Official Press Releases
GDOT Accrual Accounting Actions
ATLANTA (Feb. 3, 2010) – Senate Transportation Chairman Jeff Mullis (R-Chickamauga) will hold a Transportation Committee hearing regarding the GDOT Accrual Accounting Actions. Meeting details are as follows:
Continue reading “SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE”
ATLANTA (Feb. 3, 2010) – State Sen. Cecil Staton (R-Macon) will hold a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 4, to announce legislation to assist law enforcement officials crack down on illegal activities at advertised massage parlors. Details are as follows:
WHEN:
Thursday, February 4, 2010
APPROX. 11:30am (or immediately following Senate adjournment)
WHERE:
Senate Press Conference Room
Coverdell Legislative Office Building
Room 203
18 Capitol Square SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Sen. Cecil Staton serves as Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee. He represents the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones and Monroe counties. He may be reached by phone at 404.656.5039 or via e-mail at cecil.staton@senate.state.gov.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
February 3, 2010
For Information Contact:
Matt Colvin, Broadcast Specialist
matthew.colvin@senate.ga.gov
404.656.0028
“Moving the mail processing activity from Crown Road facility will do irreparable harm to the nearby communities in Atlanta and East Point, which I represent, and other communities in Hapeville and College Park. The jobs moved from Atlanta to Gwinnet will harm Atlanta’s economy. The mail processing operation is an amenity that attracts businesses to the nearby community.”
Continue reading “Senator Fort Urges Postal Service Not to Move Mail Processing From Atlanta”
ATLANTA- (Feb. 3, 2010) – The Georgia State Senate today unanimously passed Sen. Preston Smith’s (R-Rome) bill to allow licensed, out-of-state emergency personnel to assist the state in the event of a disaster. The Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act (Senate Bill 315) will make it easier for health professionals to quickly respond should a disaster or emergency arise in Georgia.
Continue reading “Senate Unanimously Passes Sen. Smith’s Volunteer Emergency Assistance Bill”
ATLANTA (Feb. 3, 2010) – Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) today introduced Georgia’s Early Hope Scholarship Program, to help military, foster and special needs children receive the best education opportunities possible.
Continue reading “Rogers Introduces “Early Hope Scholarship” for Foster and Military Children”