Welcome to Summer.  For some, summer is signified by the opening of the pool, the thrill of the first toe-stubbing in flip-flops, or the centering…

If you ask me, Sine Die is one of the most anticipated yet most dreaded days for a lot of us.  Anticipated because it is…

Hello my friends - I could hardly wait to tell you my BIG news: George Clooney finally responded to my six years’ worth of fan…

One of the things I find most interesting about the Capitol is the variety of sounds one experiences in the course of a day. For…

One of the most challenging things to do towards the end of the legislative session is to convince oneself that wearing bedroom slippers to the…

Sometimes, at the state house, waiting for a lawmaker to emerge from chambers, or for 374 school children to get through the metal detector at…

Let me just start by saying that today is PB&J Day at the Capitol. Each year, the Georgia peanut industry comes to the state house…

Download a PDF of the Update Here It is the week of Valentine’s Day, which makes me think about love. Love of country, love of…

It was an unusual week for government nerds like myself. Thanks to the impending arrival of the Patriots, the Rams, and about a billion of…

Every year, the general assembly takes a week off (usually the second week of session) to kick-start budget hearings. During that time, commissioners and directors…