Walter Jones points out that a tough session lays ahead for legislators:
Past sessions became known for the dominant legislation debated, such as school reform in 2000, the statewide water plan in 2008 and redistricting in countless years. The 2010 session, which convenes Jan. 11, will be characterized not by a single issue but by the [...]
It’s that time of year again, members of the Georgia General Assembly are prefiling legislation for the 2010 session. Insider Advantage already has an article up about them, though only a handful of bills have been prefiled for either Chamber and almost exclusively by a few members.
House prefiles can be viewed here. Senate prefiles [...]
Georgia Democrats raised more than Republicans in the month of October, and have raised more for the entire year-to-date. However, Republicans have well over $1.6 million cash-on-hand compared to the Democrats $147k.
Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) recently attempted suicide and is admitting to suffering from depression:
Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) suffers from depression and recently tried to take his own life.
Richardson, in a statement to the media, said he has been suffering from depression for the past two-and-a-half years since separating and subsequently divorcing his wife.
“While [...]
As I mentioned this morning, there are seven seats (five in the House, two in the Senate) in the Georgia General Assembly that will be filled, assuming a candidate reaches the 50%+1 threshold.
You can find results for each of these races by click the link:
SD-1*
SD-35
HD-58
HD-75*
HD-129
HD-141
HD-159*
*two person race, tonight’s winner will represent the district without [...]
Voters in Georgia living in municipalities, five state House districts and two state Senate districts will head to the polls today to decide on representation for the next term years.
We’ll be live-blogging races with national implications tonight over at United Liberty, such as gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as [...]
Georgia lawmakers will again attempt to address property taxes next year:
Members of a Senate study committee on tax reform heard from property owners, tax consultants, tax officials and lawyers during more than three hours of testimony at the Capitol. Legislative leaders say tax reform will be a major issue in 2010.
The one thing everyone agreed [...]