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Lawmakers Miss on Health Care, Education, but Leave Flawed Tax Plan Behind
Soon after the traditional paper storm settled on the 2016 legislative session Gov. Nathan Deal’s swift veto of ...
Lawmakers Wise to Reject Reckless Income Tax Measures
This year’s General Assembly produced no shortage of big debates, with subjects from religious exemptions to rape kits ...
TANF Time Limits Undercut Workforce Development
This week Georgia legislators in the House Health and Human Services Committee moved to rend the state’s frayed ...
Income Tax Legislation Threatens Georgia’s Stellar Bond Rating
Managing Georgia’s finances in a responsible way is one of the most sober and sacred responsibilities of state ...
Senate Adds $10 M Startup Fund, Boosts Nurse Pay in Revised Budget Today
The Georgia Senate passed the latest version of the state’s $23.7 billion budget for the fiscal year that ...
Tax Credit for Contributions to Rural Hospitals: Updated Bill Analysis
The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a $100 million tax credit program for individual and corporate donations ...
Adding Up 2016: Tax Breaks, Income Tax Cuts Could Harm Georgia Finances
A variety of tax bills await further consideration by state legislators as the Georgia General Assembly enters its ...
Tax cut proposal to benefit wealthiest Georgians, jeopardize funding for schools, roads and more
Twin income tax cut proposals that promise a big tax break for wealthy Georgians and little for everyone ...
Drivers’ ID Bill Would Squander Big Bucks to Target Immigrants
A Senate bill threatens to spend hundreds of thousands of Georgia taxpayer dollars to compel work-eligible immigrants to ...
Threat to Georgia’s Finances Gains Steam as Constitutional Amendment to Slash State Income Tax Nears Crossover Day
Most Georgia families stand to lose if twin proposals to slash the state income tax stay on track ...
Senate Resolution 756 threatens to disrupt Georgia’s long-term finances
Senate Resolution 756 threatens to undermine Georgia’s ability to remain an attractive state for families and businesses. Passing the ...
Slashing Income Tax Delivers Meager Benefit to Most, Jeopardizes Public Services
Bill Analysis: House Bill 238 (LC 34 4895S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a pair of proposals that offer ...
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