One of the highlights of former Gov. Nathan Deal’s eight years in office was his focus on criminal justice reform, eventually resulting in a series of bills that drew praise from both sides of the aisle. Much of that work was then used by President Donald Trump and his team in 2018 as the White House pushed its own prison reform legislation. Now out of office, Deal is continuing his work, leading a team of experts that is submitting recommendations via the nonprofit Council on Criminal Justice. Joined by former mayors, law enforcement officials, ex-prisoners, and even Sally Yates, the Georgia attorney who served as U.S. deputy attorney general under President Barack Obama, the group, with Deal at its helm, is leading the push for continued sensible criminal justice reform in Washington D.C. RISING…
Gwinnett to host next Georgia Grown To-Go event
The Georgia Department of Agriculture will continue its Georgia Grown To-Go events today in Gwinnett, as part of its “Buy Georgia Grown, Now More Than Ever” campaign. With the normal farmers markets across the state either cancelled or severely pared down,...New study ranks Georgia high for rainy day funds
Not since 2009, or perhaps sometime in the 1930’s, have state and municipal budgets been looking at a drop off like what they are currently facing. With the budgets in a crunch, new attention is being paid to states’ rainy day funds. Most states have one of...So you’re voting – but for what again?
As InsiderAdvantage reported on Monday, early voting has started for this year’s primary. There are some COVID-19 peculiarities around voting rules, fewer polling places, strict social distancing guidelines etc. But once you get in that “booth,” what happens...Reopening unfolds, carefully
Places are starting to reopen. Parks are getting crowded – often with masks and some noticeable distancing between patrons. Shoppers do that curious two-step where they shift around each other as they pass. But people are going out. It is spring, the weather is...
