After a day full of talk about the Pledge of Allegiance at the Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), Lia Santos, Governing Board Chair, issued the following statement clarifying the issue: “Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School has and will continue to provide students with an opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each school day. In the
Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) issued the following statement on the recent action by Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School regarding the Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America: “The Pledge of Allegiance speaks of America as ‘one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’ Seeing a taxpayer-funded school devalue those ideals
Two months ago the Congressional Black Caucus issued a letter to Jeffrey Bezos, Chairman, President, and CEO of Amazon, expressing their concerns over Amazon’s Rekognition facial recognition software. Today, Rep. Lewis issued a further statement expressing his concerns after testing of the software was performed by the ACLU. The ACLU ran all 535 members of
Rep. John Lewis (D, GA-5) issued the following statement today upon introduction of the Higher Education Dream Act (H.R.6525), his bill to prohibit discrimination against Dreamer students in higher education. The act seeks to “prohibit institutions of higher education receiving federal funds from refusing to admit, enroll, or grant in-state tuition to qualified students on
The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) today issued the following statement in response to the resignation of State Representative Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine) from the Georgia House of Representatives effective July 31, 2018: “The leadership of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC), the Georgia House Democratic Caucus and the Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus this morning agreed
Secretary of State Election Results Update 1: 8:30 p.m. – Cagle concedes Update 2: Statement from Speaker Ralston: “A long, hard-fought campaign for the Republican nomination for governor is now history. Congratulations to Secretary of State Brian Kemp on a well-earned victory. I want to also pay tribute to Lt. Governor Casey Cagle. Lt. Governor Cagle ran a
I am not an attorney nor an expert on Georgia Law, but I know how to use Google. As I was pondering the calls for Rep. Jason Spencer to resign his position, I immediately went and researched the special election laws in Georgia for this case. Basically, it is up to the discretion of the
From the Office of the Attorney General: The Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit has received a number of complaints about sweepstakes scams targeting older consumers. “We are urging consumers to get involved and speak with their friends and family about how to avoid this scam and others,” said Attorney General Chris Carr.
From a press release from Rep. Drew Ferguson’s (R, GA-3) office: Congressman Drew Ferguson today introduced the American Border Act authorizing the construction of a wall along our southern border. “Countries have borders. Human and drug traffickers as well as illegal immigrants are undeterred by theoretical lines and polite ‘do not enter.’ Americans will never
Gov. Nathan Deal jumped into the Governor’s race by officially endorsing Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on Monday. He has now made an endorsement for Sen. David Shafer in the Lieutenant Governor primary. Gov. Deal: “Since taking office in 2011, my top priority has been making Georgia the best place in the nation to live, work
