ATLANTA— State Representative Margaret Kaiser (D-Atlanta), along with members of the Joint Study on Prescription of Medical Cannabis for Serious Medical Conditions, recently toured the Children’s Hospital of Georgia in Augusta. Members of the Joint Study on Prescription of Medical Cannabis for Serious Medical Conditions were also in Augusta for the committee’s fourth meeting to hear from the medical community. Continue reading “Rep. Margaret Kaiser Visits Children’s Hospital in Augusta”
Rep. Allen Peake and Rep. Micah Gravley Announce Online Release of “Growing Hope” Documentary
ATLANTA— State Representatives Allen Peake (R-Macon) and Micah Gravley (R-Douglasville) today announced that the Growing Hope film, which recently premiered in Dallas, Georgia, is now available in full length online. Growing Hope is a documentary that follows the life of HB 885 and focuses on decisions parents in Georgia are making to receive treatment for their children. Continue reading “Rep. Allen Peake and Rep. Micah Gravley Announce Online Release of “Growing Hope” Documentary”
Rep. Trey Kelley Presents Cedartown High School with State Flag of Georgia
ATLANTA – State Representative Trey Kelley (R-Cedartown) recently presented Cedartown High School and its principal, Dr. Darrell Wetherington, with a commemorative United States flag and state flag of Georgia. The flags were presented on Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Continue reading “Rep. Trey Kelley Presents Cedartown High School with State Flag of Georgia”
Rep. Peake Tours Epilepsy Unit at Children’s Hospital, GRU Research Labs, Comments on Committee’s Fourth Hearing
AUGUSTA, GA — State Representative Allen Peake (R-Macon), along with members of the Joint Study on Prescription of Medical Cannabis for Serious Medical Conditions, today toured the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, as well as the research labs at Georgia Regents University in Augusta. Following their tour, the committee held its fourth hearing at Georgia Regents University. Rep. Peake released the following comment following Wednesday’s events: Continue reading “Rep. Peake Tours Epilepsy Unit at Children’s Hospital, GRU Research Labs, Comments on Committee’s Fourth Hearing”
Georgia: The Next Great Space State
By State Representative Jason Spencer(R-Woodbine)
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Georgia is a great aerospace state with more than 800 companies and 88,000 workers in some aspect of the business. We are a world leader in aerospace exports and have many of the world’s leading aerospace companies. When analyzing these capabilities, however, we find that our strength is in the aeronautics side of the ledger, but we also have great assets and capabilities on the astronautics side that have not been explored, developed or marketed. Continue reading “Georgia: The Next Great Space State”