MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL: “It’s a lot to know that in 2023, we’re having to sit and explain to people why Nazis are bad,” Anulewicz said. “It’s just astonishing.”

WSBTV: Cobb County lawmaker, Teri Anulewicz denounced another instance of anti-Semitism in her community.

“It’s important for everyone in Cobb County to emphatically stand against this kind of hatred,” said Rep. Teri Anulewicz.

WABE: “I thought it was kind of bonkers that an email that had such a negative and divisive tone was sent to every family in the district through this email platform,” said House Representative Teri Anulewicz (D-Smyrna), who is a parent in Cobb County. “It’s the email platform that’s normally used to let us know that there’s going to be inclement weather, or to remind us that we need to sign our kids up for the PSAT.” 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION: State Rep. Teri Anulewicz, D-Smyrna, said she noticed multiple local offices in Cobb County go unchallenged as well, including in Smyrna. “I do worry that it’s a harbinger of just a general sense of disengagement in the electoral process,” she said.

11ALIVE: Rep. Anulewicz and other Democrats in the legislature said the reason they’re asking Gov. Kemp to convene a special session of the General Assembly to consider gun safety legislation is that the bills have broad, public support.

The proposals include:

Universal Background Checks, even for private sales of firearms

Safe Storage of Firearms to protect children from accessing the guns

“Red Flag” Restrictions to prevent those known to be at high risk for hurting themselves, or others, from buying guns

Waiting Periods to Purchase Firearms, possibly for three days, to address situations in which impulse buys might lead to crimes of passion or suicide

“And so we've got to, as a legislature, reflect the conversations that are happening in our communities,” Rep. Anulewicz said. “And the conversations that are happening in our communities are among people who are saying, ‘okay, what can we do? Enough is enough. What can we do?’”

GEORGIA RECORDER: Smyrna Democratic Rep. Teri Anulewicz listed bills prioritized by Republicans last year emphasizing parental control in areas like mask mandates, vaccinations and divisive classroom concepts.

“Can you tell me why this is different from those other issues in which the General Assembly has established and codified that we defer to parental authority?” Anulewicz asked.

WSAV: Democratic legislators filed 5 bills on gun safety to reduce accidental shootings and enforce stricter measures on who has access to guns.

“We don’t require their firearms to be locked in their vehicle,” State Rep. Teri Anulewicz (D-Smyrna) said. “If you are at home, there are no requirements to have your gun locked so that your toddlers cannot get a hold of it. We don’t have any regulations like that so it is easier to get guns.” 

WSAV: “It causes me great concern,” Rep. Teri Anulewciz, D-Smyrna said. “There are so many shootings on roads and highways throughout Georgia because road rage has gotten to a point where people will just brandish their weapon that they have with them in their car, they’ll start shooting people.”

11 ALIVE: State Rep. Teri Anulewicz (D - Smyrna) backed the original bipartisan house bill tied to the HIV Medicaid expansion funding. She said the blocked funding would have the greatest impact on sex trafficking victims, the LGBTQ community and people of color.

AXIOS: “I’ve had Republican colleagues and activists say to me with a straight face, ‘It’s OK to have to work a little bit to vote,’” Anulewicz said. “No. The right to vote is not for the most motivated voters. It is for all eligible voters. We should be doing everything to make it easier.”

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION: House Bill 1389, titled the “Georgia Safe Workplaces Act,” was filed Thursday morning by Rep. Teri Anulewicz, D-Cobb County.

The bill would cement into the Georgia code the whistleblower’s right to file a lawsuit against their employer. Anulewicz said that would create a more navigable path for a complainant to file litigation in cases of harassment and retaliation.

GEORGIA RECORDER: Anulewicz questioned whether voters would have full knowledge of what they were to vote on in the spring and whether the Cobb County elections office could prepare the new ballots in time.