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Rep. Marvin Lim Issues Statement Regarding Proposed Crisis Pregnancy Center Funding in Gwinnett County

ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) issues the following statement regarding proposed funding for a crisis pregnancy center in Gwinnett County.

“I ask the Gwinnett County Commissioners – which are considering a proposal by staff to allocate $450,000 of competitive U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) funding to a so-called crisis pregnancy center (CPC) named Obria (now rebranded as Georgia Wellness Group and also formerly as Pregnancy Resource Center) – to reallocate these formula funds to maternal, infant and reproductive health initiatives, or any other initiatives, that are not dangerously misleading. Among all proposed awardees for Gwinnett’s HUD CDBG funding, the $450,000 constitutes the largest proposed award to a single private non-profit.

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Chairman Stan Gunter Commends Georgia Council for the Arts Grant to Union County

ATLANTA – State Representative Stan Gunter (R-Blairsville), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, today applauded the awarding of a $5,000 Project Grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) – a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development – to the Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival in support of the 2026 Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival in Union County. The grant is part of GCA’s fiscal year 2026 General Operating Support, Project and Arts Education Program funding.

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Rep. Kim Schofield Celebrates Launch of MARTA Fresh Markets at College Park Station

ATLANTA – State Representative Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) recently joined MARTA and Retaaza on July 17th to celebrate the official launch of the MARTA Fresh Markets at the College Park Station. This partnership represents a step toward addressing food insecurity by providing convenient access to affordable, high-quality, locally sourced Georgia Grown produce.

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GUEST EDITORIAL: Shining a Light on the Inequity of Georgia’s Public School Funding System

By State Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and Sandra G. Scott (D-Rex)

(598 words)

It is urgent that we bring transparency to Georgia’s public school funding system by releasing new data obtained through an Open Records Request (ORR) that we submitted to the Georgia Department of Education. The request reveals the list of school districts that did not receive the Equalization Grant or Sparsity Grant for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, underscoring a growing concern about fairness, equity and how taxpayer dollars are distributed statewide.

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