Governor Nathan Deal Signs Georgia Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill
An emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana in Georgia to treat eight serious medical conditions.
An emotional Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday that immediately legalizes the use of medical marijuana in Georgia to treat eight serious medical conditions.
The Georgia House Rules Committee has failed to advance a highly popular resolution that would have the state’s congressional delegation urge a competitive market for Advanced Placement tests, the federal subsidies for which go entirely to the College Board.
The push to put more good guys with guns in schools to dissuade and counter bad guys with guns has re-emerged and is expanding at the state level around the country.
ATLANTA, Georgia–Georgia businessman Republican David Perdue won his senate race against Democrat Michelle Nunn on Tuesday night and also broke 50 percent, so the GOP’er will not be forced to compete in a January runoff. Perdue took 55 percent of
Democrats in Georgia are trying to motivate black voters by exploiting Michael Brown’s death, urging them to vote “if you want to prevent another Ferguson…” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained flyers that use images from the Ferguson protests and of two black children
Republican Georgia Governor Nathan Deal faced off against State Senator Jason Carter at the Reaves Arena in Perry on Tuesday. The 72-year old Deal slammed Carter, 39, for being too “young and inexperienced” for the job of governor. “You’ve never
With one Democrat-aligned Georgia group having collected 85,000 voter registration applications and around 20,000 registration forms collected by another – and from 25 – 50 of them thought to be fraudulent – an ongoing investigation is resulting in partisan charges
A recent analysis of five Democrats running for Governor across the country in close elections finds them promising major expansions of Obamacare if they are elected, showing that not all Democrats are running away from the President’s signature takeover of
The department of U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that so far this fiscal year the agency has detained 66,127 unaccompanied children and teens on the southern border. This is nearly double the number detained by this time last year.
In an item partly discussing yesterday’s leaked Nunn campaign memo, which the Atlanta Journal Constitution calls a “massive blow” to Democrat Michelle Nunn’s campaign, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed makes it clear that “Atlanta has open arms to the thousands of unaccompanied
Democrats may talk about change but that seems dubious given that the names at the top of their Georgia ticket harken back to the politics of decades ago. State legislator and grandson of the notoriously failed President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter, is
On April 23, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) signed the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 (HB 60), which reduces the number of gun free zones in the state by expanding concealed carry to more bars, unsecured portions of airports,
On April 23rd Governor Nathan Deal (R) will sign Georgia’s expanded concealed carry bill – the Safe Carry Protection Act of 2014 – into law during a special ceremony. As Breitbart News reported on February 24, the Safe Carry Protection Act (HB 60) passed
Georgia’s Republican Governor, Nathan Deal, seems poised to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by strong-arming the legislature away from pushing a bill to withdraw completely from imposing Common Core education standards on the state’s schools and toward implementing
ATLANTA, Feb. 12 (UPI) — A deadly winter storm brought snow and ice from Texas to North Carolina Wednesday, canceling thousands of flights and making roads dangerous for travel. The National Weather Service said ice and sleet could be “potentially
Less than three inches of snow has delivered 48 hours of icy cold chaos to a the city of Atlanta, resulting in 1,460 traffic accidents, including two fatal crashes and a at least 175 injuries. Another hard freeze is expected
ATLANTA (AP) — The snow and sleet have stopped falling and traffic was moving again around Atlanta following a crippling storm — but transportation and rescue officials said that didn’t mean it was safe yet to drive, especially after the
An older fellow named Alan Keck attended Wednesday’s March for Life in Atlanta, equipped with a Confederate flag, a pro-secession sign, and some impressive facial hair. Judging by the Associated Press’s images from that event, this guy was a bigger
While many Georgia conservatives are left scratching their heads in outrage, the far-left wing of the state’s illegal alien lobby is applauding Republican Governor Nathan Deal for his recent appointment of one of their own to the state’s Board of
In response to Obama Delivers the Zimmerman Coda: Yes, Obama was sending a signal to his “loyal media bots” to focus their attention on SYG laws, but not because he thinks they will be repealed. As CBS/AP reports, there’s little
According to a state report in 2011, more than 150 teachers and administrators from 44 public schools across Atlanta were caught cheating on standardized tests used to judge student performance and rank schools. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal predicted that Eighty-two
Given the questions regarding the waste borne of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for green building certification, it’s almost fitting that Washington D.C has again topped the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) list with the highest
Though the General Services Administration’s (GSA) sole adherence to one measure of green building certification has already faced a flurry of skepticism for the benefits and logic behind it, a government watchdog group is now closing in on the transparency
A practiced tactic of the left is for multiple organizations of varying degrees of radicalism to coordinate their attacks on a single industry or company, often to the benefit of one player in the industry and to detriment of American
A USA Today examination of the popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program revealed the system’s vaulted green standards have negligible impact on a building’s environmental footprint while often making staggering tax breaks available to developers. In total, 13
On Tuesday, residents of Georgia will be voting on a ballot initiative to create a state commission which can authorize charter schools outside the normal political process in the state. Teacher’s unions are against the measure which would mean more
In a move that should serve to put the federal government on notice, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has taken a positive step towards ensuring fairness between green building certification standards. Per a report from Peach State political blog: Georgia Gov.
The number of liberal commencement speakers at America’s top colleges dwarfs the number of conservative speakers. The ratio, 7-1 this year, has never been higher, according to Young America’s Foundation (YAF), which made a list of speakers invited to the
(AP) What’s so super about Tuesday? 419 GOP delegatesBy CONNIE CASSAssociated PressWASHINGTONSuper? Maybe not this time. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest payout of the Republican presidential primaries. Super Tuesday, slimmed down to half its 2008 size
The debate about healthcare coming from the Democrats is steeped in purposeful misdirection on one hand and a complete lack of any real knowledge about what Obamacare will even do on the other. It is also a major overreach on