Committee Reports
House Appropriations Human Resources Subcommittee
Chairman Katie Dempsey (R-Rome) and her Human Resources Subcommittee spent a part of President’s Day hearing more specifics regarding the FY 2022 Budget needs, particularly around the areas of the Departments of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Human Resources (including Division of Family and Children’s Services), Veterans Services, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities and Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. The full tracking document for HB 81, the proposed spending plan for FY 2022, is here.
The Subcommittee heard presentations from the Departments and agencies, but the real discussions were the testimonies provided by the public. A few highlights of the agencies presentations included:
With New Platform, Comics Entrepreneurs Hope to Boost Local Shops
A new comics shopping platform will offer live programming and bring attention to comic stores.
Jen King, one of the founders of the Comic Book Shopping Experience, talks to viewers from her store and recommends comics, new and old.Credit.Kyle Northrup/Comic Book Shopping Experience
Jan. 11, 2021
Comic book fans can look forward to another way of shopping on Saturday, when a new platform, the Comic Book Shopping Experience, debuts on Facebook.
The platform will sell comic books and other collectibles, feature creator appearances and hold virtual signings. To start, it will hold a virtual convention Saturday through Monday. Beginning Jan. 19, it will move to four hours of daily programming. It hopes to offer 24 hours of programming a day by the end of the year. The content will be available on YouTube after it airs live.
By Nicola Fifield A SIGNIFICANT new lead has emerged in the search for missing chef Claudia Lawrence, as her father and friends gathered in York city centre to mark the eve of her 36th birthday. Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway, who is leading the suspected murder investigation, said a member of the public had phoned in response to yesterday’s night’s Crimewatch appeal with information about a “specific location”. Speaking today in St Sampson’s Square, York, where hundreds of balloons were released into the sky, Det Supt Galloway said he could not give further details due to operational reasons, but stressed that he had taken the call personally and believed the information was “credible”.