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Representative Kidd Criticizes Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for Unfair Treatment of Employees

ATLANTA – During discussion on House Bill 1324, state Representative Rusty Kidd (I-Milledgeville) criticized the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for their unfair treatment of employees at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville.  Representative Kidd was so outraged by recent layoffs that he actually stood in his wheelchair to exclaim the layoffs were inappropriate and wrong. Continue reading “

Representative Kidd Criticizes Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for Unfair Treatment of Employees

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House Passes Legislation to Help Schools Handle Bullying

ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives today passed Senate Bill 250 by a vote of 119 to 45.  This legislation was amended by state Representative Mike Jacobs (R-Atlanta) to include measures that will expand and clarify the definition of “bullying” in Georgia public schools.  The amendment also allows corrective action to be taken in any grade level and requires the Department of Education to develop a model bullying policy for its member schools. Continue reading “

House Passes Legislation to Help Schools Handle Bullying

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Rep. Williams Leads House in Effort to Designate Dalton’s Tulip Poplar as the Official Liberty Tree of Georgia

ATLANTA- The Georgia House of Representatives today passed Senate Resolution 274 by a vote of 158 to 1.  This legislation, which was introduced in the House by State Representative Roger Williams (R-Dalton), designates the tulip poplar tree adjacent to Dalton City Hall as the official Liberty Tree of Georgia. Continue reading “

Rep. Williams Leads House in Effort to Designate Dalton’s Tulip Poplar as the Official Liberty Tree of Georgia

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