ATLANTA (April 29, 2009) – A bill that will impose financial sanctions on the Government of Sudan by prohibiting Georgia state government entities from entering into contracts with companies that have certain Sudanese business interests was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue Wednesday at the State Capitol. State Senator David Adelman (D-Decatur) authored this bi-partisan legislation (Senate Bill 170) which is an important step toward stopping the mass genocide taking place in the Sudanese southern region of Darfur. (more…)

ATLANTA (March 26, 2009) – Bi-partisan legislation authored by Senator David Adelman (D-Atlanta) prohibiting Georgia state government entities from entering into contracts with companies that have certain business interests in Sudan passed the Georgia House of Representatives today. The bill passed the state Senate earlier this year and now goes to Governor Sonny Perdue’s desk to be signed into law.

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ATLANTA (Feb. 11, 2009) – State Senator David Adelman wants Georgia to be in a strong position to take advantage of the more than $70 billion dollars for renewable energy initiatives in the federal economic stimulus plan. To meet this objective, Senator Adelman today introduced a renewable energy bill requiring electric service providers to gradually increase the amount of renewable and recoverable energy generation in their portfolios. Renewable energy sources include biomass, solar and wind energy, geothermal, and hydrogen. (more…)