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Capitol Recap: A Welcome Back to the Gold Dome

Capitol Recap: A Welcome Back to the Gold Dome  By: Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry)  With a full legislature back under the Gold Dome, the start of the first session of the 156th Georgia General Assembly has, in many ways, served as a balance between the old versus the new. The 2021 Legislative Session has marked the start of a new biennium and following the results of our local elections on November 3rd, that means we’ve welcomed a new cohort of senators who bring expertise in a variety of sectors, from

Georgia Veterans Outreach Project

Virtual Volunteer Open House

PPP Re-Opens to Small Lenders on 1/15; All Lenders on 1/19

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, will re-open the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets for First and Second Draw applications on Friday, January 15 at 9 a.m. ET. The portal will fully open on Tuesday, January 19 to all participating PPP lenders to submit First and Second Draw loan applications to SBA. Earlier in the week, SBA granted dedicated PPP access to Community Financial

Sen. Larry Walker Receives New Committee Assignments

Sen. Larry Walker Receives New Committee Assignments  ATLANTA (January 13, 2021) | Yesterday, Sen. Larry Walker (R – Perry) received the following appointments and assignments for standing Senate committees:   Chairman of the Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs CommitteeVice Chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor CommitteeMember of the Senate Appropriations CommitteeMember of the Rules CommitteeMember of the Committee on AssignmentsEx-Officio of the Senate Health and Human Services

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announces housing project on campus

Carl Vinson VA Medical Center announces housing project on campusDUBLIN, GEORGIA – The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (VAMC) is happy to announce that Freedom’s Path at Dublin has been awarded a 10-year, $625,000 per year Housing Tax Credit by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the 2020. Two existing building on the main campus will be renovated to include 22 studio, 22 one-bedroom, plus an additional new construction for six two-bedroom apartments to serve homeless, near homeless and disabled

Annual Sanctity of Human Life Walk

First Veteran resident at Carl Vinson VAMC gets vaccine

First Veteran resident at Carl Vinson VAMC gets vaccine  A 96-year-old World War II veteran, former local doctor and former Mayor of Dublin received the first COVID-19 vaccine on Christmas, two days shy of his 97th birthday at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.  Dr. Lester Porter, former soldier with the Army’s 12th Armored Division, was on the front line of WWII in Germany and now he’s on the frontline of new battle – the enemy is COVID-19. He and nine others volunteered to be first in line in the