Do you like chicken wings? Of course you do! This Sunday head to The Fairmont in West Midtown for the 2019 Southern Wing Showdown, produced by our friends at Taste of Atlanta. More than 25 local and southeastern restaurants will be serving up their specialty wings, and of course drinks will be flowing and live music will be playing. Charity partners include Angel Flight Soars and Second Helpings Atlanta, so you’ll be partying with a purpose. Get your tickets HERE and we’ll see you there – good wings, good drinks, and good people have this weekend RISING…
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...No, Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia Isn’t Dead
In a memorable scene from the comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” a government official meanders through a plague-infested village screaming, “Bring out your dead!” — presumably for burial. This somber scene is interrupted when a villager tries to deliver...Rep. Harrell Introduces Death Penalty Repeal Bill
Georgia juries haven’t delivered a death sentence in nearly five years, and if Rep. Brett Harrell, R-Snellville, has his way, it never will again. That’s because he recently filed House Bill 702, which would repeal the Georgia death penalty and replace it with...
