There was a new face in the Senate chamber this morning. Senators were introduced to the new gentleman from Augusta, Hardie Davis.
Davis was sworn in Monday and had his first day in the Senate on Tuesday.
One of his first chores? Praising his fellow Yellow Jackets from the speaker’s podium for [...]
The state of Georgia saw its revenues fall by another 8.7 percent in January, the 14th consecutive month of decline, another sickening sign that the state’s economy has yet to recover.
Overall, the fiscal year that begin July 1 has seen the state collect 12.9 percent less in taxes and other [...]
A bi-partisan group of House members on Tuesday proposed a bill that they said would complement transportation funding plans that are being worked up at the state Capitol. In contrast to other plans under discussion, it would increase the amount of money set aside for transportation statewide over the long [...]
Columbus Police arrest 4 for prostitution and discover one is only 15. The cops found them through a Craig’s List ad.
Gasaway was surprised to find the girl arrested was only 15.
“I’ve never had one that young,” he said. “She could have passed for 18.”
When arrested, she said she [...]
RT @markhallCC: The white house is closed today due to snow. Quick, start your small business! Invest! Maybe they won't notice! #
And some say 40 days isn't long enough RT @SpaceyG:… I'm in a #GALeg committee meeting where they're [...] Loren Collins sends along a video of a local birther (who has tried to indict President Barack Obama in a common law grand jury) that approached Rep. Nathan Deal, a candidate for governor, at the Georgia Christian Alliance held the Faith, Family and Freedom Kickoff and asked him [...]
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[...] Loren Collins sends along a video of a local birther (who has tried to indict President Barack Obama in a common law grand jury) that approached Rep. Nathan Deal, a candidate for governor, at the Georgia Christian Alliance held the Faith, Family and Freedom Kickoff and asked him [...]
The AJC has a story about the GOP establishment becoming less than comfortable with John Oxendine’s campaign.
Georgia’s Republican establishment is showing signs of discomfort with the prospect that John Oxendine will be the party’s nominee for governor, despite his popularity with many voters and status as early front-runner.
I am [...]
John Murtha's dead, victim of what sounds like surgical error while he was having his gallbladder removed. Do we miss him? Are we merely glad he left before he got himself indicted? (This blogger thinks he spent as much time being part of the problem as he did' [...]
I guess MARTA is just keeping up its racially insensitive history. I mean, you take the red line to go to the Braves’ stadium. So now the yellow line will go to Doraville.
Doraville has a high Asian population and they don’t like that the yellow line goes there.
This is [...]
Yet John Oxendine waits till he needs earned media for his governor’s race to order a hearing on this matter:
a Georgia Department of Insurance investigation of one of the nation’s largest title insurers suggests consumers should check out their policies. The department has accused Texas-based Stewart Title Guaranty [...]
Next on my reading list and the reason I really do not like shopping at Wal-Mart.
A recording of a certain nearby in utero 
