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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Atlanta-backed plan to waive impact fees on affordable housing advances in Legislature
Impact fees on affordable housing could be waived under a statewide bill that’s endorsed by Atlanta and has been passed by the state Senate. Meantime, the potential state takeover of Atlanta’s airport is in a holding pattern, according to a presentation Wednesday by the city’s chief lobbyist.
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Lawmakers try again to set up review of tax breaks
Up to 10 tax breaks could maybe get a review every year …
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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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Georgia won’t use gas tax for transit — though some lawmakers want it to
“How we’re going to pay for it all is frightening question …”
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Georgia governor proposes $2,000 teacher raises
Now comes the difficult part of Georgia’s annual legislative session
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Top Georgia House Republican: a fan of film tax credit, not so much of Atlanta airport takeover
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston would maybe modify, but not overturn, policies that Atlanta’s watching.
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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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No consensus from state Senate panel on restoring nonviolent felons’ voting rights
By a 3-2 party line vote, the Republicans voted for one of two options: the status quo.
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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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DeKalb County ballot measure would eliminate ethics officer charged with reporting alleged crime
DeKalb County voters face a ballot issue on Nov. 5 that seeks to eliminate the position of an ethics officer who is charged with reporting suspected crimes to state or federal authorities and replace it with an administrator with no such duties. The ballot question provides none of this information.
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Funding Kinship Care: Saving children, saving money, doing the right thing
By Guest Columnists STEVE GOTTLIEB and BILL BOLLING, executive director, board member (respectively) of Atlanta Legal Aid
Children in foster care throughout Georgia – and those of us fighting on their behalf to improve their lives – have received some good news about an important program.
As chair of the Judicial Council Budget Committee, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Michael Boggs made the case to the state Senate Appropriations Committee to recommend $375,000 in additional funding to expand Kinship Care, a program created by Atlanta Legal Aid, to the rest of the state.
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Georgia lawmakers hearing about affordable housing shortfall statewide
In some parts of the state, even a “pretty good job” won’t get you on the property ladder or in a convenient apartment. It seems like a chance for Democrats and Republicans, rural and urban, to get together on some policy.
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Georgia voters just got more likely to get a say on any sports betting law
A new legal opinion suggests that if sports gambling supporters in the state Legislature want an airtight law, they better first ask Georgia voters and change the Georgia Constitution.
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Georgia’s economic outlook is not bad — so proposed state budget cuts raise questions
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has asked many departments for ideas to cut spending over the next 21 months. But with economists predicting only a mild recession — if any for Georgia — lawmakers have some questions about this idea.
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The high Georgia ranking that’s getting attention: maternal mortality
But though rare, deaths due to pregnancy still happen. The latest data say black women are about three times more likely than white women to be the victims of these largely preventable deaths.
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Dems learn some campaign strategies, pick up policies from 2018 example
With almost 4 million votes cast, Team Abrams in 2018 demonstrated how many Georgia voters can turn up to vote Democrat, for the right candidate with the right ground game. The Democratic Party of Georgia is taking some things away from that example.
