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State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the Elderly
+ Full Article: State Budget Slashes Services for Children, Poor, and the ElderlyResponding to Georgia’s low projected revenues for this upcoming fiscal year, Georgia legislators and the governor agreed to cut $33.5 million in State General Funds from the Department of Human Services (DHS) fiscal year 2011 General Budget compared to the current year’s enacted budget. Download the PDF.
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Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid Crisis
+ Full Article: Georgia is Depending on Congress to Avert a Medicaid CrisisGeorgia’s new budget assumes Recovery Act Medicaid funds will be extended past Dec. 31, when it is expires. The Senate is considering legislation to extend it temporarily (the House already stripped it out of a bill). Without it, Georgia would need to find hundreds of millions in new revenues or significant new budget cuts this…
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Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the Future
+ Full Article: Education Budgets FY 2011 Highlights … And the Four Options for the FutureIn response to continued revenue declines and limited new revenue measures, lawmakers cut education — K-12, University System, and Technical College System — by 13 to 15 percent for fiscal year (FY) 2011 when compared to the Original FY 2009 General Budget, which preceded the recessionary budget cuts. Download the PDF.
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Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: House and Senate Improve Short-Term Fiances, but Pass Revenue Drains on Future Budgets
+ Full Article: Adding Up the Fiscal Notes: House and Senate Improve Short-Term Fiances, but Pass Revenue Drains on Future BudgetsThe General Assembly took some positive steps to address the $5 billion deficit. However, they continued passing long-term tax cuts during this Great Recession ($624 million a year), disregarded other revenue options, and shifted the cost of services onto the middle- and low- income. If the gov vetoes HBs 1023 and 1069, he will prevent…
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Major Differences Between House and Senate Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets
+ Full Article: Major Differences Between House and Senate Fiscal Year 2011 BudgetsBoth the House and Senate largely kept the governor’s cuts for this current fiscal year and what he proposed for next year in their FY 2011 budgets. This report highlights the differences between the two chambers. Download PDF.
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House Bill 1198 Eliminates $21 Million in Tax Credits for 1 Million of the Poorest Georgians
+ Full Article: House Bill 1198 Eliminates $21 Million in Tax Credits for 1 Million of the Poorest GeorgiansThis report documents the Senate’s amendment to a house bill that raises taxes on the poorest during this recession, but leaves intact a credit for corporations. It includes a chart showing that low and middle-income Georgians already pay a higher portion of their income in taxes than wealthy Georgians. Download the PDF.
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Overview of the House of Representatives Proposed FY 2011 Budget
+ Full Article: Overview of the House of Representatives Proposed FY 2011 BudgetThe House’s version of the FY 2011 budget balances the budget by incorporating additional budget cuts than that of the governor’s proposed FY 2011 budget. Compared to the pre-recession FY 2009 budget, the House version includes cuts totaling 17.8 percent, or $3.6 billion. In the long term, and in light of billion $ deficit projected…
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House FY 2011 Health Care Budgets Highlights
+ Full Article: House FY 2011 Health Care Budgets HighlightsThe House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts General Fund spending in the Department of Community Health (DCH) by $285.4 million relative to the originally enacted FY 2010 budget. In addition, the House budget reflects lost state funding from the Tobacco Settlement and from the Care Management Organization fee totaling $207.2 million. Download the PDF.
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Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Education Budget
+ Full Article: Highlights of the House’s FY 2011 Education BudgetThe House of Reps’ FY 2011 budget cuts K-12, University System, and Technical Colleges — by an additional $318 million more than the governor’s January proposal. It increases funds for Pre-K. Accounting for inflation, per student state funding for K-12 will drop to its lowest point in a decade, even after include Recovery Act funds.…
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