ATLANTA – State Representative Dewey McClain (D-Lawrenceville), chair of the Gwinnett House Legislative Delegation, touts the delegation’s bipartisan local legislation to create a property tax exemption for Gwinnett County residents. Last week, the Georgia House of Representatives passed two local tax exemption bills, House Bill 711 and House Bill 748, which will now undergo consideration in the Senate.
Rep. McClain Receives 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award from Alma Mater
ATLANTA – State Representative Dewey McClain (D-Lawrenceville) recently received the 2022 East Central University (ECU) Distinguished Alumni Award. Rep. McClain will be formally recognized at ECU’s “Evening of Honors and Recognition” event on May 6 in Ada, Oklahoma.
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Working Families Legislative Caucus Praises BCTGM Members’ Efforts to Improve Working Conditions at Kellogg’s Facilities
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia Working Families Legislative Caucus leadership praise the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union for their efforts to improve working conditions at Kellogg’s facilities across the country. The BCTGM members who work at several Kellogg’s facilities recently voted to accept the recommended collective bargaining agreement, which ends a nearly three-month long strike.
Gwinnett Area State Legislators Commend Local Passage of CROWN Act
ATLANTA – State Representatives Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Jasmine Clark (D-Lilburn), Dewey McClain (D-Lawrenceville), Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and State Senator Nikki Merritt (D-Grayson) commend the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC) on the local passage of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. These legislators will also hold a press conference to discuss the CROWN Act on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 1 p.m. in conference room C at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville (75 Langley Drive).
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Democratic State Legislators Donate Thousands of Masks to Gwinnett Area Schools
ATLANTA – Democratic members of the Gwinnett State House Delegation will donate more than 30,000 masks to local schools in solidarity with the Gwinnett County Public School Board’s decision to mandate masks for its students.
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