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Buzz Brockway + beach ball + Pokemon = internet gold
It’s not every day you see an elected official hit in the head with a beach ball. But state Rep. Buzz Brockway is not every elected official. The Lawrenceville Republican has one of the best, and...
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Nearly 150,000 Georgians have already cast ballots ahead of Nov. 8 election
More than 146,000 Georgians have already cast ballots in the 2016 election after just one day of early in-person voting. The total includes more than 61,000 absentee ballots cast by mail and more than...
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ACLU sues Georgia to re-open voter registration in storm-hit counties
Yet another group has filed suit against the state of Georgia demanding that voter registration be re-opened in counties where Hurricane Matthew forced evacuations and government closures. The American...
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Half a million Georgians have already voted in 2016 election
The first full week of advance, in-person voting in Georgia saw long lines across Metro Atlanta. Now we know why. Nearly 500,000 voters cast ballots in the state last week, in addition to the nearly...
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Democrats turn to Obamacare to target endangered Georgia Republican
A screenshot from anti-Mike Cheokas ad. One of the state House’s most endangered Republican lawmakers is being pilloried over the Georgia GOP’s opposition to Medicaid expansion in the race’s final...
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Contest emerges for spot in Georgia House GOP leadership
With the election in the rear view mirror, Georgia legislators are turning their attention to January’s return of the General Assembly. First stop for House Republicans: Monday’s caucus meeting where...
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That time Sonny Perdue prayed for rain
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and his wife Mary pray during a prayer service for rain on the steps of the Capitol Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Nearly 10 years ago, then-Gov. Sonny...
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Your tip sheet: House panel to vote on brewery-distillery bill
Days remaining in the 2017 Legislative session: 24 The House and Senate will be back in session at 10 a.m. today. Both chambers have relatively minor bills on their agendas, although the Senate will...
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A Trumpian bill makes its debut in the state Capitol
The most Trumpian bill in the Legislature, the one that may best reflect the political angst that our new president has tapped, made its debut in the state Capitol on Tuesday. Senate Bill 195 was...
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Buzz Brockway to seek Secretary of State gig in 2018
State Rep. Buzz Brockway chats with constituents. AJC file. Let the domino effect begin. With the news that Secretary of State Brian Kemp will run for governor, candidates are already lining up to...
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UGA study: Hispanic buying power in U.S. surpasses Mexico’s GDP
The Selig Center for Economic Growth at UGA has published its annual assessment of minority buying power in the United States. We point you to this link with one caveat: Downloading “The Multicultural...
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Ossoff’s GOP rival on his cash haul: ‘Only Jesus can save him’
Georgia Republicans had plenty to say about the news of Democrat Jon Ossoff’s epic fundraising haul in the 6th District special election. But few were as biting as Bruce LeVell, the onetime head of...
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In the Sixth District, the canary in the coal mine has a canary of its own
Much of the country is watching the Sixth District congressional runoff to see if the race can give them a clue about the 2018 mid-term elections. But in Georgia, the canary in the coal mine has a...
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Ahead of Georgia’s Sixth District contest, a May 16 test vote
Much of the country is watching the Sixth District congressional runoff to see what clues it can offer about the 2018 mid-term elections, and how voters are digesting the debut of President Donald...
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Sixth District TV ads are creating the news. No, really.
Our AJC colleague Rodney Ho has come up with a fascinating tidbit about the impact of millions of dollars in TV ads being spent in the metro Atlanta market on behalf of Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff in...
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Another question: Why did Nathan Deal sign campus-carry bill so quietly?
Earlier this morning, we pondered why Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill to permit concealed firearms to be carried on the campuses of public universities. After using some high-toned language that defined...
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Sally Yates is about to change the subject in Washington
Former acting U.S. attorney general Sally Yates, a former federal prosecutor in Atlanta, will testify before U.S. senators this afternoon about warnings she gave to the Trump Administration that...
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Donald Trump: ‘James Comey better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of our...
Leading the day on Donald Trump’s morning Twitter thoughts has become something of a cliché. Even so, we can’t remember the last time a sitting U.S. president implied that the public shouldn’t rely on...
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John Linder endorses David Shafer in GOP race for lieutenant governor
Former Georgia congressman John Linder today endorsed State Sen. David Shafer in the Republican race for lieutenant governor, citing a shared concern on fiscal matters. Linder, first elected to...
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Unfinished business: State GOP leaders take up resolutions on ‘religious...
Over at our subscription site, we have an item on some leftover business from the state GOP convention in Augusta two months ago: Among the raft of resolutions up for debate at Saturday’s meeting of...
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