ATLANTA – State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) and Angie O’Steen (R-Ambrose) will recognize Nurses Day at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, honoring the more than 170,000 registered nurses across Georgia who play a role in protecting the health and well-being of communities throughout the state.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Tangie Herring (D-Macon) has advanced House Bill 1166 out of the Georgia House of Representatives, sending this housing measure to the Georgia Senate for consideration. Rep. Herring emphasizes that this legislation provides a practical and family-focused solution to addressing statewide housing inventory by reducing certain zoning restrictions for small residential dwellings, while maintaining existing local safeguards for communities.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Mitchell Horner (R-Ringgold) was recently appointed by House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) to serve on the Fiscal Affairs and Government Operations Committee of the Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) for a two-year term ending December 31, 2027.
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By State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro)
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There are moments in a Christian’s life when the pages of the Bible stop feeling like ancient stories and begin to feel like living memory. The first time I set foot in the Holy Land, that is exactly what happened to me. Walking through Bethlehem, I thought about the humble manger where Jesus entered the world. In Nazareth, I reflected on the quiet town where the son of God grew up. And in Jerusalem, every stone seemed to echo the stories I learned as a child sitting in church pews. As a boy, those places were sacred names spoken during Sunday sermons. As a man standing there, they became something deeper—a living testimony to the faith that shaped my life.
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ATLANTA— Today, the Georgia House of Representatives passed House Bill 880, which aims to reduce the Georgia income tax rate from 4.99 percent to 3.99 percent by .10 percent annually, saving Georgia taxpayers an estimated $6 billion each year.
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