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The Motion Picture Association has hired Brandon Reese to rep the movie makers in Georgia and at legislatures across the Southeast. The powerful movie industry has filled the role for its lobbyist under the Gold Dome next session. The program was taped and will air on Dec. Prior to the event, Knight and the other honorees attended a reception with President Joe Biden at the White House. Country music legend Garth Brooks also sang “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Cool J were among those who gave tribute to Knight. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.Īccording to the Associated Press, Patti LaBelle and hip-hop star and actor L.L.

Atlanta R&B legend Gladys Knight was among the honorees Sunday night at the John F. President Joe Biden is hosting the White House Congressional Ball, a formal holiday party held for members of Congress.Senate will work through more nominations this afternoon the House is adjourned until Tuesday. Still, Friday’s strong jobs report is likely to complicate the effort to tame inflation, the Associated Press reports, and could lead to the Fed keeping interest rates higher for longer. “I think that the economy we’re looking at today is posting numbers that are increasingly inconsistent with any kind of recessionary call,” Bernstein said. Those efforts have slowed the housing market and triggered some layoffs in the tech sector, but Georgia’s jobs engine continues to chug along. The Federal Reserve has signaled it will continue to keep interest rates elevated to tame inflation. “When we get a jobs report with strong job growth and solid wage growth, we’re going to look at it for what it is - what working families need to get their fair share of the growth that this economy is generating,” he said. Brian Kemp has repeatedly suspended the state’s 29.1 cents-per-gallon gas tax.īernstein said the bipartisan infrastructure law, legislation to expand semiconductor production and the Democrats’ climate and health care bill have spurred needed reinvestment in American manufacturing jobs, which have benefitted Georgians, although Republicans in the state disagree. Georgia gas prices are also at nationwide lows because GOP Gov. “That means some breathing room,” Bernstein said. Georgia’s unemployment rate remains near record lows and, as of Friday, the state was one of only five in the nation with gas prices averaging below $3 per gallon. Scott Trubey that Biden’s policies are helping working families muscle through inflation, with wage gains and lower gas prices providing some financial cushion. Jared Bernstein, an economic adviser to President Joe Biden, told AJC business editor J. The White House was eager to tout November’s strong monthly jobs report and lower gas prices in Georgia ahead of Tuesday’s runoff, particularly with the national inflation rate at 7.7% and Atlanta’s October rate coming in at 11.7%. The 59-year-old Republican governor is positioning himself to be a major Republican player - one that, unlike so many in his party, is not a complete Trump chump.” In her essay, “ The Man Who Neutered Trump,” Times columnist Michelle Cottle wrote of Kemp, “Whatever happens with Mr. Brian Kemp has been getting high praise from the places you’d expect, like The Wall Street Journal, and those you wouldn’t, like this weekend’s New York Times editorial page. But, Georgia Republicans - 85% of them - told me to return to my farm in Commerce and do something else. I did not cut an ad for the senator,” Black said, adding: “I did not authorize the use of the clip that you have seen. He sends them an email that he hasn’t talked publicly to any reporters about the Senate race since his defeat - we can attest to that - and that neither campaign has “ever reached out to me for anything.” Geoff Duncan, warning about Walker’s baggage.īlack said he’s been deluged with complaints from Republicans who have seen the ad. He’s referring to a round of pro-Warnock ads that showcase an interview Black conducted with ABC News in May, along with recent comments from Lt. “I got into the race to defeat Raphael Warnock and him making my comments in the primary look recent is just one more deception from him,” Black told us.
