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2016 Legislative Session

Scott Holcomb and Elena Parent standing up for rape victims

In a state like Georgia, progressive wins can seem too few and far between. But State Rep. Scott Holcomb and Sen. Elena Parent fought hard to address the state’s backlog of untested rape kits and they won, with the help of survivors, advocates, Samantha Bee and progressives like you. In 2016, it came to light that there was a breakdown in the process of handling rape kits, and thousands were left untested, stored in hospitals

December 21, 2017 8:18 am

Congressional District 6

More early voting sites needed in DeKalb County

The Special Election in Congressional District 6 — now a run-off between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel — highlights barriers folks face to voting. Rep. Scott Holcomb is working to address one of those big barriers: lack of early voting sites. In a letter to the director of DeKalb County’s Voter Registration and Elections H. Maxine Daniels, Holcomb asks for DeKalb County to open an additional early voting site in the eastern portion of the

April 25, 2017 9:12 am

Healthcare

Rape Kit backlog revealed: 4,200 kits, 6 years of testing ahead

Less than a year after a bipartisan group pushed for increased testing of rape kits, we’re beginning to see the scope of the problem. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, released a report earlier this month detailing their findings and the progress they’ve made testing the backlog of rape kits. There are currently more than 4,200 rape kits that need to be tested, and, at the current rate these kits are being tested, it

December 9, 2016 12:22 pm

2016 Legislative Session

The biggest progressive victories of the year (so far)

The final progressive victory of this year’s legislative session came yesterday with a veto of the disastrous “Campus Carry” bill, which would have legalized guns on college campuses throughout the state. Gov. Deal’s veto announcement came just before his deadline to sign or veto bills passed during the surprisingly successful 2016 session, which ended in March. Here are a few of the biggest progressive victories of the year (so far): Campus Carry (VETOED). Gov. Deal seemed

May 4, 2016 10:04 am

Holcomb on untested rape kits: We can’t wait until next year

Rep. Scott Holcomb (D-Atlanta), just wrapped up a press conference on his bill to require all rape kits to be tested, and what happened there was powerful. Holcomb, whose legislation, HB 827, was blocked late last week by Sen. Renee Unterman (R-Buford), addressed Unterman’s assertions that there was no backlog of untested rape kits and that the problem was contained to Atlanta and Grady Hospital. “This issue is not limited to just one city,” Holcomb

March 16, 2016 3:21 pm

DeKalb-Gwinnett candidate makes worst political attack ad

DeKalb-Gwinnett candidate Chris Boedeker released a hilariously bad political attack ad. His goal was to unseat the incumbent State Rep. Scott Holcomb. But the ad fell miserably short. Instead, Boedeker’s political attack ad shamefully mocked the military service of Rep. Holcomb. Rep. Holcomb served 12 years in the U.S. Army, including three years with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart and three overseas deployments in support of the operations in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. This ad, a complete lie,

October 20, 2012 2:18 pm