The Sausage Factory – Sine Die Style Laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. — Otto von Bismarck The Republican Sausage Factory Kicks Into Overdrive Driving to the Capitol this week, I felt like I was headed to a Republican bill-making factory. Fortunately most of the bills were harmless, but occasionally […]

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller Follow the Leader Medicaid Expansion and Hospital “CON” Reform Instead of using hospital regulatory reform (Certificate of Need, aka CON) as a bargaining chip for Medicaid Expansion as North Carolina did, Georgia […]

Crossover Week Georgia’s Crossover Hurricane Downgraded to a Tropical Depression At the Georgia Capitol, there are two words that elicit both the excitement of parties and food alongside the dread of long working hours and mischief — Crossover and Sine Die. Crossover Day: A “crossover” deadline is the last day for a bill to pass […]