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GA lawmaker asks for investigation to see if major insurance companies are hiding profits
WSB-TV | March 17, 2025
State Sen. Nabilah Islam Parkes sent a letter to Insurance Commissioner John King asking that his ‘office undertake a comprehensive investigation into Georgia’s insurance market.’
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Group announces plan to sue Gov. Kemp over lack of investigation into State Election Board actions
WSB-TV | September 26, 2024
State Senator Nabilah Islam Parkes joined former Fulton County Board of Elections Chair Cathy Woolard and former state Representative Randal Mangham at the Georgia State Capitol to announce plans for a lawsuit against Gov. Brian Kemp for what they say is a lack of action to rein in the state board.
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Georgia senator announced new legal action against State Election Board
Fox 5 Atlanta | September 25, 2024
State Sen. Nabilah Islam-Parkes is planning new legal action against the Georgia State Election Board. Islam-Parkes had previously filed an ethics complaint against three Donald Trump-backed members of the board.
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Georgians can resist Trump’s attacks on our elections
AJC | August 27, 2024
"The tactics have evolved from violence, intimidation, poll taxes and literacy tests into strategies like requiring identification, limiting hours at and numbers of election offices and polling locations, and purging voters from registration rolls."
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Georgia lawmaker files complaint, asks for investigation into state election board members
Atlanta News First | August 26, 2024
State Rep. Nabilah Islam Parkes (D-Duluth), along with Fulton County Elections Chair Kathy Woolard and others, went public with an ethics complaint on Monday, levied against the board’s three Republican members.
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Georgia leaders ask Kemp to take action against Trump-backed State Election Board members
Fox 5 Atlanta | August 25, 2024
"These election board members that are not acting in the good faith of Georgians need to be immediately removed," Democratic state Sen. Nabilah Islam-Parkes told FOX 5.
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Georgia needs to live up to ‘pro-life’ and ‘pro-family’ values
AJC | July 26, 2024
"On July 17, my husband, Bryan, and I welcomed our son into the world. Baby Ahsan came four weeks early, and it was a difficult birth. But he is beautiful, and he is ours, and, as all new moms understand, every second was worth it."
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How child care access changes who runs for office
WBUR | May 14, 2024
"Everyone is excited about the fact that the senator is pregnant … but no one is wondering what it's going to be like when I actually give birth,” Islam Parkes says. “And then I have a newborn that I need to take care of three months before Nov. 5. And that is something I'm asking myself every day, like, how am I going to do this? And I'm worried about being able to campaign and also take care of my new baby."
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Georgia legislator wants rule changes that allows common working folks to run for office
Augusta Chronicle | February 8, 2023
"They're trying to keep working people out of the halls of power," Islam said. "And so we should make it easier, or lower the barriers, so that more working people can run for office. We need more everyday folks representing, period."
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Nabilah Islam makes history in Georgia with Senate win
11Alive | November 9, 2022
Nabilah Islam made history in the Peach State on Election Day. She's the first-ever Muslim woman and the youngest woman to be elected to the Georgia Senate.
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