It’s Week 5 of the Legislative Session, but I swear we’ve been here longer. Just me? Ok.
Things you might have missed while you were living real life:
- Georgia House Democrats Mary Margaret Oliver, Shelly Hutcheson, Teri Anulewicz, Sandra Scott, and Derrick Jackson co-sponsored legislation that would remove protections for Confederate monuments on public property in the state of Georgia.
- Twitter is the absolute worst social media platform, but easily the most entertaining. My favorite is watching grown-ups throw jabs in 140 characters or less. President Trump and Sen. Amy Klobuchar did not disappoint.
- This was not Georgia College and State University’s week. The Theta Chi House burned to the ground on Saturday evening. Add in a death, a lawsuit, and 120 cases of food poisoning from dining services and I think that it’s safe to say it was “Hell Week.”
- Medicaid waivers are a hot topic at the Capitol and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
- The Board of Regents will see a pretty big shake-up in the near future.
- North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones died last week.
- “20 years, 700 victims”. Nope…I’m not talking about the Catholic Church or the Boy Scouts. These are numbers from a report about the Southern Baptist Church and sexual abuse. (Full disclosure, I’m a member of a Baptist Church.)
- A bi-partisan group of legislators are banning together to protect Georgia’s coast.
- Rep. Rob Woodall announced last week that he won’t run for reelection. So who’s considering it?
- The new-ish Hands Free Law is working.