Writing Samples for March 3, 2016

FOR MARCH 3, 2016
COMING UP NEXT, BARACK OBAMA MAKES A HUGE POST-PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.



FOR MARCH 3, 2016
PRESIDENT BARACK GAME PEOPLE SOMETHING TO CHEW ON OVER LUNCH IN MILWAUKEE TODAY.

HE TOLD FRIENDS HE WOULD LIVE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY ENDS NEXT YEAR.

OBAMA WAS IN MILWAUKEE TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY ON HAVING THE MOST HEALTH INSURANCE ENROLLEES UNDER OBAMACARE.

THE PRESIDENT DECIDED ON D-C TO SEE HIS YOUNGER DAUGHTER FINISH HIGH SCHOOL WHERE SHE STARTED.

SASHA OBAMA ATTENDS THE PRESTIGIOUS SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL IN THE NATION'S CAPITOL WHILE MALIA IS SET TO GRADUATE FROM THERE THIS YEAR.


FOR MARCH 3, 2016

THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS ITS LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NEARLY A DECADE.

IT DROPPED A TENTH OF A POINT TO FIVE-POINT-FOUR PERCENT IN JANUARY.

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES ACCOUNTED FOR MOST OF THE JOB GROWTH GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR.

NEW JOBLESS CLAIMS OVER THE PAST MONTH INCREASED BY MORE THAN 13 PERCENT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF RECENT LAYOFFS.

GEORGIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT ITS LOWEST POINT SINCE FEBRUARY 2008.

FROM FEBRUARY 21, 2016

AS EXPECTED, DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON SCORE VICTORIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND NEVADA RESPECTIVELY ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE NEW YORK REAL ESTATE MOGUL DEFEATED HIS FIVE FELLOW REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS IN THE PALMETTO STATE'S PRIMARY.

OVER IN NEVADA, FORMER SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON BEAT FELLOW DEMOCRAT BERNIE SANDERS IN THE STATE'S CAUCUSES.

TRUMP WON IN NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S 46 COUNTIES.

IN NEVADA, CLINTON HELD OFF A LATE SURGE FROM SANDERS BY GAINING MORE VOTES FROM UNION WORKERS, MINORITIES, AND A DIVERSE POPULATION.

TRUMP SAYS HIS WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

(Donald Trump/(R) Presidential Candidate) "I will be going to Nevada, we're making a big speech tomorrow in Atlanta ,and we're going right to Nevada.  I think we're going to do well there and the SEC is going to be very, very exciting.  We expect to do very well.  Very well."

TRUMP HOPES TO CARRY HIS MOMENTUM INTO SUPER TUESDAY ON MARCH FIRST.

ONE OF THE G-O-P CANDIDATES WILL NOT FOLLOW TRUMP INTO SUPER TUESDAY HERE IN GEORGIA.

FROM FEBRUARY 21, 2016

LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, PRESUMPTIVE FRONT RUNNER JEB BUSH ANNOUNCED HE IS ENDING HIS RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.

BUSH COULD NOT LURE VOTERS TOWARD HIM DESPITE SERVING TWO TERMS AS FLORIDA GOVERNOR FROM 1998 TO 2006.

HE GARNERED LESS THAN EIGHT PERCENT OF THE VOTE AND NO DELEGATES IN HIS LATEST BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

BUSH PULLED IN DOUBLE DIGIT RESULTS ONLY ONCE, AND THAT WAS IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.

HE WAS PROUD OF THE RACE THAT HE RAN DESPITE LOW POLL NUMBERS AND LOW RESULTS AT THE BALLOT BOX.

(Jeb Bush/(R) Former Presidential Candidate)

"I'm proud of the campaign we've run to unify the country, but the people of Iowa and new Hampshire and South Carolina have spoken, and I really respect their decision.  Tonight I am suspending my campaign."

THE RACE FOR THE G-O-P NOMINATION IS NOW DOWN TO FIVE CANDIDATES AS THE S-E-C PRIMARY ON SUPER TUESDAY COMES TO GEORGIA ALONG WITH SIX OTHER SOUTHERN STATES, 11 IN TOTAL ON MARCH FIRST.