Georgia GOP Chair Seat up for Grabs, Outcome Could Influence Whether State...
Georgia Republican Party Chair David Shafer has not yet declared that he will seek a second term for that position, but Cobb County GOP Chair Jason Shepherd wants Shafer’s seat. Shafer, however, has...
View Article$210M Broadband Internet Partnership to Connect 80K Georgians
by Nyamekye Daniel Tens of thousands of rural Georgians are expected to gain access to high-speed internet under a private-sector partnership announced Monday by Gov. Brian Kemp and other state...
View ArticleUniversity of Florida Professor Indicted over Undisclosed China Ties
by Alex Munguia A professor at the University of Florida has been indicted on charges of wire fraud and failure to disclose his ties to China. The professor obtained a $1.75 million federal grant...
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Budget Deficit Spiked in January, CBO Report Finds
by Thomas Catenacci The federal budget deficit grew a whopping 400% in one year as the pandemic caused spending to skyrocket, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report Tuesday. The estimated...
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Chinese Tech CEO ‘Would Welcome’ Discussion with Biden, Hopes U.S. Takes...
by Thomas Catenacci The CEO of Chinese tech company Huawei said he would welcome a phone call with president Joe Biden after years of being targeted as a national security threat. Ren Zhengfei, the...
View ArticleFifteen Secretaries of State Endorse Keep Nine Amendment
A group of 15 secretaries of state this week issued their support for the “Keep Nine Amendment” recently introduced in Congress, marking the latest victory for the organization seeking to preserve...
View ArticleTampa Mayor Says Maskless Super Bowl Revellers ‘Will Be Identified’;...
by Debra Heine Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on Monday referred to maskless Super Bowl revellers as “bad actors,” and vowed that they will be identified by law enforcement and dealt with. In late January,...
View ArticleBiden to Further Cut Down on ICE Arrests and Deportations
by Eric Landrum Joe Biden has directed various federal agencies to significantly roll back criteria for making arrests and ordering deportations of illegal aliens, according to Fox News. The...
View ArticleCBO: $15 Minimum Wage Would Lead to 1.4 Million Lost Jobs, Impacting Young,...
by Dan McCaleb A $15 minimum wage would result in 1.4 million jobs lost and disproportionately hurt younger workers and those with less education, a new Congressional Budget Office report says....
View ArticleCongressman, Former NFL-er Owens Says He’s Done with League until ‘America...
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View ArticleCommentary: Teachers Unions’ Selfish, Unscientific COVID Response
by Reed Spaulding Clarity and consensus among medical professionals has been hard to find on many issues related to COVID-19 policy, so it’s much appreciated when something appears to be clear-cut...
View ArticleCommentary: The Republican Ship of Fools Sails On
by Pedro Gonzalez In what CNN’s Chris Cillizza accurately described as a “gut punch” to the GOP’s Trumpian faction, the House Republican Conference decided against removing Representative Liz...
View ArticleAfter COVID-19, New Bill Pushes for Georgia to Produce Medical Devices
One year into COVID-19, Georgia State Rep. Jodi Lott (R-Evans) has introduced a bill that she says will incentivize people to manufacture medical devices inside state lines. Sponsors say that this...
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