Atlanta ranks among the most dangerous U.S. cities for pedestrians. For those of us walking Atlanta’s streets every day, that statistic isn’t surprising.
Tag: Budget
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Georgia to spend $30.2 billion next year – mostly on education and health care
Also, near a billion dollars for raises for a workforce that seems eager to leave.
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Economists are wounded: Does Biden smell blood?
By Guest Columnist BOB WILLIS, CEO, Willis Investment Counsel
The last 20 years may not be the best representation of U.S. economic history. Likewise, it may or may not be a reliable predictor of the future. Whatever the case, recent trends of low interest rates and inflation appear to have entered the neural circuitry of decision-making and significantly impacted the passing of the economic policy torch in our country.
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MARTA plans no fare hikes, cutbacks as state delivers $6 million for construction
Given that MARTA’s proposed budget calls for no fare hikes or service cutbacks despite the rigors of the coronavirus pandemic, a highlight may be the state’s $6 million commitment to help MARTA expand the Bankhead Station to serve the announced Microsoft campus.
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Georgia Legislature approves $27.3 billion budget
Georgia’s spending less but the feds are spending more
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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra plays on
By Guest Columnist NOEL MORRIS, a writer and producer who specializes in classical and orchestral music
Since the start of the pandemic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has turned up in the most unexpected places, including in the middle of a meadow in Serenbe.
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Georgia Senate nears vote on conservative post-pandemic budget
Some cash for MARTA, police training and rural hospitals might not make it.
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Georgia budget: House endorses behavioral health & developmental disability spend, not Medicaid
But as usual, the budget is mostly health care and education
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Woodruff Arts Center credit outlook dropped to negative as revenues deteriorate
The Woodruff Arts Center saw its credit outlook downgraded from stable to negative as analysts expect further weakening in revenues. In addition, revenues had been declining for years before COVID-19, Woodruff has disclosed to investors.
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Georgia budget: Might be too conservative, or just conservative enough.
This would gets Georgia through June. Longer-term budget to come.
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Fulton approves $800 million budget
But new sheriff, DA say they’ve discovered costly problems
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Gov. Kemp releases cautious budgets as Biden pushes pandemic relief for states
“My fellow Georgians, the state of the state is resilient. And we will endure.” – Gov. Brian Kemp, 2021 State of the State message.
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Georgia governor proposes fairly steady spending in next 17 months
The feds will do much of the new spending in Georgia, not the state.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Early voting, unemployment checks and more
And Chattahoochee Brick is back in the news.
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Georgia agency recommends nine metro Atlanta transit projects for state bond funding
But will Georgia’s budget-writers do anything with the list?
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Georgia spends down unemployment fund, calls on feds
This was expected and Georgia is not alone. Now how to pay it back?
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Georgia Legislature agrees on budget with $2.2 billion cuts
Schools are the biggest single cost and they take the biggest cut.
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Atlanta City Council approves budget. It does not defund the police.
But there’s a lot less money for the jail.
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Atlanta won’t be Wakanda, but a new version of Atlanta Way may be emerging
The 2.0 version of the Atlanta Way won’t retool the city into Wakanda. The efforts emerging from Atlanta City Hall do represent the start of a response to calls for justice issued by protestors following the death of George Floyd. The operative words in that last sentence are: Start of a response.
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Pared-down Georgia budget riles up Dems … and some Republicans
There’s talk of “looking at revenue.” That is, getting more money.
