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Asian American Pacific Islander State Legislators Introduce Legislation in Response to Shootings

ATLANTA (March 23, 2021) | State Senators Michelle Au (D – Johns Creek) and Sheikh Rahman (D – Lawrenceville), along with State Representatives Bee Nguyen (D – Atlanta), Sam Park (D – Lawrenceville) and Marvin Lim (D – Norcross), today announced a series of bills in response to the recent shootings in the metro Atlanta region. These legislators plan to introduce correlating legislation in the House and Senate, and they issued the following statement:

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Sen. Dean Burke Announces Donalsonville Municipal Airport Rehabilitation

ATLANTA (March 18, 2021) | Sen. Dean Burke (R – Bainbridge) is proud to announce the rehabilitation project of the Donalsonville Municipal Airport located in Seminole County, Georgia. The Donalsonville-Seminole County Airport Commission will be responsible for the engineering design services required for the airport rehabilitation.

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Sen. Sally Harrell Urges Eliminating Georgia’s NOW/COMP Waiver Waiting List Instead of Enacting Tax Cut

ATLANTA (March 18, 2021) | Today, Senator Sally Harrell (D – Atlanta) spoke against House Bill 593, a bill to raise the standard deduction in Georgia, in order to urge a more targeted tax cut for low and middle income Georgians through an Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as to highlight the need to eliminate Georgia’s planning list, also known as the “waiting list,” for Georgia’s Medicaid New Options Waiver (NOW) and the Comprehensive Supports Waiver Program (COMP) Waivers.

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