Darton Servant Leadership to hold community yard sale
Tweet Special to the Journal ALBANY– Don’t miss your chance to reserve a table at Darton’s community yard sale. Darton State College’s Servant Leadership Program is hosting a community yard sale Saturday, March 1 from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Darton Intermural Field. Community members may reserve space for $20. This space includes [...]
Read More →Bynum and Zohn Reunite for Musical Collaboration, “Just Like Old Times”
Tweet Written by Pearly Bowser Albany – Albany State University begins the spring T. Marshall Jones Fine Arts and Lyceum Performance Series with a joint recital of masterworks written specifically for voice and guitar. The faculty-guest recital entitled, “Just like Old Times” will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Albany Museum [...]
Read More →New Chamber Survey
Tweet Last week the Chamber released the most recent survey of members asked to vote for issues we should address this year. One question with 90% voting yes, “does the business community support allowing the citizens the right to vote on city–county consolidation”.
Read More →Republicans Put Politics Ahead of Georgians
Tweet The following comes from the Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus. Atlanta, Ga. – Republicans in the Georgia General Assembly have put political fundraising ahead of the people of Georgia by eliminating the traditional budget process and compressing hearings into a single, half-day session. State legislators will have little time to discuss the state’s supplemental budget.
Read More →Senate Intelligence Committee Releases Declassified Bipartisan Report on Benghazi Terrorist Attacks
Tweet Special to the Journal Washington—The Senate Intelligence Committee today issued a declassified report on the September 11-12, 2012, terrorist attacks against U.S. personnel at the Temporary Mission Facility and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya. The committee found the attacks were preventable, based on extensive intelligence reporting on the terrorist activity in Libya—to include prior [...]
Read More →Study: Obama’s proposed minimum wage hike could destroy 1 million jobs
Tweet Written by Breanna Deutsch of the Daily Caller News Foundation The Obama administration’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could result in as many 1,084,000 jobs eliminated from the work force, according to a new study conducted by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI).
Read More →Congressman Bishop applauds new Cotton Board appointee
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02), member of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, applauded the reappointment of James L. “Jimmy” Webb of Leary, Georgia, and the appointment of Benjamin R. Grimsley of Weston, Georgia as [...]
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