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Education

Vote for State Superintendent May 22

The five candidates for State Superintendent this year all have at least one thing in common: they all say they want lawmakers and the governor to put more money into education. The three Democrats include Sid Chapman, a former high school teacher and president of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), Otha Thornton, Army veteran and former president of the National PTA and Sam Mosteller, a pastor and former head of the Ga. chapter of

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Tell Gov. Deal to veto Eagles Landing bill

The bill to establish Eagles Landing is headed for Gov. Deal’s desk, and this may be our last chance to demand that he veto this legislation. The bill would carve out a new city called Eagles Landing from the existing city of Stockbridge, along racial lines. Ultimately, the new city — named after local country club Eagle’s Landing — would deliver a huge hit to minority voters by significantly and intentionally diluting their voting power. Let’s

Education

After years of cuts, Ga. schools are funded at basic level

A major win that came out of this year’s General Assembly was the decision to fully fund the Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula. This means that for the first time since 2002, Georgia lawmakers are actually giving school districts the basic amount of money they need to operate. But from 2010 to 2014, Deal shortchanged schools by $1 billion a year, and Deal has consistently shortchanged our teachers and students — by at least

Education

Save a life: March For Our Lives

This Saturday, March 24, students and people of all ages, led by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, are headed to the nation’s Capital to demand stricter gun control laws. Marches on the same date are also planned in cities around Georgia. Here’s more info. on how you can take part: Athens Atlanta (Center) Atlanta (West) Clarkesville Covington Dahlonega Ellenwood Rome Savannah Statesboro Watkinsville About a week ago yet another school

Healthcare

Ga. conservatives continue to stall medical marijuana

Don’t be fooled — conservative politicians don’t want legal medical marijuana in Georgia. Their calls for Congress to “get off their duffs” and reclassify marijuana are completely disingenuous. As further proof of their unwillingness to join the 29 U.S. states and D.C. that have legalized medical marijuana, a new proposed bill that would add chronic pain and PTSD to illnesses covered by medical marijuana passed the House a month ago, but hasn’t received a Senate hearing.

Casey Cagle

Cagle’s tax cuts for wealthy, those who don’t question the NRA

It’s been a busy week for Ga. Republicans at the Capitol. Lt. Gov. Cagle started this week by slamming Delta Airlines, Georgia’s biggest employer, for ending discounts for NRA members. He decided to punish the airline by striking a provision that would have given Delta a $50 million dollar tax break on jet fuel. Deal, apparently angry that Cagle would go to the mat for gun lobbyists by penalizing a Georgia company that employs 33,000