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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.
ATLANTA – Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) was re-elected by his colleagues in the Georgia House of Representatives to continue his service as Speaker of the House for the 2021-2022 legislative session. Ralston has served as Speaker since 2010 and is Georgia’s 73rd Speaker of the House.
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ATLANTA – Members of the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation recently met to elect its new officers to lead the legislative delegation ahead of the 2021 legislative session, which begins Monday, January 11. State Representative Mandi Ballinger (R-Canton) was elected to serve as chair of the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation.
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