An estimated 4. The biggest surprise may be Salt Lake City, which was gauged to have the seventh strongest gay population in the nation -- 4. San Franscisco, of course, was tops. Senate Rules Chairman Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, swears he's just having a little fun with those signs he's been putting up.
One was a short list of lobbyists who were not welcome in his fourth floor Capitol office. Then there was the one highlighting House members who voted against H. The latest, on display Thursday, was an enlarged print-out of the House vote on H.
Mullis, representing a border district, is a big fan. But when it came to firecrackers, state Rep. Carl Rogers, R-Gainesville, decided to own his opposition. A childhood friend of his lost a hand to a firecracker, he said. Nathan Deal has questions about the impact of a Senate proposal to require that health insurance policies cover autism therapy for children under the age of six. Senate Bill 1 has passed the Senate and is now pending in the House, where a similar measure was bottled up last year amid opposition from GOP leaders who called it an unfunded mandate.
The governor, though, said that the measure wouldn't go far enough because it wouldn't apply to most families. That's a debate that can only be settled by federal lawmakers, he said. Those are controlled by the dictates of Congress," he said to a gaggle of reporters. A measure to regulate Uber and other ride-sharing services was approved by the state Senate's Science and Technology Committee, which means it can reach a full vote as soon as next week.
Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said the decision "brings us one step closer to a permanent home for ride-sharing in Georgia. This smart proposal supports Georgians' right to safe rides and economic opportunities," Bennett said.
