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Why are conservatives afraid of more voters?

March 28, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer 2 Comments

Why are conservatives afraid of more voters?

Yesterday, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a bill that would carve out a new city, called Eagle’s Landing, from the existing city of Stockbridge, along racial lines. The bill was amended slightly from the Senate’s version, so now it’s headed back to the Senate for another vote. So far, it seems the vote has… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Elections, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Government Accountability, Trump, Voting Rights Tagged With: 2018 legislative session, conservatives, georgia election, legislative session, republicans, vote, voter bill, voter suppression, voter turnout, voting rights, voting rights bill

Ga. conservatives try to chip away at voting rights

March 21, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer 2 Comments

Ga. conservatives try to chip away at voting rights

Georgia conservatives have long displayed a dangerous pattern of chipping away at the rights of Georgians. They’ve worked to strip away LGBTQ rights through a number of measures and have continuously attacked women’s access to abortion. But they haven’t stopped there — they’re actively working to chip away our voting rights as well. They know… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Elections, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Georgia 2018, Government Accountability, Voting Rights Tagged With: 2018 election, Atlanta, bill, conservatives, election, Fulton County, Governor, lieutenant governor, Secretary of State, voting rights, voting rights bill

Sen. McKoon targets abortion access for vulnerable youth

March 12, 2018 By Regina Willis Leave a Comment

Sen. McKoon targets abortion access for vulnerable youth

It’s an election year, so Republicans in Georgia want to make sure they shore up their conservative cred in advance of the primaries on May 22 and the general election on November 6. And what better target to accomplish this than by targeting abortion access? Anti-choice policy makers know they cannot outright make abortion illegal,… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Healthcare, Reproductive Rights, Women Tagged With: abortion, abortion access, judicial bypass, sb 74, Sen. Josh McKoon

Bills to watch in Georgia: Gun control, anti-LGBT adoption and more

March 7, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer Leave a Comment

Bills to watch in Georgia: Gun control, anti-LGBT adoption and more

Last week in the Georgia Legislature marked the passage of Crossover Day, the final day for bills to pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced. The bills that don’t pass from senate to house or house to senate are considered dead. Here’s a rundown of the bills that made it through that… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Domestic Gun Violence, General Assembly, Gun Violence & Safety, Healthcare, LGBT Rights, Medical Marijuana, Nathan Deal Tagged With: adoption, adoption bills, Atlanta, bill, bills, crossover day, Georgia legislature, gun control, gun violence, marijuana, MARTA, medical marijuana, public transportation

Call me “Petty” Betty Price

March 2, 2018 By Regina Willis 1 Comment

Call me “Petty” Betty Price

Rep. Betty Price recently told a cyclist’s widow that she opposed a bill to curb distracted driving because of “spite.” She later defended the comments as “commonplace talk among state lawmakers,” according to the local WSB-TV reporter who broke the story. I think my civics class forgot to teach me the part of lawmaking where petty… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Government Accountability Tagged With: Betty Price, rep betty price

Guns in Georgia: What to expect in the 2018 legislative session

February 28, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer 4 Comments

Guns in Georgia: What to expect in the 2018 legislative session

Across the country, state legislators are revisiting gun legislation in the wake of yet another tragic mass shooting. But what are Georgia legislators doing, and how do their efforts stack up? Right now, there are three separate proposals in the Georgia legislature that would allow people to carry firearms without a permit into parks, historic sites… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Campus Carry, Domestic Gun Violence, General Assembly, Gun Violence & Safety, Open Carry Laws, Trump Tagged With: 2018 legislative session, campus carry, gun, gun control, gun violence, Guns, guns everywhere, national rifle association, nra, open carry, pro gun

As new bill loses its bite, Georgia Power is let off the hook for Plant Vogtle again

February 22, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer 3 Comments

As new bill loses its bite, Georgia Power is let off the hook for Plant Vogtle again

A bill from Sen. Chuck Hufstetler that would have finally slammed Georgia Power with the consequences of its Plant Vogtle disaster suddenly lost its bite in the Georgia Legislature last Thursday. The provisions that would hold Georgia Power accountable for Plant Vogtle were slashed from the bill. The Regulated Industries and Utilities committee unanimously passed the… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Economy, Elections, Environment, General Assembly, Georgia 2018, Plant Vogtle, Public Service Commission Tagged With: Chuck Eaton, Georgia Power, georgia public service commissioners, nuclear plants, nuclear power, Plant Vogtle, psc, stan wise, vote, Voting

Sensing a shift in power, Republicans aim to carve new city along racial lines

February 17, 2018 By Regina Willis 3 Comments

Sensing a shift in power, Republicans aim to carve new city along racial lines

Republicans in the state legislature are up to their same old tricks, using racist tactics to try to save their own hides. They’re currently trying to create a new, very white city in a part of metro Atlanta where people of color make up nearly three-quarters of the population. Stockbridge is a majority minority city… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Local Elections, Race & Racism Tagged With: eagels landing, sb 262, sb 263, stockbridge

Sen. Josh McKoon deletes his own Twitter poll in embarrassing defeat

January 31, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer 3 Comments

Sen. Josh McKoon deletes his own Twitter poll in embarrassing defeat

In an embarrassing move, State Sen. Josh McKoon deleted his own Twitter poll on multilingual driver’s tests after it backfired on Monday. He asked, “Should Georgia offer the Driver’s License Examination in 11 different foreign languages?” Before he deleted the poll, about 70 percent of people had answered in the affirmative — evidently not the… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, Equality, Rights & Justice Issues, Immigration and Refugees, LGBT Rights, Religious "Freedom" Tagged With: anti immigration, anti-immigrant, georgia senate, immigration, josh mckoon

Anti-LGBT adoption amendment hurts parents and children, threatens Georgia’s chances at Amazon headquarters

January 24, 2018 By Schafer Sirmer Leave a Comment

Anti-LGBT adoption amendment hurts parents and children, threatens Georgia’s chances at Amazon headquarters

Georgia’s adoption laws are in the process of being updated for the first time in 27 years. While many welcome the updates, some conservative lawmakers are holding the process back. At the tail end of the 2017 legislative session, Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) added discriminatory language to the much-needed bill, causing it to stall. The amendment… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2018 Legislative Session, General Assembly, LGBT Rights Tagged With: 2018, adoption, adoption bill, Amazon, amazon headquarters, anti-LGBT, equality, general assembly, georgia general assembly, legislative session, lgbt, LGBT adoption, LGBT equality

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