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June 29th, 2020 – 4:30 PM The Office of Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp – Governor Brian P. Kemp, Lieutenant Governor Duncan, and Speaker David Ralston today issued the following statements following the signing of HB 426: “Today we took an important, necessary step forward for Georgia. We stood together as fellow Georgians to affirm one simple…… read more
June 24, 2020–7:55 a.m. STAFF REPORTS Hate crimes legislation has passed in both the Georgia House and Senate. The new law would include increased penalties and sentences for any crime motivated by a victim’s race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability. The bills passed by bipartisan votes in both chambers. State Representatives…… read more
June 18th, 2020 – 10:15 AM Georgia Department of Education, and Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp – On Thursday morning Governor Brian P. Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods of the Georgia Department of Education issued the following joint statement: “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we have urged common sense regarding compliance…… read more
June 17, 2020–10:19 a.m. NEWS RELEASE Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan today introduced hate crimes legislation that empowers communities by giving them the ability to seek a hate crimes charge from a grand jury if local prosecutors don’t. The bill would also create a separate offense for “bias-motivated intimidation” for alleged hate crimes, which satisfies the…… read more
June 16th, 2020 – 3:45 PM Georgia Power – Press Release: Georgia Power is offering a special payment plan to help customers with past-due account balances accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers who enroll will be able to pay past-due balances over a six-month timeframe between October 2020 and March 2021 with no late fees. The suspension of…… read more
June 16th, 2020 – 11:30 AM AAA – The Auto Club Group Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $1.90 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 11 cents more than a week ago, 24 cents more than last month, and 58 cents less than this…… read more
June 16th, 2020 – 11:00 AM Georgia Governor Brian Kemp – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp joined the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) and Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) to announce that the State of Georgia will begin COVID-19 priority testing for first responders at all specimen points of collection (SPOC)…… read more
June 13th, 2020 The Office of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp – The Georgia Department of Community Health’s (DCH) June 11, 2020 Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 report indicated that 97% of nursing home residents in facilities with 25 or more beds have now been tested for COVID-19. This marks a 12% improvement in one week. Additionally,…… read more
June 12th, 2020 – 4:00 PM The Office of Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp – Governor Brian P. Kemp announced today that the major motion picture, television, and streaming companies plan to bring back and hire an estimated 40,000 production workers, who will be employed on an expected seventy-five production projects that will invest over…… read more
June 12, 2020–6:42 a.m. STAFF REPORTS On Thursday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an executive order easing more COVID-19 restrictions. Live performance venues can reopen and spectator sports and conventions can resume on July 1 with some restrictions. In addition, the shelter in place order for persons 65 and older has been lifted. Gatherings of…… read more