Before you dive into this week’s update, I want to give a huge shout out and extra special thank you to Camille Pendley Hau, Suzanne…

It may come as a shock to many of you, but I, Polly Livingston McKinney, a 56 year-old mother of two, love superheroes. I love…

Howdy. Saddle up, because it is just about this time of year – right around Crossover Day - that life at the statehouse comes to…

When starting out in advocacy, I attended a number of seminars and workshops trying to learn how to advocate. Aside from that old, tired and…

There is nothing I love more than people-watching. Nothing. Nothing at all. Well, except for taking a nap…or eating cheese…or meditating…or writing stuff like this. Anyway,…

Sometimes I think I am the only person left on the planet who reads a paper newspaper. How do I know this? Because it seems…

As those of you who have followed these Updates for years (or even just for weeks) already know, hardly a season goes by when I…

Being an advocate for kids is usually pretty darned busy. Days are spent watching simultaneous hearings on laptop and iPhone, reading car insurance legislation as…

Part of being a “professional” advocate is answering questions about policy and advocacy from “non-professional” advocates. Frequently, I am offered the opportunity to do so…

Welcome to the Voices for Georgia’s Children Legislative Update. Each week of the legislative session, our Update will arrive in your inbox with brief summaries…

How I Spent My Summer Vacation By Polly McKinney Hello Campers!  Rise and shine!  It’s time to brush your teeth, change into your back up…

I bet some of you are wondering what it is like at the state capitol smack in the middle of a pandemic.  Well, I pulled…