Bryan County News Guest column: State capitol update: It’s back to work Rep. Ron Stephens
By State Rep. Ron Stephens.
The Georgia General Assembly’s 156th Legislative Session was sworn in on Monday, January 11th. In the House of Representatives, 180 representatives took their seats as the first of no more than 40 days of the 2021 legislative session convened. I am honored to be elected again by the voters of District 164 to serve as their representative to the People’s body of the Georgia General Assembly.
To arrange 180 newly elected members into committees and take in member’s request what committee’s they would like takes time. To that end, next week will be devoted to committee selections and for freshman elected, office and seat assignments.
retailer. and she is fantastic. she sells tickets every day with a smile, so i love that someone bought a ticket from her. reporter: now, an interesting point, there is some question about how much this particular retailer in georgia will get. that other owner, store owner in california will get a payout of $1 million. we just heard from the georgia lottery commission, a spokesperson for the corporation says that there is no retailer bonus in georgia, and instead retailers here get a flat 6% commission on sales. they also get a big promotional check for pr purposes that they can put up in the store. other than that, they just get the distinction of being the lucky store. so right now the store clerk, though, she s just glad to get all the attention as we wait for the winners to come forward. thomas, back to you. gabe, if i remember atlanta well, you re right by phipps and lenox mall, correct? there s an emeril s restaurant
behind you? reporter: that s right. it s a very high-end part of town. so everybody is just really looking to see who won this, if it was an office pool, and when they will come forward. they have 180 days to do so and there s no guarantee they ll talk to anybody. the georgia lottery commission does have to give up their name. thank you, sir. here s a look at other stories topping the news. authorities are trying to figure out what prompted a gunman to open fire inside a hospital in reno, nevada, yesterday. the attacker killed himself and another person. two others are in critical condition. the harvard student charged with making a bomb threat in order to get out of taking a final is scheduled to be in court today. he allegedly sent e-mails warning that there were bombs in four buildings on campus. they were evacuated for several hours on monday. astronauts aboard the international space station may have to spend part of their christmas holiday walking in space. nasa has ord