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By Tim Bryant Members of Georgia’s congressional delegation—Democrats and Republicans—have entered into the congressional record a resolution honoring the late Vince Dooley, the former Georgia Bulldog football coach and UGA Athletic Director who died October 28 at the age of 90. The University of Georgia has scheduled November 25 as the date for a public memorial service, an… Read more »

By Staff AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Golden Harvest Food Bank finished renovations on its facility, and we’re getting a look inside. CEO and President of Golden Harvest Amy Breitmann says this project will allow them to invite more volunteers and help more people. “This is not our mission; this is our community’s mission. This is, you know, we want to invite the community in and… Read more »

AL HACKLE/Staff Statesboro Herald U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia 12th District, visited Rolling Monkey Handcrafted Ice Cream in Statesboro last week and talked briefly about business concerns and labor-related legislation with the store’s entrepreneurs. Garrett and Meagan Clark founded the company, which will have been in business four years as of November. The “rolling” part of… Read more »

By MIL-OSI Publisher -October 20, 2022 Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Congressmen Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), and Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) to introduce the Safeguarding Investment Options for Retirement Act. The… Read more »

By Elizabeth Hustad ehustad@postandcourier.com AUGUSTA — The place where many had been learning to read or to “read better” closed in 2019 for building renovations. The students at Augusta University Literacy Center have been learning solely at its satellite locations – area schools, the public library – until this fall, when the center began serving its clients at 631 Chafee Ave. in… Read more »

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Two Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday urged a federal labor board to abandon its standard that has required most union elections to be held via mail ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and Rick Allen of Georgia in a letter to National Labor Relations Board Chair… Read more »

Kevin Faigle October 19, 2022 It was an important day for the Augusta University Literacy Center as the ribbon was cut on its new location at The HUB for Community Innovation on Tuesday, Oct. 19. For over 20 years, the Literacy Center has provided free instruction to students and adults, and now in a new home, the center is able to offer more opportunities to… Read more »

By Staff AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The HUB for Community Innovation held another ribbon cutting Tuesday afternoon for Augusta University’s new literacy center. We talked to Congressman Rick Allen at the ceremony, who stressed why this center is so important. “If you’re not reading at a third-grade level when you finish the third grade, it’s likely you won’t finish high… Read more »

Rachel Greszler  You know the Biden administration’s special-interest giveaways are out of control when an additional $4.5 billion is met with hardly any criticism. The Congressional Budget Office released a report on Sept. 30 that says President Joe Biden’s changes to the rules of a recent taxpayer bailout of select private union pension plans will add $4.5 billion in costs,… Read more »

In a release Friday, Congressman Rick W. Allen reminded residents of Georgia’s 12th District that the deadline to apply for his nomination to attend a Military Service Academy is Friday, Oct. 14. To be considered for an appointment to a service academy, applicants must meet various eligibility requirements and be nominated by an authorized person, including a member of the United States… Read more »