The Georgia Chamber has announced its three legislators of the year, honoring one member of the state House, one in the state Senate, and one freshman lawmaker for promoting policies that enhance the state’s business climate. This year’s winners are Sen. Ben Watson (R-Savannah), Rep. Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire), and Rep. Stan Gunter (R-Blairsville). For helping grow the state’s economy in what has been a tough year, these legislators’ ships are RISING…
Augusta Open Records Ruling A Win For 1st Amendment
Superior Court Judge Jesse Stone’s recent ruling in The Augusta Press et.al v. The City of Augusta affirmed that the public’s right to access public records trumps the government’s occasional desire to operate in secret. It is common for local...Cobb County: Detroit on the Chattahoochee?
It is an unfortunate political fact of life that in the United States, starting as far back as the end of World War II, liberals have been migrating from high tax, big spending states with relatively high regulatory burdens on business to the lower taxed...What You Need to Know About the Restaurant Revitalization Fund
The restaurant industry has been among the hardest-hit sectors during the economic downturn stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Georgia Restaurant Association, the industry has suffered more than $250 billion in losses and the closing of more than...Georgia and the Libertarian Party’s Destructive Role
There was a time, going back no further than a couple of years ago, when the Libertarian Party of Georgia was irrelevant in determining who was going to get elected to statewide office. Occasionally its candidates would garner enough votes to prevent the...Clearing up revisionist history over the SKI plant
There is no doubt Georgia has a lot of reasons to breathe a sigh of relief that the dispute is settled between the South Korean companies SKI and LGES relating to the theft of trade secrets. It is also important as we look back at what occurred so that, as a...
