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LISTEN: Natural disasters like Hurricane Helene often remind elected officials of their most essential role: being there for their communities in times of crisis. In Lawmakers Huddle, GPB’s Donna Lowry talks with state lawmakers about their Helene experience.
Natural disasters often remind elected officials of their most essential role: being there for their communities in times of crisis.
Hurricane Helene tested that responsibility, pushing lawmakers to provide support, guidance, and even basic needs to their constituents.
Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II (D-Augusta) described the devastation in Augusta’s urban neighborhoods as something the area had never experienced…