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#1. Senate Bill 189, which is scheduled to become law in Georgia next year, is facing criticism from voting rights advocates who say it unfairly burdens ___________.
It’s Unhoused voters.
The new Georgia law changes where homeless voters can get their election mail, requiring them to visit their county’s main elections office.
Those who say they’re concerned about election fraud, however, argue the mailing address requirement for homeless people protects them from those who may try to steal their votes.
#2. Elections for which state commission have been on hold since 2022 because of a federal lawsuit alleging the election process for commissioners violates the Voting Rights Act?
It’s the Public Service Commission.
A group of Georgia energy and voting rights advocates is calling for delayed Public Service Commission elections to happen as soon as possible. The group is suing to challenge a state election law passed earlier this year.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to take that case, meaning the system will stay in place as-is, and clearing the way for elections to proceed.
#3. Georgia’s controversial law, House Bill 481, places limits on which health-based procedure?
It’s Abortion.
This week marks two years since Georgia’s abortion restrictions took effect.
Georgia is among the abortion ban states seeing more patients traveling to clinics in states with fewer restrictions.
Organizations such as the Atlanta-based SisterSong help connect patients across the South who can’t afford travel, childcare or other abortion-related expenses to funding options.
#4. Effective this week, the __________ County Jail will use an elementary school kitchen to prepare hot meals for detainees for “the foreseeable future” after a gas leak left the facility without working kettles and a mix of other issues.
It’s Fulton.
According to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office, while the gas is back on at the jail now, the exhaust fans above the kettles aren’t working. Crews are sourcing the parts needed to repair them, but it’s unclear when they’ll arrive.
In the meantime, crews are working to test two of the eight kettles that were emitting high levels of carbon monoxide. The kettles are used to prepare close to 8,000 to 11,000 meals every day, depending on the inmate population.
#5. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses in Georgia employ over __________ workers.
It’s 1.7 million.
On Tuesday, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce held its inaugural “Future of Small Business” summit, where attendees discussed the trends impacting business owners across the state, as well as their concerns about their futures as workforce and talent development remain top issues.
Earlier this year, the Chamber surveyed Georgia business executives, who also echoed that maintaining proper staffing and recruiting skilled workers has been an obstacle for some time.
