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Food Assistance for 1.7 million Georgians at Risk in Federal Proposals
Lawmakers in Congress and the Trump administration are staging a multi-prong assault on the nation’s primary tool for ...
Lawmakers Slash Income Taxes, Approve Miscellaneous Tax Changes
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Session Recap 2018 Georgia legislators and Gov. Nathan Deal approved 11 tax measures ...
Shifting Public Funds to Private Schools: High Costs, Poor Track Record
Georgia lawmakers created multiple pathways to shift public funds to private schools in recent years. These schemes risk ...
Valuable Progress, More Work Ahead for Public School Funding
Georgia lawmakers reached a critical milestone during the 2018 legislative session: They ended 16 years of shortchanging the ...
Lawmakers Approve Major Tax Plan, Still Reviewing Several Tax Breaks
Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: Post Crossover Day 2018 A range of tax bills are still in the ...
Private School Savings Accounts Lack Oversight, Could Prove Costly
Bill Analysis: House Bill 482 (LC 33 7253S) Georgia lawmakers are considering a plan to allow parents to ...
Lawmakers Might Come to Regret Georgia’s Risky Tax Plan
Bill Analysis: House Bill 918 Substitute (LC 34 5383-ECS); Feb. 22, 2018 Georgia leaders are now rushing a ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Human Services
Foster Care Services Get Increases for Foster Parents, Child Placement Agencies Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed $788 million Department ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Gov. Nathan Deal’s budget proposal for the 2019 fiscal year adds $50.6 million more than last year’s budget ...
Shrinking State Funds Trigger Student Bus Safety Concerns
Shrinking state funding for student transportation and rising costs are making it more difficult for school districts across ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for Lottery-Funded Programs
Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed 2019 budget includes $70.5 million in added lottery funds, bringing the total for Georgia’s ...
Overview: 2019 Fiscal Year Budget for the Department of Community Health
Gov. Nathan Deal proposes a 2019 budget of $2.79 billion in state general funds for the Department of ...
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