ATLANTA – State Representatives Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) and Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) will hold a press conference with legal advocates to discuss a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Board of Regents for the State University System regarding disparate funding between Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their land-grant counterparts TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Matt Reeves (R-Duluth) was recently named Legislator of the Year by the Georgia Nurses Association during the association’s meeting at the University of Georgia. Rep. Reeves was selected to receive the award following his work sponsoring House Bill 383, the “Safer Hospitals Act,” which was signed into law in April of this year by Governor Brian Kemp.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Omari Crawford (D-Decatur) today joined with State Representatives Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates), Becky Evans (D-Atlanta), Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) and State Senator Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) to announce that voters in the city of Decatur will have the opportunity to vote on proposed homestead tax exemptions this November through local ballot referendums. These ballot referendums are the result of a package of property tax relief bills passed and signed into law during the 2023 legislative session of the Georgia General Assembly.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro) will participate in the Georgia Coalition for Cannabis Reform’s press conference on providing safe access and harm reduction for cannabis patients on Friday, October 27, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Bookstore Gallery in Atlanta.
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ATLANTA – State Representatives Angela Moore (D-Stonecrest) and Rhonda Taylor (D-Conyers) will partner with Rockdale County to present a free family-friendly ‘Holiday Peace Concert’ featuring the Lighthouse Junior Choir on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at 4 p.m. at the Rockdale Auditorium in Conyers, Georgia.
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