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GUEST EDITORIAL: If ICE Can Pay $100K and $50K Bonuses, Our Soldiers and Police Deserve the Same

By State Representative Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain)

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America is witnessing an unprecedented imbalance in how we value our public servants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now offering starting salaries that can exceed $100,000, plus signing bonuses up to $50,000 and additional incentives like student loan repayment. These recruitment packages are drawing in law enforcement officers from local police departments and even pulling from our military ranks.

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House Study Committee on Evaluating Funding for Public Health to Hold First Meeting at State Capitol

ATLANTA – The House Study Committee on Evaluating Funding for Public Health, chaired by State Representative Darlene Taylor (R-Thomasville), will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at 10 a.m. in Room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta.

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House Study Committee on Reinsurance for Essential Industries to Hold First Meeting in Atlanta

ATLANTA – The House Study Committee on Reinsurance for Essential Industries, co-chaired by State Representative Noel Williams, Jr. (R-Cordele) and State Representative Darlene Taylor (R-Thomasville), will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 10 a.m. in room 506 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta.

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House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Insurance Rates to Hold First Meeting at the Georgia State Capitol

ATLANTA – The House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Insurance Rates, chaired by State Representative Matt Reeves (R-Duluth), will hold its first meeting on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 10 a.m. in room 341 of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

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