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Mon., May 21, 2012 4:40pm
Georgia’s budget cuts to education will hinder the state’s ability to reach college graduation targets and attract high-paying jobs. That’s according to a new study that says the state is underfunding K-12 education by about $1 billion each year.
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Thu., May 3, 2012 8:42am
Barrow County’s school system is considering adding an extra month to summer vacation as the school board grapples with falling local revenues and state budget cuts.
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Thu., April 12, 2012 8:28am
More Georgia children are getting state protection under new policies, but child welfare advocates say the agency responsible for helping them is being strained by budget cuts.
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Fri., April 6, 2012 11:00am
Watson Mill Bridge will return to its status as a state park after volunteers and local governments contributed $30,000 to help run it. The park had been downgraded last year as part of statewide budget cuts.
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Thu., March 8, 2012 2:12pm
The US Air Force is getting rid of its reserve band at Robins Air Force Base. A military spending plan cuts the 45-member band and it's eight ensembles from next year's budget.
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Mon., February 13, 2012 4:00pm
Amtrak officials say, more Georgians got on and off their trains last year than any year before. Amtrak's Georgia ridership broke 200,000 passengers for the first in 2011. This comes as Amtrak expects major cuts in federal funding.
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Thu., January 19, 2012 5:12pm
Gov. Nathan Deal’s 2013 spending plan is about 4 percent larger than the revised 2012 budget. That reflects increased tax revenues. But state officials told lawmakers Thursday, there'll be no reprieve from budget cuts next year.
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Wed., January 11, 2012 10:30am
Youth programs would be eliminated and 13 employees would lose their jobs under a proposed $871,000 spending cut to Augusta's recreation department. The plan involves five of the city's 16 recreation centers.
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Mon., January 2, 2012 10:30am
Some Georgia death row inmates could lose their attorneys amid budget cuts that could potentially halt appeals hearings and even delay executions. To make up for the gap, a nonprofit that is involved in 90 percent of death-row cases will ask lawmakers for more funding to avoid layoffs.
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Thu., September 8, 2011 2:56pm
Next year’s education budget is headed to the governor. Thursday, the State Board of Education shaved two percent from it, as mandated by Governor Deal. But one of school systems’ biggest financial challenge isn’t in the budget.
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