ATLANTA (February 25, 2021) | This week, the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) Chairwoman, Senator Tonya Anderson (D – Lithonia), along with members of the Caucus, the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and others, stood in solidarity to announce their support for House Bill 45 and House Bill 479. They announced their support of legislation to end the practice of citizen’s arrest in Georgia on the one-year anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
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ATLANTA (February 25, 2021) | Sen. Tonya Anderson (D – Lithonia), along with the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, will lead a discussion around collective opposition of SB 241 and HB 531, an omnibus elections bill.
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ATLANTA (February 24, 2021) | Today, Senate Bill 89, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), was successfully passed by the Senate.
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ATLANTA (February 24, 2021) | Sen. Kim Jackson (D – Stone Mountain) will host a joint virtual town hall today, Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. alongside Rep. Jasmine Clark, M.D. (D – Lilburn) and Rep. Zulma Lopez (D – Atlanta). The video conference and livestream is open to the public online and questions may be submitted in advance at: http://tinyurl.com/224townhall.
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ATLANTA (February 22, 2021) | Last week, Governor Brian Kemp announced the opening of four state-run mass vaccination facilities for COVID-19, including one located in Habersham County. Located in Clarkesville at the Habersham County Fairgrounds, the facility will begin operations on Monday, February 22 and will have the goal of administering 1,100 vaccines per day, totaling 22,000 vaccines each week.
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