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News Articles: Tax cuts

Alton Fry, a Franklin County man who is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, makes too much money for Medicaid but too little to afford coverage through the marketplace. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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Advocates warn that proposed Medicaid cuts threaten Georgia’s safety net programs

Advocates are bracing for potential cuts to Georgia’s safety net programs under the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” moving through Congress, though it remains to be seen what changes to programs like Medicaid will end up in the final version. 

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Jill Nolin and
  • Georgia Recorder
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts that Democrats warn will leave millions without care

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" — at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid, the nation's health care program for more than 70 million Americans.

May 12, 2025
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  • Associated Press
 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp official State of Georgia headshot

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Georgia tax refund to roll out. Who’s eligible for how much and when?

Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation this week that will deliver more than $1 billion in tax relief to Georgia taxpayers, including a one-time special tax refund.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Brittany McGee and
  • The Telegraph
President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on March 4.

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Follow NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress

As President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tonight, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check and offer context as the speech unfolds.

March 04, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
US investor and hedge fund manager Scott Bessent testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury on January 16, 2025.

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  • Economy

Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary is Scott Bessent. Here's what to know

Trump's promised tax cuts, and their potential consequences for the U.S. economy, took center stage at Bessent's confirmation hearing.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new and expanding data centers.

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Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break

Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers.

May 09, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The man in black from the 1987 film, The Princess Bride, captures the same kind of hopeless dilemma many governments are facing, choosing between addressing inflation and addressing a possible coming recession.

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  • Economy

Recession or Inflation? Governments around the world must pick their poison

Liz Truss' resignation as Prime Minister is being blamed on a faulty economic plan. But her fate should serve as a warning to other countries that may have to grapple with an inconceivable choice.

October 25, 2022
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
Governor Kemp signing bill

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Governor drops by GOP rival’s old haunt for tax cut jab

Starting in 2024, the state’s six-bracket income tax rate that tops out today at 5.75% would be flattened and reduced to 5.49%. It would then continue to drop incrementally but only if certain revenue growth indicators are met.

April 27, 2022
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  • Jill Nolin
Taxes graphic

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  • Politics

Tax cut clears General Assembly in last hour of 2022 session

Georgia lawmakers approved a tax cut Monday night during the final hour of this year’s General Assembly session.

April 05, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
State Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome, , speaks to reporters on Jan. 13, 2020 at the state capitol in Atlanta. Hufstetler on Monday, March 28, 2022, unveiled a rewritten income tax cut proposal that would be more modest than the one sought by the House, while also seeking to limit Georgia’s film tax credit.

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Georgia Senate seeks smaller tax cut, film tax credit limit

Georgia senators have proposed a much more modest income tax cut than the $1.1 billion plan passed by the House, and also want to sharply reduce tax breaks for film and television productions that have been credited with transforming the state into one of the world's biggest filming hubs.

March 29, 2022
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  • Associated Press
President Ronald Reagan shows his boot following the signing of his tax bill in August 1981 at his vacation home near Santa Barbara, Calif.

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The Democratic Push To Tax The Rich More Is 40 Years In The Making

Democrats will try the same budgetary process from four decades ago when first-year President Ronald Reagan used reconciliation to achieve his "revolution" in federal fiscal policy.

September 16, 2021
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By:
  • Ron Elving

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