ATLANTA – The House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee, chaired by State Representative Josh Bonner (R-Fayetteville), and the Senate Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee, chaired by State Senator Chuck Payne (R-Dalton), will hold a joint meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Lauren Daniel (R-Locust Grove) released the following statement in response to the Georgia Supreme Court’s recent decision to reinstate the LIFE Act:
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By State Representative Mesha Mainor (R-Atlanta)
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Atlanta, shaped by a dichotomy of segregation and its identity as the “Black Mecca,” is a consequential example of how infrastructure can delineate Black generational wealth to near non-existence. Our city may be too busy to hate, but it’s crawling at a snail’s pace to address the environmental injustice of living in highway communities.
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ATLANTA – The House Study Committee on Assessing the Semester and Quarter Systems at USG and TCSG Institutions, chaired by State Representative Shaw Blackmon (R-Bonaire), will hold its next meeting on Monday, October 21, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, Georgia.
To watch a livestream of this meeting, please click here.
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ATLANTA – Members of the House and Senate Rockdale County Legislative Delegations, members of the House Minority Caucus and members of the DeKalb County Legislative Delegation will hold a meeting to hear from citizens, business owners, employees and others impacted by the Biolab chemical fire TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 10 a.m. in room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building.
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