Unless you're a Democrat, of course. Just filed this on the main site: ATLANTA — A bill that would do away with annual property taxes on cars, which has been characterized as a boon for disgruntled taxpayers, would actually raise hundreds of millions more each year for the state and local governme...

It is with sadness that I must announce: Lucid Idiocy's man crush on Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson is over. It's not me, it's him. Mr. Speaker - It's hard for me to write this. I know we haven't been together long, but we were so good together. I mean, you said so many awesome ridiculous thi...

My girlfriend is a reporter in Raleigh. And that's how I found myself in a converted basketball gym full Saturday night in Clayton, North Carolina, watching wrestling matches with about 400 people and talking to a couple of professional wrestling icons. For more than 30 years, Ivan Koloff was a scar...

Dick Pettys at Insider Advantage did the first reporting on this that I saw, but it has been officially announced: The Georgia DOT Board voted to fire Commissioner Gena Evans today. She was about 14 months into her tenure, and hardly a month went by that some problem didn't come to light at the depa...

Straight up speculation... State Sen. Robert Brown, D-Macon, has really amped up his his political profile this year. The Senate minority leader took to the senate well several times last week for some fiery speeches, that were also a little odd. Used to be, Sen. Brown seldom heard a question that c...

How is it that, as Georgia Power's nuclear plant bill flies through the legislative process like a cannonball through Popsicle stick walls, I'm still learning things that make both eyebrows raise? Makes you wonder what we'll learn after this thing becomes law. From Margaret Newkirk at The AJC: As Ge...

The average age of a Georgia DOT board member is 62.4 years old. That's 811 years of life experience among 13 members. The median age is 67. Five board members are younger than 60. Two members, Brandon Beach and Dana Lemon, are younger than 50. Lemon is the youngest member, at 45. She is also the on...

Women often go to the bathroom together. Lesbians are women. Do lesbians go to the bathroom together? Because I know I have no desire to be in the bathroom when my girlfriend is peeing....

Regretfully, it doesn't look like we're going to get the old speaker back any time soon. Speaker Richardson this afternoon, at a press conference with the governor and lieutenant governor:"For the last 21 days I haven't said too much about things going on around here. And it seems to be working pret...

I knew that, if I avoided actual work long enough, I could come up with a Matt Groening cartoon clip that fully explains the political ramifications of the stimulus package. You will need sound, 10 seconds and a basic understanding of this particular episode of Futurama. Bonus points if you decide t...