Georgia budget cuts not as bad as feared

  • In the state’s $25.9 million budget signed by Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday afternoon, state agencies only saw a 10% cut to their budgets, a reduction from the 14% originally thought to be coming when the session resumed on June 15.
    In the state’s $25.9 million budget signed by Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday afternoon, state agencies only saw a 10% cut to their budgets, a reduction from the 14% originally thought to be coming when the session resumed on June 15.
       With the end of Georgia’s legislative session on June 26, lawmakers left having passed an amended budget that was better than many were expecting.    In the state...

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