During the live-blogging of Crossover Day last week, I tossed out an idea that I initially thought would get little traction; a resolution commending Georgia’s political bloggers and inviting them to the state House for “Blogger Day At The Capitol.”
State Representative Steve Davis participated in that Crossover Day live blog and agreed to introduce the [...]
Most of Fulton County is municipalized, meaning that most residents of Georgia’s largest county live in a city. The only unincorporated area left in Fulton is about 66 square miles in the southern portion of the county.
Fulton County government provides city-like services to this small unincorporated area –such as police and fire protection, code [...]
Tuesday, the House State Planning & Community Affairs Committee reported out a resolution that says the General Assembly nor the people of Georgia “consider themselves bound to comply with the orders of any presidentially appointed czar.”
House Resolution 1146 is sponsored by two candidates for Congress; state Representatives Clay Cox and Bobby Reese.
I swear the things [...]
Tuesday was election day in House District 19. Voters in the Paulding County-based district went to the polls to elect a new state representative to fill the unexpired term of former House Speaker Glenn Richardson.
Richardson resigned after it was revealed that he had an affair with a lobbyist while pushing legislation beneficial to the [...]
In testimony before the House Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment Committee February 3rd, the co-chairs of Georgia’s Complete Count Committee said that the state could see as many as two additional seats in Congress after the 2010 Census is completed.
Mike Beatty, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, and Debra Lyons, Director of the Governor’s [...]
Rules Calendars have been posted for both chambers today – the first day this session one has been available.
On the Senate Floor (link):
SB 306, Senator Bill Heath’s proposal to allow hands-free devices in all vehicles
On the House Floor (link):
HR 1168, Speaker Ralston’s proposal to change the Rules of the House to officially eliminate the Hawks, [...]
Today is decision day for the House Republican Caucus. They will be meeting in the House chamber at the state capitol at 11am to elect a new Speaker, Speaker Pro-Tem and Majority Whip (you can see the list of candidates here).
It’s clear that Larry O’Neal represents the status-quo if elected to be Speaker, and [...]
As I reported three weeks ago today, SB 200, the Transportation Reorganization bill, gave the House Transportation Committee a very unusual power – the power to confirm one particular appointment of the Governor. Normally in the General Assembly, as in the US Congress, the Senate has the confirmation power and the House of Representatives doesn’t [...]