The announcement that Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham will retire in March instead of seeing out his term has turned the race to replace him on his head, as Gov. Brian Kemp will now appoint his replacement, who will serve until 2022. Court of Appeals Judge Sara Doyle, former lawmakers Beth Beskin and John Barrow, and Superior Court Judge Horace Johnson had already kicked off campaigns for Benham’s seat, campaigns that with this latest twist are now left DRIFTING…
Rather than knee-jerk vaping bans, government should wait for the facts
Whenever the political left and right agree on an issue, odds are it is beneficial and will help Americans. At least that’s what I once believed. Recent events, however, have encouraged me to rethink this maxim. Following a spate of vaping-related illnesses,...Kemp’s Budget Cuts Are a Welcome Reversal
Few governors request state agencies to revise and reduce their budgets when the economy is humming, but Brian Kemp isn’t your average governor. He recently sent instructions to his agency chiefs to cut spending. Specifically, he requested a 4 percent reduction...Georgia Needs Creative Solutions to Combat the Opioid Crisis
Over 400,000 Americans have died from opioid abuse, be it heroin or synthetic prescriptions, since 1999. To put this death toll into perspective, roughly the same number of Americans perished in World War II. No state has been left untouched by the opioid...Smyrna Pumps Brakes on Scooter Ban
The band Montrose famously sang, “Get on your bad motor scooter and ride!” But depending on how things shake out, some forms of motor scooting may become illegal in Smyrna, Georgia. That’s because the Smyrna city council has been tinkering with the idea of...
