Rep. Scott Hilton Receives 2024 Humane Legislator Award from the Humane Society of the United States 

ATLANTA – State Representative Scott Hilton (R–Peachtree Corners) was recently honored by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) with the 2024 Humane Legislator Award. This award recognizes legislators for their leadership and commitment to animal protection issues.

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House Study Committee on Credit Card Fees on State Sales and Excise Tax and Their Impact on Georgia Merchants and Consumers to Hold Second Meeting at State Capitol

ATLANTA – The House Study Committee on Credit Card Fees on State Sales and Excise Tax and Their Impact on Georgia Merchants and Consumers, chaired by State Representative Will Wade (R-Dawsonville), will hold its second meeting on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in room 506 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta.

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TODAY: Reps. Jasmine Clark, Park Cannon and Metro Atlanta Leaders to Hold Press Conference Calling for Immediate and Permanent Closure of Conyers BioLab Following Chemical Fire

ATLANTA – State Representatives Jasmine Clark (D-Lilburn) and Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), Secretary of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus, along with other Metro Atlanta leaders, will hold a press conference TODAY, Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. on the South Wing Steps of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. They will address the recent fire at the Conyers BioLab chemical plant and call for its permanent closure.

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Reps. John Carson and Ginny Ehrhart to Host Press Conference Opposing Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Increase

ATLANTA –State Representatives John Carson (R-Marietta) and Ginny Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs), as well as John Loud of LOUD Security Systems and other Cobb County business leaders, will host a press conference to oppose the proposed Mobility Special Purpose Local Option SalesTax (MSPLOST) increase on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 10 a.m. across from the Cobb-Marietta Transit Center in Marietta, Georgia.  

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TOMORROW: Georgia House Democratic Caucus to Affirm Decision of Fulton County Superior Court Overturning Six-Week Abortion Law and Upholding Georgians’ Constitutional Rights to Privacy  

ATLANTA – State Representative Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), Secretary of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC), and members of the GHDC will host a press conference to applaud the recent Fulton County Superior Courts’ order, which ruled that abortion regulations must revert to pre-2019 standards, restoring pregnant Georgians’ ability to obtain needed abortion care until approximately 22 weeks gestation, TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 10 a.m. on the South Wing Steps of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

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