Coronavirus emptied the Georgia Legislature — but not before lawmakers shoved just about 100 bills through a bottleneck Thursday.
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Money, proposed tax break take front seat in Georgia Legislature’s closing weeks
It won’t be until the last days of the Georgia legislative session that there are settlements on teacher pay raises, budget cuts or tax cuts.
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Georgia House panel moves for more audits on film tax credit, expansion to film music
Georgia will forego something like $1 billion this year in the form of tax credits to TV and movie-makers.
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Questions linger over which way Georgia’s criminal justice system will trend
“Justice” is in the eye of the beholder
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Georgia could close more criminal records, open more opportunities, say supporters
Maryilynn Winn said she went to prison six times because she needed a job.
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Fulton plans to overhaul behavioral health delivery — after study
It’s expensive, and not ideal, for crises to end at an emergency room or jail.
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New Atlanta-Fulton library director invites you to stop by — and let children around you see you read
Make the library a stop as regular as the beauty shop or the pharmacy, says new Atlanta-Fulton library Executive Director Gayle Holloman.
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More legislative attention turning to ethylene oxide
Two bills have been filed and two more are coming.
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Atlanta City Council set to vote on inspector general legislation, amid doubts
Atlanta City Council is set for a Tuesday showdown over independent supervision of city government.
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Fulton DA offering a remedy for false convictions
Between 3 and ten percent of people in prison are wrongfully incarcerated, said Aimee Maxwell.
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Know your Georgia lawmakers — their annual session is about to start
These folks are about to decide on more than $27 billion in state spending …
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Georgia Stand-Up at 15: Trading up, Showing up, Building up — together
“I want them saying, ‘I’m a member of Georgia Stand-Up and we did this.'”
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Fulton considering $758 million budget
But there are questions about whether Fulton should spend more, especially on courts.
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Atlanta communities facing higher landfill prices for what they flush
It’s getting more expensive to bury what metro Atlanta flushes down the toilet.
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Atlanta taps the brakes on some developer incentives. It’s not alone.
“It tends to be in what you would say are superstar successful cities …”
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Seven named to Georgia medical cannabis commission
This does not mean corner drugstores will stock tons of cannabis formulations anytime soon.
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Fulton County considering taxes, gentrification, state funding ahead of legislative session
Fulton County looks likely to ask the state to give it the right to dig into the records of companies appeal commercial property tax assessments.
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A group that fought to close Atlanta’s jail makes a case for keeping it — as something different
A city that thinks of itself as world-class needs to think out of the box, Bennett said. It could blossom, it could come up with new rules. Like turning its jail into this kind of center.
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Deja vu at the Gulch: Judge rules for tax subsidy procedure, opponents plan appeal
A Fulton County judge says Atlanta followed the rules when a split City Council OK’d bond-backed public subsidies for a proposed private remake of Downtown’s Gulch. Opponents will ask a higher court’s opinion, in a dispute that’s gone on for almost a year.
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Farokhi calls for Atlanta Reproductive Justice Commission
Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi wants the city to set up a three-year Reproductive Justice Commission, which, among other things, would aim to increase awareness around access to reproductive health care.
