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Over 500 people with mental illness have died in Georgia’s jails in the past decade

May 25, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Over 500 people with mental illness have died in Georgia’s jails in the past decade

Georgia is going through a mental health crisis. People with mental illness are not getting the care they need and are ending up in jails and prisons at an alarming rate. Once incarcerated, their mental health crises are considered bad behavior and are punished. They are surrounded by guards and officers who don’t understand mental health… [Read More]

Filed Under: Georgia 2018, Healthcare Tagged With: brian kemp, casey cagel, ga 2018, ga mental health, ga mental illness, Ga., georgia governor 2018, mental health, mental illness, mental illness georgia, prison reform, prison reform georgia, stacey abrams

Vote for State Superintendent May 22

May 22, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

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… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Georgia 2018 Tagged With: ga schools, ga superintendent race, georgia school funding, georgia school transportation, georgia teachers, Gov. Deal, school funding, school safety, school takeover, school transportation, state superintendent, superintendent

Gov. Deal signs bill to silence minority voters

May 10, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Gov. Deal signs bill to silence minority voters

Gov. Deal recently approved a measure carving out land from the city of Stockbridge near Atlanta, giving some voters the opportunity to create a new municipality with more concentrated wealth and much fewer minority voters. The new city, Eagles Landing, was named for its local country club of the same name and proposes to take… [Read More]

Filed Under: Voting Rights Tagged With: better georgia, eagle's landing, ga minority voting rights, ga voting rights, Georgia Republicans, georgia voting rights, gerrymander, gerrymandering, Governor Deal, mayor anthony ford, stockbridge city

Let’s bring honesty to the insurance commissioner’s office

May 8, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Let’s bring honesty to the insurance commissioner’s office

Although it lacks the flash of the governor’s office, Georgia’s Insurance Commission has the ability to transform the lives of Georgians by protecting Georgia families and overseeing insurance corporations. The Insurance Commissioner chooses whether to help insurance companies to continue to rake in obscene profits by taking advantage of consumers or whether to help improve… [Read More]

Filed Under: Elections, Government Accountability, Healthcare Tagged With: better georgia, Georgia, georgia auto insurance, georgia health insurance, georgia insurance, insurance commission, insurance commissioner, jay florence, ralph hudgens

Arming school staff would endanger students, teachers

May 3, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Arming school staff would endanger students, teachers

Laurens School District near Warner Robins, Ga. is becoming the first school district to allow staff members to carry guns in order to protect students, despite all the research showing that increasing the amount of guns at schools decreases student safety. Although Trump has touted arming teachers and school personnel as a solution to school… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Gun Violence & Safety Tagged With: armed shooters, armed teachers, arming teachers, better georgia, concealed carry, end gun violence, georgia guns in schools, Georgia schools, Guns, guns in schools, laurens county georgia, no guns in schools, school shootings

Georgia is sick of gun “jokes,” ready for legislation

May 1, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Georgia is sick of gun “jokes,” ready for legislation

Competition for Georgia’s top political positions is starting to reveal just how out of touch GOP candidates really are about gun control. While a new poll shows that Georgians of all political stripes are increasingly in favor of tightening gun laws and regulations, a gubernatorial candidate can be seen pointing his gun at a minor… [Read More]

Filed Under: Brian Kemp, Georgia 2018, Gun Violence & Safety Tagged With: 2018, better georgia, brian kemp, casey cagle, david shafer, georgia elections, Georgia GOP, georgia governor 2018, georgia gun legislation, gop, gun control, gun laws, rick jefferies

DeKalb bus drivers strike for better pay, get fired immediately

April 26, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

DeKalb bus drivers strike for better pay, get fired immediately

Perhaps inspired by the success of the school worker strikes in Oklahoma, West Virginia and South Carolina, 393 of Dekalb County’s 908 school bus drivers, called out sick on Thursday as a way to fight for improvements in salaries and benefits. Many continued calling out for the entire “sick out” from Thursday through Monday. Bus drivers… [Read More]

Filed Under: Education, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Workers' Rights Tagged With: better georgia, bus driver strike, Deal, dekalb bus driver "sick out", dekalb bus drivers, dekalb bus strike, dekalb county, georgia bus drivers, georgia school workers, Governor Deal, nathan deal, school protest, school strikes, school worker strikes

Militarized police target counter-protestors at Nazi demonstration in Newnan

April 24, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Militarized police target counter-protestors at Nazi demonstration in Newnan

Members of the Neo-Nazi hate group, National Socialist Movement, demonstrated in Newnan, Ga .over the weekend. The group had obtained a permit to host a rally in Newnan about a month ago, supposedly to discuss “hot button” issues. An estimated few dozen Neo-Nazis filled the streets, dressed in black and carrying shields and NSM flags…. [Read More]

Filed Under: Race & Racism, Resistance, Trump Tagged With: ajc, better georgia, Christopher Mathias, counterprotesters, GBI, georgia national socialist movement, georgia neo-nazis, huffpost, National Socialist Movement, neo-nazi, newnan, newnan ga, newnan police, trump, usatoday

Every statewide office up for grabs in 2018 (pt. 1 of 2)

April 17, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff Leave a Comment

Every statewide office up for grabs in 2018 (pt. 1 of 2)

2018 will be a huge year in Georgia politics. We can use our votes to elect elected officials who will stand up to Trump, protect the rights of Georgians and fix education. Governor There are only about seven short months before we elect our next governor. And the primary is right around the corner next… [Read More]

Filed Under: Georgia 2018 Tagged With: better georgia, brian kemp, casey cagle, Ga., Georgia, georgia attorney general, georgia election 2018, georgia elections, georgia governor, georgia secretary of state, georiga lt governor, nathan deal

Georgia’s “exact match” name laws target minority voters

April 15, 2018 By Better Georgia Staff 1 Comment

Georgia’s “exact match” name laws target minority voters

Georgia’s “exact match” name laws disproportionately affect minorities, who are refused their right to vote because of a backwards conservative “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. With incident rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent, “voter fraud” is a debunked conservative myth. The “exact match” laws put registered voters on a “pending registration” list… [Read More]

Filed Under: Brian Kemp, Elections, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Georgia 2018, Race & Racism, Voting Rights Tagged With: 2018 elections, better georgia, brian kemp, Georgia, georgia elections, Georgia Republicans, georgia secretary of state, Georgia voters, georgia voting, Minority Voters, voter fraud

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