Budget and Taxes Taifa Smith Butler Get education, health care right to build Georgia’s prosperity January 11, 2016 / January 15, 2020 by Taifa Smith Butler This op-ed was first published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 10, 2016. Education and health care spending amount to about three quarters of the state budget Georgia lawmakers are set to shape when they return to the Gold Dome this week. Before the 40-day session ends at the outset of spring many other topics will […] Read more » State Budget