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It’s time for Gov. Nathan Deal to go

If you had Gov. Deal’s job performance, would you still have your job? Over the weekend we learned the “final price tag” of Gov. Deal’s signature legislation that broke the HOPE Scholarship. It turns out, the law was worse for Georgia than we even imagined. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that hidden deep inside Gov. Deal’s bill to break the HOPE Scholarship for a generation of students was “one of the state Capitol’s biggest economic blunders

Rep. Buzz Brockway’s and the GOP’s profound disconnect

On Thursday, Rep. Buzz Brockway (R-Lawrenceville) took to Peach Pundit and posted a Harvard study that many passed around all week.Except Rep. Brockway drew a much different conclusion than most did. He posited that “… the general breakdown of marriages – and the decline in the number of people bothering to get married in the first place – as well as the loss of trust in civic institutions like Churches and Schools have limited the

Gov. Nathan Deal tweets support for HOPE Grant

There is great news today for Georgia’s high school students looking for skilled training at trade schools. Gov. Nathan Deal’s office used Twitter to signal his support of a bill crafted by Rep. Stacey Evans and Rep. Craig Gordon that will make it easier for high school graduates to afford technical post-graduate school. When Gov. Deal broke the HOPE Scholarship in 2011, he also broke the HOPE Grant for the state’s tech students by requiring a 3.0

Gov. Nathan Deal strips HOPE, and future, from Middle and South Georgia

Progressives across the state fought against the changes to the HOPE program and warned of an impending exodus of students unable to afford an education. Turns out, they were right. Governor Deal’s tech school and HOPE policies are direct assaults on the well being of Middle and South Georgia because they close-off educational access to the entire region. For me, this isn’t just about policy or raw numbers. It’s personal. I’m from the hardest-hit area

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Gov. Nathan Deal pays Chip Rogers how much? To do what?!

Governor Nathan Deal has sewn a $150,000 per year golden parachute for disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers by creating a new Executive Producer position for him at Georgia Public Broadcasting. This 760-percent taxpayer-funded raise will make Chip Rogers the second highest paid employee at GPB. Rogers’s new “dream job” will be to produce a show focusing, rather blatantly, on the successes of the Nathan Deal’s job creation initiatives. So, it works out for

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You won’t guess what Gov. Deal ignored today.

Gov. Nathan Deal gave his third state-of-the-state speech today but offered nothing more than political rhetoric and empty promises for Georgia’s working families. Frankly, we aren’t surprised that Gov. Deal doesn’t want to tell voters the truth about the dire condition of the state’s economy. When you look at all the data, it’s clear that Georgia’s economy is sick and getting sicker, especially for working Georgians who continue to struggle with the aftermath of the