Republicans Hide, Cover-Up True Cost of HB 87

Georgia – State republicans continue to hide the true cost of HB 87 to Georgia’s citizens. This week, State Senator Buddy Carter (R-Pooler) downplayed the damage to the agribusiness community with an estimate in the “millions of dollars”, although Time Magazine has estimated losses as high as $9 billion. There have been no publicly available […]

GOP Immigration Policy = Labor Shortages + Rotting Crops

This item by J.P. Green was originally published on May 29, 2011. Georgia is often classified with the reddest of states, not without some reason, even though a third of the voters are people of color. But the new Republican Governor Nathan Deal has just signed into law a bill which could push some white rural […]