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#1. Through House Bill 915, Georgia will boost spending by nearly $5.5 billion in the remaining three months of its current budget, providing money for all BUT the following.
It’s Film Production.
Total spending of state revenue will rise to nearly $38 billion, over the $32.5 billion that that lawmakers approved last year. Total spending — including federal aid, college tuition, fines and fees — would rise to $68 billion in the budget running through June 30.
#2. Earlier this week, cast members from this popular network sitcom reunited at The Atlanta University Center to help raise scholarship funds and awareness of HBCUs.
It’s “A Different World.”
The hit series followed the academic and personal lives of students of the fictional Hillman College, an HBCU located in central Virginia.
The AUC reunion, moderated by WABE’s Rose Scott, served as the kickoff to a 10-city college tour that brings the “Hillman grads” back together over 35 years after the series premiered in 1987.
#3. On Thursday, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 180, a bill that would enhance religious protections in Georgia but which critics say would do so at the expense of LGBTQ people, by a vote of ______.
It’s 33-19.
SB 180 would enhance religious protections by limiting the ability of local and state governments to enforce or pass laws that conflict with religious beliefs.
Supporters of the bill say it mirrors a federal measure signed into law in 1993, and that there should be similar protections for religious people on the state and local levels.
#4. Which historic African American church in Atlanta has recently been awarded a $200,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation?
It’s Big Bethel AME.
Established in 1847, Big Bethel holds significant cultural and historical importance, having hosted pivotal events like the founding of Morris Brown College and the first NAACP national convention.
The grant will address structural issues in the church, ensuring its longevity for another 40 years.
#5. Although it did not advance by Crossover Day, Senate Bill 88 would have limited how public and private schools could talk to students about which subject matter.
It’s Gender Identity.
Georgia lawmakers pushed through dozens of bills before a key deadline Thursday, the last day for legislation to pass either the House or Senate and advance to the other legislative chamber for consideration this year.
Proposals that don’t pass by the end of Thursday could still be resurrected later this year, but it becomes more difficult.
