ATLANTA – The Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) will host a virtual community conversation event on COVID-19 TOMORROW, Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 6 p.m. via Zoom. To participate in this virtual event, please contact kimberly.romaine@house.ga.gov.
House and Senate Reapportionment Committees to Hold Educational Meetings
ATLANTA – The House Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment Committee, chaired by State Representative Bonnie Rich (R-Suwanee), and the Senate Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee, chaired by State Senator John F. Kennedy (R-Macon), will hold a joint meeting on Monday, August 30, 2021, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. in room 406 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building (CLOB) in Atlanta. Following the joint meeting, the House Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment Committee will hold a separate meeting on Monday, Aug. 30 from 1:30 – 4 p.m. in room 406 of the CLOB. To watch a live stream of these meetings, please visit www.legis.ga.gov.
These meetings will serve as an educational day for the committee and are not public hearings for the purposes of taking public comment.
Georgia residents may continue to submit written testimony regarding the state’s redistricting process via an online form; to submit a written comment, please click here.
WHO: Members of the House and Senate Reapportionment Committees
WHAT: Educational Meetings
WHEN: Monday, August 30, 2021
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. (joint meeting)
1:30 – 4 p.m. (House committee meeting)
WHERE: Coverdell Legislative Office Building
Room 406
18 Capitol Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
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Reps. Knight, Mathiak Applaud State Election Board Decision to Refer Spalding County Election Investigation to Attorney General’s Office
ATLANTA – State Representatives David Knight (R-Griffin) and Karen Mathiak (R-Griffin), members of the Spalding County Legislative Delegation, applaud the State Election Board’s (SEB) recent decision to refer its investigation of the Spalding County Board of Elections (BOE) and its elections supervisor to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, where it will now be eligible for further action. Reps. Knight and Mathiak have been working since December to highlight election failures that occurred in Spalding County after the November elections, including calling on Attorney General Chris Carr to investigate the official conduct of the Spalding County BOE and elections supervisor at that time.
Georgia House Democratic Caucus Urges Governor, State School Superintendent to Take Action to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission
ATLANTA – House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon), State Representatives Roger Bruce (D-Atlanta), Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Rebecca Mitchell (D-Snellville), Mary Robichaux (D-Roswell) and Sandra Scott (D-Rex) urge the governor and the state school superintendent to take specific actions to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in Georgia.
Guest Editorial: Holding the Line for Freedom in Light of the Afghan Disaster
By State Representative Dave Belton (R-Buckhead)
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