Jobs decrease slightly in state, as Hurricane Irma impacts Coastal Georgia ATLANTA – State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said today that Hurricane Irma caused Georgia’s job numbers to fall and unemployment claims to rise in September. Butler noted that the state lost about 500 jobs for the month. Similarly, Georgia also saw nearly 25,000 unemployment claims […]
Read More »The Power of Shouting
The Power of Shouting When political correctness trumps the truth to suppress alternate opinions, it is because PC is accompanied by a bodyguard of fear. Fear of being shouted down without benefit of dialogue, fear of being ostracized by one’s peers in the workplace, and fear of losing a job because you, the ‘offender,’ was […]
Read More »Georgia DOT Continues Cable Rail Repair Along I-575 in Cherokee
Georgia DOT Continues Cable Rail Repair along I-575 in Canton, GA CANTON Ga. – A Georgia DOT Maintenance crew resumes today its work on repairing the cable rail along Interstate 575 in Cherokee County. Work will proceed daily between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., weather permitting. It is Georgia DOT position that guardrail and […]
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Two Indicted in Nationwide Unclaimed Property Fraud Scheme
TWO INDICTED IN NATIONWIDE UnCLAIMED PROPERTY FRAUD SCHEME ATLANTA – Allen J. Pendergrass and Terrell McQueen have been arraigned on charges of orchestrating a nationwide unclaimed property fraud scheme. They provided asset recovery services for clients, claiming they would recover unclaimed money and assets held by local and state governments for a fee. During that […]
Read More »Gaines receives Certified County Commissioner certificate
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. – Dawson County District 2 County Commissioner Chris Gaines has completed all courses required to earn his certificate of recognition as a Certified County Commissioner from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government, in partnership the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG). Gaines, who took office in January 2017, successfully completed […]
Read More »President Trump Signs NDAA, Collins TRICARE Language into Law
President Trump Signs NDAA, Collins TRICARE Language into Law “PBMs keep their operations in the shadows in order to take advantage of patients and taxpayers. I worked to have this language included as part of the NDAA to help America’s service members and their families get the medicines they need while keeping drug prices appropriately […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue Announces Bipartisan Agreement To Reduce Dodd-Frank Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) and 17 members on the Senate Banking Committee have drafted a bipartisan proposal to roll back significant portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, providing regulatory relief for Georgia’s community banks, credit unions, mid-sized banks, regional banks, and custody banks, none of whom contributed to the financial crisis of 2008. The proposal also […]
Read More »Short Takes – Treachery Rewarded?
Deep within the hidden recesses of the Pentagon, lurks a nondescript DoD group called the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, the lead agency apparently, for interviewing recovered, rescued or deserter prisoners of war, and other captives. Among their latest achievements, is realizing the fall out gathered from interviews (interrogations?) of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A lead […]
Read More »Spring Flowering Bulbs Start Now
Spring Flowering Bulbs Start Now By: Eddie Ayers, County Extension Agent Now that fall is officially here, does the thought of a long cold winter have you down? Have you considered a landscape full of spring flowering bulbs? It’s that burst of spring color that makes you feel good. Best of all, most spring […]
Read More »Can Gun Violence Be Controlled?
Can Gun Violence be Controlled? This business about free Americans owning guns, it seems, is not going away. The overwrought, dysfunctional left simply won’t let it go using any opportunity to try to seize our guns. “Never let a crisis go to waste” has long been their motto. The Las Vegas massacre is the current […]
Read More »Media Update: Collins Helps Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Collins Helps Pass Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act WASHINGTON—Today the House passed H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) co-sponsored. Science has demonstrated that unborn children can feel pain 20 weeks after conception, and the bill would prohibit abortions once the fetus has reached that age. Fifteen states, including […]
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Georgia issues same drivers license to illegal aliens with deferred deportation as legal immigrants: DDS policy should be changed in 2018 Georgia legislative session
By Jeff Jones Most thinking Georgians will no doubt agree that only illegal aliens require classification as “deferred action on deportation” or who may be under deportation orders from the federal government. Most Georgians will be surprised to learn that Georgia’s Department of Drivers Services (DDS), the agency responsible for our driving and ID credentials, […]
Read More »Short Takes – Assumptions
Assumptions One must ask why it is assumed that the logical candidate to replace a conservative office holder, must be a Democrat? The plethora of campaign appeals from loser Democratic PAC’s, for donations to combat those dangerous, misguided Republicans, claim in the text of their appeals, that Trumps election was an aberration and that American’s […]
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