ATLANTA – State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro) recently introduced House Bill 1103, legislation that would establish a Happy Highways Grant program to support the creation of murals along Georgia’s highway system. The Happy Highways Grant program would award one-time grants to participating counties for murals to promote tourism and support roadside enhancement and beautification efforts.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro) recently introduced House Bill 1100, legislation that would create a Healthcare Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (H-SPLOST), which would provide for a new special purpose local option sales tax dedicated for healthcare purposes.
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By State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro)
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I introduced House Resolution 1001 to divest from Israel, the UAE and the exploitation of Congo’s minerals because when you see injustice, you must speak—and what I witnessed in occupied Palestine cannot be unseen, unheard or unfelt.
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By State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro)
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There comes a moment when silence becomes betrayal. That moment is now.
I write this today with a heavy heart and a clear conscience in response to the death of a Mexican national who lost his life while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Robert A. Deyton Detention Facility in Clayton County. A man who entered that facility alive should not have left it in death. Yet, here we are again mourning a life lost behind concrete walls, barbed wire and bureaucratic indifference.
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ATLANTA – State Representative Eric Bell (D-Jonesboro) recently introduced House Bill 1013, bipartisan legislation that would designate lemon pepper as the state of Georgia’s official chicken wing flavor, recognizing the cultural, culinary and community significance of lemon pepper wings across the state.
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