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Gaping hole in budget to confront returning General Assembly
Georgia lawmakers due to reconvene the 2020 legislative session next month face a daunting task:
Georgia legislators to host webinar on how the state budget impacts Georgians
As the state grapples with budget cuts from COVID-19, two Georgia legislators want to make
State agencies facing steep budget cuts in Georgia amid COVID-19
State agencies in Georgia are being asked to cut up to $3.8 billion from their
Georgia agencies told to slash budgets by $3.6 billion
State agencies are being told to slash their budgets by nearly $3.6 billion as legislators
Georgia agencies told to plan billions in spending cuts due to pandemic
State agencies were told Friday they should plan on cutting more than $3.5 billion from
April cruelest month for Georgia workers who lost jobs, income
April was the cruelest month for about 1 million jobless Georgians, tossed out of work
Georgia applying for nearly half a billion in coronavirus school aid
Nearly a half-billion dollars in federal aid could be coming to Georgia schools by mid-May
Gov. Brian Kemp’s new rules put some jobless Georgians in bind
[…] On Monday, Gov. Brian Kemp made the controversial decision to allow some businesses to restart operations
Report: Ga. budget shortfall may top $4 billion over next 15 months
The state could face at least a $4 billion shortfall over the next 15 months
Think tank does the math on coronavirus-driven state budget shortfall
The economic impacts of coronavirus could put the state government $3 billion to $4 billion
Virus’ impact on state government could be worse than Great Recession
The Great Recession forced state governments across the country to lay off or furlough millions
1 in 5 Georgians now out of work in COVID-19 slowdown
Nearly one in five Georgia workers is now unemployed, according to statistics released by the