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Georgia ranks in the top 10 for states whose economy was hit hardest by COVID. Accommodation, food services, transportation, and the arts sectors have each reported a double-digit decline in economic output. One in four small businesses open in 2019 are now closed.
Last year, 3.9 million Georgians experienced loss of a job or reduced hours and more than 1/3 of unemployed Georgians were out of work for at least 27 weeks. 160,000 were at risk of eviction. Georgia apartment owners lost about $300M due to unpaid rent.
In December — at a time when families were trying to celebrate the holidays — more than 33,000 jobless claims were processed, exacerbating an already difficult year, and marking the highest number of claims since October.
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Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law murdered Ahmaud Arbery. This archaic law is racist in its intent and has been used to justify violence against Black people in Georgia for 150 years. The law must be repealed in its entirety, not simply reformed. (1/3) #sots #sots2021 #gapol
Last year, the Governor celebrated and signed HB 838 into law, a dangerous bill that affirms the power of first responders to use violence against Georgians with impunity and which further erodes community trust in law enforcement. (2/3)
Georgia Republicans can’t have it both ways; ensuring Black lives matter requires the full repeal of the citizen’s arrest law, the full repeal of HB 838, and a commitment to reforming Georgia’s criminal justice system in its entirety. (3/3)
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And the title of Book 1 of #TheNamelessRepublic trilogy is...SON OF THE STORM!

Even better news: this title hits your fave retailers today, which means PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN (yes, even in the UK!). suyidavies.com/books/son-of-t…

Cover and excerpt coming soon! cc @orbitbooks Image
Grab this if you like:

🧑🏾‍🎓Wayward scholar on a chase-quest
👩🏿😤 Fixer’s daughter with Smoldering Intensity
🦇 A lightning bat (!) & 🌲 a breathing rainforest (!!)
🙍🏾‍♂️🙍🏾‍♂️🙍🏾‍♂️ Triplet African uncles, lmao
🌓🥳 Mooncrossing festivals
🍐 Soursop & 🍶 palm wine
✨💎 Cool magical minerals Image
Someone just pointed out that this says 11 May 2020, lol. No, #SOTS will not be released in the past (in the eye of the pandemic, no less).

Release date is in MAY 2021. 11 May (US) and 13 May (UK), but all in 2021.
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Governor Gavin Newsom references President Trump, calls situation at the border a “manufactured crisis, and California will not be part of this political theater.” @FOX40 Image
“I have no interest in sending back 3.5 billion dollars allocated for this project.” Gavin Newsom rebukes expansive #highspeedrail project from Northern to Southern CA, but advocates a high speed rail heading into Central Valley @FOX40 Image
Governor rejects twin tunnel projects funneling water from Northern California to So Cal, instead favors a single tunnel project @FOX40 Image
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