GOP budget opens more land to drilling, approves Keystone XL
Tweet Written by Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller News Foundation The House Republicans’ fiscal 2014 budget put forth by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan would open up more lands to oil and gas development, and approves the Keystone XL pipeline.
Read More →Isakson Statement on the Administration’s Decision to Bring Former Spokesman for Al Qaeda to U.S. for Civilian Trial
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., made the following statement today regarding the administration’s decision to bring Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former spokesman for al Qaeda, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, to the United States for trial in a federal civilian court in New York City.
Read More →William Hoyt Smithwick
Tweet Mr. William Hoyt Smithwick, 87 of Tuxedo Place in Albany, died March 10, 2013 at Willson Hospice House. A native of Camilla, Georgia, Mr. Smithwick was born in Worth County to the late Luke and Jewell Smithwick on December 27, 1925. He later moved to Albany to work at the Federal State Inspection office, [...]
Read More →RIDEforHOPE fundraiser helps fight cancer
Tweet Individuals participating in the RIDEforHOPE Spinning® fundraiser on March 7th helped raise more than $11,000 to benefit the Cancer Coalition of South Georgia. All of the funds raised will stay in South Georgia and be used to serve local residents through the Cancer Coalition’s screening, education and support programs.
Read More →Mayor Hubbard speaks to DoCo Kiwanis
Tweet Written by David Shivers Albany, Ga. – Albany Mayor Dorothy Hubbard challenged members of the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County to be “cheerleaders for our city” during remarks at the club’s March 11 lunch meeting.
Read More →Darton State College diver, coach win national awards
Tweet Written by David Mann Buffalo, N.Y. – Darton State College diver Crawford Berry won the NJCAA Diver of the Year Award after sweeping events at nationals, and his coach, Drew Aultman received NJCAA Diving Coach of the Year honors. The awards followed Darton’s excellent performance at the 2013 NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, where [...]
Read More →ASU Announces 2013 model bridge-building competition winners
Tweet Written by Pearly Bowser Albany, Ga – Albany State University announces the winners of the 2013 Southwest Georgia Regional Model Bridge Building competition held in February in recognition of National Engineers Week.
Read More →GOP: Less Infighting, More Outreach Please
Tweet My interest in politics has been cultivated throughout most of my life. When I was growing up, my family was very politically aware, but not politically active. My first political experience was being “Gerald Ford” in my second grade Presidential debate. I was crushed by the popular vote by my peers but was comforted [...]
Read More →Feds’ advice to furloughed workers: Do stuff we couldn’t do
Tweet Few are noticing the pinch of the sequester, though we’ve been told it is coming. Civil Service employees at MCLB Albany have been told to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 percent of their income as a result of sequestration. This isn’t unique to Albany either, but rolls across the entire Department of [...]
Read More →Former Bush budget director: Paul Ryan’s budget unrealistic
Tweet Written by Betsi Fores of the Daily Caller News Foundation A former budget director for President George W. Bush says the House Republican budget proposal is unrealistic because it assumes the repeal of Obamacare.
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