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ATLANTA – State Representative Sharon Cooper (R-Marietta), chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, was recently named in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s (AJC) “Who’s Who at the Gold Dome” for the 2021 legislative session.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia) has pre-filed and introduced several House bills during the first week of the 2021 legislative session to promote “black wealth” across the state. Rep. Kendrick will discuss the proposed legislation during an upcoming virtual press conference on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Advanced registration is required; to register for the press conference, please click here.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Erick Allen (D-Smyrna) will host a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the 2021 legislative session on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at 6 p.m. via Zoom. Advanced registration is required; to register for the town hall meeting, please click here.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) recently submitted a memorandum on January 8, 2021, to the DeKalb County Board of Education (BOE) calling for the cancelation of in-person instruction at DeKalb County schools. In her memo, Rep. Davis cited recent reports of a new variant of COVID-19, which is reported to be a more contagious strain of the virus, and requests that the DeKalb County BOE continue to reevaluate its current action plan regarding COVID-19 in local schools.
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) Subcommittee on COVID-19 recently submitted a letter to Governor Brian Kemp to urge an action plan against a new variant of COVID-19, which is reported to be a more contagious strain of the virus. The members of the subcommittee, which includes State Representatives Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Sandra Scott (D-Rex) and Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), request that Gov. Kemp reevaluate his current response plan regarding the spread of COVID-19 within the state of Georgia.