Retirees – As we look towards 2021, Georgia is on our mind!
Georgia is in the news these days, as hundreds of millions of dollars pour into the state for two runoff elections on January 5th that will determine control of the…
Brian Kemp’s Leadership on Re-Opening Georgia’s Economy Is Deserving of Praise
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) has come under intense criticism for taking steps to re-open Georgia. The criticism is peculiar. Reading the reactions on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and elsewhere, one…
Violent Crime Dropped in 2018 to the Second-Lowest Point Since 1991
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released its annual crime statistics report. There hasn’t been much media coverage of the report, but it does show the violent crime rate…
Coalition Letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform
FreedomWorks sent a coalition letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp urging him to support the reauthorization of the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform. The text of the letter and…
FreedomWorks’ Member of the Month for March 2019: Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)
FreedomWorks is proud to honor Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) as our member of the month for March of 2019. Rep. Hice serves the people of Georgia’s Tenth Congressional District, which…
Peach State Justice: Successes of Smart on Crime Policies in Georgia
When confronted with a rapidly rising prison population, which had grown exponentially between 1982 and 2011 from 13,884 prisoners to almost 56,000, newly-elected Georgia Governor Nathan Deal decided to…
Shoddy Reporting from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Georgia’s Forfeiture Law
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a blog post up today with a headline which reads: "Forfeiture: Georgia was once one of the worst. Now? It’s not so bad." Sounds great.
Oklahoma and Georgia Governors Sign Conservative Justice Reform Bills into Law
This past Wednesday, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a package of justice reform bills into law, making the Sooner State the latest conservative state to adopt these “smart-on-crime” policies.
Justice Reform Package Passes through Oklahoma Legislature, Soon to be Signed into Law
In recent years, several conservative states have been at the forefront in tackling justice reform. As documented in the report Federalism in Action: How Conservative States Got Smart on…
Nation’s Largest Health Insurer Bolts Arkansas, Georgia ObamaCare Markets
UnitedHealth Group made good on its threat to pull out of ObamaCare markets. The nation’s largest health insurance company will pull out of the Arkansas and Georgia ObamaCare markets in…