The COVID-19 pandemic drove folks outdoors in 2020, leading to a record-breaking year for Georgia state parks. According to the state Dept. of Natural Resources park receipt revenue was up by 13%, overall visitation up by 11%, and hunting and fishing license holders had a 7% increase. A spike in funding and more Georgians enjoying the state’s great outdoors have our parks RISING…
New Columbia Co. Circuit: DA Office in Disarray
The Augusta Judicial Circuit comprises Burke, Richmond and Columbia counties. But Republican-oriented Columbia isn’t happy with the defeat of the GOP District Attorney by Richmond Democrat Jared Williams, who critics say sounds more like a social worker than a...Georgia Atty Gen. Carr in Hot Seat over Texas Lawsuit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on behalf of his state, is suing battleground states Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin to challenge the unconstitutional creation of their mail-in ballots used in the Nov. 3rd presidential election. Seventeen...Election Fraud the Big Focus of Senate Hearings
The saga of the Nov. 3rd Georgia general election continued yesterday with two state Senate hearings that heard evidence and sworn witness testimony of voter fraud in a state where presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump are separated by a thin vote...Stone Mountain: “The Other Side of the Story”
There was a recent meeting of the gubernatorial-appointed Stone Mountain Memorial Association, which oversees the popular park which includes the world’s largest bas-relief sculpture that is a memorial to Confederates who fell in battle from 1861-65. In...
