Opinion

Guest Column: Jones’ pledge to eliminate income tax is wrong-headed

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is asking Georgia voters for a big promotion, and the centerpiece of his campaign to become our next governor is a promise that many will find appealing, at least at first glance.

Guest Column: Georgia’s housing supply isn’t meeting state demand

Georgia is adding people faster than it’s adding places for them to live.

Guest Column: Trump is Ossoff’s target in next year’s campaign

Georgia’s 2026 Republican primary won’t be held until next May, but Sen. Jon Ossoff already knows who he’ll be running against:  Donald Trump. “Trump promised to attack a broken system. I get it: Ripe target,” Ossoff recently told a campaign crowd. “But here’s the thing: He’s a crook, and a con man.

Guest Column: Food Bank searching for ‘Good Samaritans’

As the President and CEO of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, a favorite moment of my year is hosting volunteers at our site for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year, we quoted King’s speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.”

Guest Column: Look for the migration from NYC to only grow

Much has been written about America’s largest city edging closer to electing a socialist mayor.  Zohran Mamdani recently won the Democratic primary, which is likely enough to secure the mayoralty of New York City.

Guest Column: Six ways Georgia policy affected your wallet in ’25

Georgia’s 2025 fiscal year will be remembered less for a single marquee bill than for a constellation of measured, taxpayer-focused changes that added up to real relief.

Guest Column: Georgians show courage in the ‘No Kings’ protests

It’s easy to get discouraged or cynical about the state of American political life. Our reservoirs of civic trust have been drained dry.

Guest Column: Restrained spending key to Georgia budget surplus

By now, you should know Georgia is more fiscally responsible than the federal government. If not, the folks in Washington, D.C., are working overtime to demonstrate it.

Guest Column: Georgia schools lag behind in school choice movement

Proponents of educational freedom in Georgia often hold up Florida as a paragon of empowering families to choose the education that best fits their children’s needs. But with so much of the focus on private choice, it’s easy to forget that freedom also means the ability to move among public schools.

Guest Column: Lack of housing at root of state’s home prices

On May 6, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff announced his intention to investigate “large, out-of-state companies buying up Georgia homes and driving up home prices.”  This has become a common target when discussing housing affordability — and not just in the halls of Congress or under the Gold Dome.