ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) Subcommittee on COVID-19 today issued the following statement regarding the potential risk of spreading COVID-19 at in-person legislative events:
Georgia Democratic Legislators to Hold Press Conference Tomorrow to Demand for New Department of Labor Call Center
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) Subcommittee on COVID-19 are calling on the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) to establish a call center to improve communications regarding Unemployment Insurance (UI) requests. These state legislators will hold a virtual press conference to discuss their concerns TOMORROW, Friday, December 4, 2020, at 11:15 a.m. via Zoom. Zoom meeting access will be private and reserved for the press; to request access, please contact State Representative Sandra Scott (D-Rex) at sandra.scott@house.ga.gov.
Democratic State Legislators to File Second Open Records Request with Georgia Department of Labor
ATLANTA – House Minority Caucus Chairman James Beverly (D-Macon), State Representatives Rhonda Burnough (D-Riverdale), Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain), Debra Bazemore (D-South Fulton), Sharon Beasley-Teague (D-Red Oak), Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta), Valencia Stovall (D-Forest Park) and Mary Robichaux (D-Roswell) today announced their plans to submit a second open records request to the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) for information concerning the backlog of Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims. The legislators filed an initial request on July 21, 2020, and have not received a reply regarding their first request. Continue reading “Democratic State Legislators to File Second Open Records Request with Georgia Department of Labor”
Georgia House Democrats Draft Independent Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal in Response to COVID-19
ATLANTA – State Representative James Beverly (D-Macon), chairman of the House Minority Caucus, along with several state legislators of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) COVID-19 Subcommittee, recently drafted an independent Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal in response to COVID-19. The GHDC seeks to build a viable and conservative budget that places Georgia citizens as the priority, leverages revenue, repurposes tax credits and/or limits and closes “corporate welfare loopholes.” Continue reading “Georgia House Democrats Draft Independent Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal in Response to COVID-19”
Georgia House Democratic Caucus Forms Subcommittee on COVID-19, Makes Constituents Aware of Increase in Pneumonia-Related Deaths in Georgia
ATLANTA – The Georgia House Democratic Caucus (GHDC) recently formed a subcommittee to monitor issues regarding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Georgia. Through virtual legislative updates on the GHDC’s Facebook page, members of the caucus will continue to provide updates regarding COVID-19 information on weekdays at 5 p.m. Continue reading “Georgia House Democratic Caucus Forms Subcommittee on COVID-19, Makes Constituents Aware of Increase in Pneumonia-Related Deaths in Georgia”