Rep. Mesha Mainor Announces Legislation Signed to Allow Atlanta University Consortium to Create Unified Campus Police Department

ATLANTA – State Representative Mesha Mainor (D-Atlanta) today announced that Governor Brian Kemp has signed House Bill 142 into law. Aimed to support the Atlanta University Center Consortium’s (AUCC) member institutions, HB 142 will allow colleges and universities in Georgia to unify their police units to protect students across campuses.

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Rep. Mesha Mainor to Hold Press Conference on Stalled CSX Trains Blocking Access to Westside Communities

ATLANTA – State Representative Mesha Mainor (D-Atlanta) will hold a press conference on trains being stalled on CSX tracks in Westside Atlanta neighborhoods on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. on the south side of the CSX railroad crossing on Chappell Road NW (north of MLK Jr. Drive and near Ezra Church Dr. NW).

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Guest Editorial: Constituents Over Politics: Listening to the Voices of House District 56

By State Representative Mesha Mainor (D-Atlanta) 

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My Democrat mentor says, “Dogs don’t bark at parked cars.” Democrats know we have a wild pack of them, and our party does its best to mute the unprofessional and tactless few that manage to get elected by fooling their communities that they are under the Gold Dome doing the people’s business.

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House Study Committee on Cannabis Waste Disposal and Recycling to Hold Series of Meetings

ATLANTA – The House Study Committee on Cannabis Waste Disposal and Recycling, chaired by State Representative Mesha Mainor (D-Atlanta), will hold a series of meetings from TOMORROW, Thursday, January 5 – Friday, January 6, 2023, in room 606 of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta.

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