Some Georgia lawmakers are looking for ways to provide relief from property taxes. The proposals are coming as increases in home values have caused taxes to rise.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is telling world business leaders that the state must increase its supply of electricity produced without burning fossil fuels to meet industries' demand for clean energy. The Republican spoke Thursday on a panel focused on electric vehicles at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Kemp is spending the week in Switzerland attending the World Economic Forum, meeting business executives and political leaders and taking part in discussion panels.
State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle responsible for making decisions around health care policy seem to agree that Medicaid, and whether or not the state will choose to expand it, will be a major issue this legislative session.
The Georgia Senate is nominating a fifth member to the State Election Board. Former state Sen. Rick Jeffares must still be confirmed by the full Senate after the Thursday announcement by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants to spend an additional $1.8 billion on infrastructure. The Republican governor's prepared speech to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce says he also wants to spend hundreds of millions to expand training for dentists and physicians.
The state awarded more than $9 million Monday to support more than 400 housing units in four Georgia communities, the second round of grants through a program Gov. Brian Kemp created last year.
Georgia's state tax collections aren't growing as fast as they were several years ago, but that doesn't mean Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers won't have room for new spending. Pay increases for public employees and teachers, more spending on health and education and more tax breaks could all result when lawmakers convene Monday for their 2024 session.
Georgia and Alabama are proposing a deal to settle their water war over the Chattahoochee River. If approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the deal would provide for minimum water flows at two points along the river.
Georgia's Republican governor and legislative leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate. Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and House Speaker Jon Burns said Monday that they support a plan to create a flat income tax rate of 5.39% starting Jan. 1.
A Georgia Senate committee is recommending that the state abolish its requirement for permits to build health facilities. The Tuesday report sets up a renewed push on the issue that sparked a House-Senate standoff in the 2023 legislative session.
Two Georgia juvenile court judges say the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges to violate state law. They say Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce asked judges to keep some children inappropriately locked in juvenile detention centers.