegal alien motorist who he mistakenly thought made an illegal right-on-red light turn. Yet the city and his police chief failed to back him up over his initial mistake, thus dropping all charges against the illegal. O’Neal resigned in disgust.
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Watch the September 7th Georgia Gang!
Feisty debate opens the Sept. 7th broadcast regarding the clash between Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Health & Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy over Centers for Disease Control firings and new healthcare policies.
Ga. CEO: AT&T’s investment in fiber and 5G in Georgia
Senior Director of Government Affairs at AT&T Georgia Elizabeth Reynolds talks about AT&T’s investment in fiber and 5G networks throughout the state in this video from our friends at Georgia CEO:
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Georgia Has Role in Securing Itself from Communist China
After the astounding national security breach last week in which a Chinese espionage balloon flew unimpeded across the United States, it is now time to reassess our very open relationship with the People’s Republic of China.
An immigrant on illegal immigration in GOP Georgia
As a proud, pro-borders immigrant and once longtime resident and voter in Georgia with familial and friendship ties that bring me back frequently, I watch the political scene in my former home with wonder and angry sadness from upstate, Democrat-ruled New York.
Should Georgia Legalize Recreational Marijuana?
A “gateway drug” is a one that entices its users to use stronger drugs. Anyone who doubts marijuana is a gateway drug should ask drug addicts which drug they started using first. Derelict opioid addicts, Fentanyl users who are still alive and homeless people (90 percent of whom are addicted) will nearly all tell you it was marijuana.
