ATLANTA (August 1, 2018) | Sen. Horacena Tate (D – Atlanta) will host a book signing for The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools, by Vanessa Siddle Walker TOMORROW, Thursday, August 2, 2018, at 11:00a.m. The Lost Education of Horace Tate honors Sen. Horacena Tate’s late father’s work as a former teacher, principal and state senator.
Sen. Horacena Tate Participated in 2015 Legislative Roundtable
ATLANTA (June 12, 2015) | Sen. Horacena Tate (D – Atlanta) accepted an invitation from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies to participate in their 2015 Legislative Roundtable from June 10-12 in Washington, DC.
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Senate Democrats Actions on HB 170 Prompt Passage of GDOT Resolution
ATLANTA (April 16, 2015) | Today, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) passed a resolution establishing guidelines when selecting contractors for projects funded under House Bill 170, also known as the Transportation Funding Act of 2015. Sen. Vincent Fort (D- Atlanta), along with Sens. Steve Henson (D-Tucker), Horacena Tate (D- Atlanta) and David Lucas (D- Macon), commend GDOT for their unprecedented resolution, a positive first step towards an inclusive and fair selection process when awarding contracts to minorities with the additional revenues created by HB 170. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Actions on HB 170 Prompt Passage of GDOT Resolution”
Senators Form Atlanta Delegation: Orrock, Tate to serve as co-chairs
ATLANTA (February 5, 2015) | Seven state Senators, concerned about the lack of representation of in-town constituency needs, have formed the Atlanta Senate Delegation.
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Senate Healthcare Transformation Study Committee Discusses Key Issues, New Strategies
ATLANTA (November 14, 2008) – State Senator Judson Hill (R-Marietta) presided over the third Senate Healthcare Transformation Study Committee meeting held yesterday at the Capitol where a grim outlook on the future of federal and state health care was presented. Dennis Smith, who was the Director of the US Medicaid and Medicare Services for the past seven years and now serves as a Senior Fellow in Health Care Reform at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, stressed action needs to be taken now at the state level to ensure the future quality of the state’s Medicaid, SCHIP, and Peachcare programs.
“Doing nothing to address our health care system is simply not an option,” said Sen. Hill. “We need to find sustainable, long-term health care solutions to fund these programs rather than the quick fix budget solutions that seem to take place more often than not. Discovering ways to decrease the number of uninsured citizens, increase support for our physicians, improve patient access to quality care, and ultimately lower health care costs for all taxpayers are simply the right thing to do for the state of Georgia.”