Debate Over Judge Backed by Open Borders Group
DeKalb County State Court Judge Dax Lopez was a longtime board member and fundraiser with the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) until he resigned under pressure when then-President Barack Obama nominated him for a federal judgeship.
read moreRace for GOP chair to be decided Saturday in Savannah
Delegates to the 2019 Georgia Republican Convention will gather in Savannah this weekend, and will hold a wide-open election for a new leader and a new slate of officers.
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It’s Infrastructure Week – and Georgia is Looking Good
There are not very many events that bring together the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce but one area that most can agree on is the need for good roads, functioning dams and bridges that are not going to collapse.
read moreGeorgia Eligible to Receive More Than $34 Million in Disaster Relief
U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) joined colleagues in a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson, urging him to release HUD Disaster Relief Funds.
read moreShore Protection bill draws praise, concern
When Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 445 – a series of amendments to the Shore Protection Act – into law last week, reactions were mixed.
read moreSpaceport Camden Named Top Infrastructure Project
Spaceport Camden, which will be the only exclusively vertical, non-federal range on the East Coast, has been named a top infrastructure project in the United States.
read moreGeorgia Taking Baby Steps in Hemp Cultivation
Friday morning, Governor Kemp signed HB 213, the hemp farming bill. A reminder, that is hemp, notably separate and distinct from marijuana. Hemp contains almost no tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive chemical abundant in marijuana.
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Ferguson, Scott sponsor MAKERS Act
This month U.S. Reps. Drew Ferguson (R-GA3) and David Scott (D-GA13) joined up to co-sponsor H.R. 2518, the Making Advances Kinetic Education, Research, and Skills Act or The MAKERS Act.
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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 a man for inhumation despite him being alive and constantly uttering, “I’m not dead yet!”
Gang Conference Adheres to Governor Kemp’s Vision
Opening with Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp’s inspirational rallying cry to “stop and dismantle” criminal street gangs, the Georgia Gang Investigators Association’s Metro Atlanta Gang Intelligence Meeting, held on April 10, 2019, at the Georgia World Congress Center, hosted hundreds of law enforcement partners from Metro Atlanta and beyond.
Seeing the benefits of tax reform on Tax Day
As April 15th approaches, American families and small businesses are filing their taxes across the country, and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is back in the news. But, despite what you might read on Facebook, the facts are clear: our economy is thriving, wages are going up and tax reform is helping American workers keep more of their hard-earned money.
