WASHINGTON—Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), who introduced the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act in the House this February, released the following statement in response to its inclusion in the newly released funding bill: “The CLOUD Act frames a path for guarding the privacy of American data while enabling law enforcement to combat crime […]
Read More »Speaker, Governor & Lieutenant Governor Announce Tax Cut Plan
Gov. Nathan Deal, along with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker David Ralston, today outlined updates to HB 918, which addresses state tax code. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Chuck Efstration, now combines the 2017 Internal Revenue Code (IRC) bill, HB 821, with 2018 IRC updates. It also addresses the state revenue projections resulting […]
Read More »Georgia DOT In Northwest Georgia Is Hiring, Holds Job Fair In Carrollton
CARROLLTON– GDOT moves Georgia! It can help set your career in motion too! If you are looking for an exciting, challenging, and professional transportation career, join Georgia DOT job fair in Carrollton Georgia. The Georgia DOT Northwest Georgia (District 6) Office will host a job fair from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20 at the Carrollton Goodwill Career Center, […]
Read More »Arbor Day: Time to Tackle Hemlock Trouble
Now, while the leaves are still off deciduous trees and evergreens are easy to spot, it’s a good time to check hemlocks for signs of the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect attacking the trees in every north Georgia county within the native hemlock range. Millions of hemlocks have already died; many more are infested; […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue talks tax, immigration on Kudlow radio show
Senator David Perdue Talks Tax & Immigration On Kudlow Radio Show “President Trump has been instinctively in line with the American people on immigration all along” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) joined Larry Kudlow on The Larry Kudlow Show to discuss how President Trump’s agenda has been instinctively in line with the American […]
Read More »Our Revolution Georgia Endorses Joshua McCall in Bid to Unseat Congressman Doug Collins
(Martin, Georgia) – Monday, January 22nd, the statewide Georgia affiliate of Our Revolution, the organization created to continue pushing the policy goals of the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign, endorsed Joshua McCall in his bid to unseat Congressman Doug Collins in the Georgia 9th Congressional District. His candidacy will now be passed up to the national […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue Visits Southeast Asia To Talk Trade & National Security
“A realignment is not necessarily mandatory for rebalancing trade” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, last week traveled to Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore to meet with international leaders about foreign policy and national security. Senator Perdue participated in an event at the Shangri-La Dialogues in Singapore […]
Read More »Get Ready for the Taste of Ellijay 2018! – May 24th at 6pm
Brought to you by Gilmer Chamber: Today on Karla’s Korner – Get Ready for the Taste of Ellijay 2018! Starting tonight at 6pm! Join us on #GMFTO every weekday starting at 8AM! We will be featuring Fetch Your News FYNTV.com TV personality #BKP and his political opinion, and #AnythingGoes ! Have a question, comment, or […]
Read More »Senator David Perdue: Mike Pompeo Is The Right Person For The Job
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) meets with President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo: “Mike Pompeo is immensely qualified to serve as America’s chief diplomat. He has already earned President Trump’s confidence, and as CIA Director, he understands the multifaceted global security crisis better than anybody. He is fully […]
Read More »Ask the Doc! About Skin Health
This morning on Ask the Doc, Dr. William Whaley is covering skin health. The audience asked: What can lead to a blood pressure spike out of the blue if you are on regular blood pressure medicine? If someone has a badly bruised tendon on the back of their ankle, is there anything that they could […]
Read More »Election Woes – The Portent
Somehow I’m not at all shocked by the election victory of Conor Lamb (D) over Rick Saccone (R) in the PA-18 Congressional election, in a district Trump won by 20% one year ago. I do not see that as a referendum on Trump but a warning to the GOP about candidate selection. Conor Lamb is […]
Read More »Time to Vaccinate Preteens and Teens – Georgia Preteen Vaccine Awareness Week is March 12-16
Georgia Preteen Vaccine Awareness Week is March 12-16 Vaccines available at health departments in North Georgia! North GA – Think about it. Which seems better? The quick sting of a vaccination or the painful consequences of a disease that last much longer? In an effort to protect every adult and child, the Georgia Department of […]
Read More »Short Takes – Just Another Shooting?
The multiple murders at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida was absolutely preventable! Yet, the organizations capable of preventing it, did not, could not, or would not, for whatever reasons, take action against a known potential danger because of the fear of social backlash from one group or another because it would […]
Read More »Road Median Flowers
Before the cold turned them brown, I was getting questions about the flowers planted in the road median between Blue Ridge and Ellijay. As it turns out the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is teaching all of us about an old floral favorite that needs to be brought back to the garden: cosmos. This year […]
Read More »Northeast Georgia Worker to Attend State of the Union with Collins
January 27, 2018 Jessica Andrews (202) 225 9893 Northeast Georgia Worker to Attend State of the Union with Collins WASHINGTON—January 30 marks President Trump’s first State of the Union address, where he will speak to a joint session of Congress. Mr. William Robert “Robbie” Salemi, Jr. will join Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) for the event. […]
Read More »What Just Happened?
What happened? Date line, Monday 22 Jan 2018: Inexplicably, Senate minority leader Chuckie Schemer rallied the Senate Democrats to support the Government funding bill. Suddenly there was a virtual stampede of Democrat Senators to vote with Republicans to send the CR bill to Trumps desk to continue the funding the US Government into March. […]
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