Representative Sam Park News Today

because as you know, ive been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple months. and i think its -- it is very, very troublesome. but "i" making no connection at this moment for the motivation of the killer. im waiting for an answer. >> police say the man arrested for the rampage has admitted to the shootings. eight people are dead in a ninth wounded in the atlanta area. but as you heard from the president its not clear if anti-asian racism was the motivat...

New legislation in the Georgia House would make hand-marked paper ballots the primary way votes are counted in the state. Sponsors of the legislation say they want to inspire confidence in voters who may be wary of electronic voting machines.

Georgia is on track to become the ninth state blocking gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

A little-known mall in Chamblee was under the national spotlight on Saturday afternoon, when Asian American heavyweights from the political and art worlds made a final, feverish pitch to get the votes out for incumbent Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock. The runoff election for the only remaining midterm race is tomorrow, Tuesday 6 when Rev. Warnock will face Republican challenger Herschel Walker one more time.

Committee Reports House Appropriations — Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) and her Human Resources Subcommittee spent a part of President’s Day hearing more specifics regarding the FY 2022 Budget needs, particularly around the areas of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Human Resources (including Division of Family and Children’s Services), Veterans Services, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and Georgia Vocational R...

Senate Finance Committee Senator Chuck Hufstetler (R-Rome) led his Committee this afternoon with a hearing on SB 1, a bill authored by Senator Dean Burke (R-Bainbridge) which amends Title 31 to require that entities, that receive state income tax credits and provide self-funded, employer sponsored health insurance not subject to the regulatory authority of the Commissioner of Insurance, must report insurance claims information to the Georgia All-Payer Claims Database. The legislation further re...