Kemp signs tax cuts with conditions
(The Center Square) - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Monday that reduces the state income tax rate by 0.125% until it reaches 3.99%, but it comes with a condition.
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Kemp will sign tax bills
(The Center Square) - Gov. Brian Kemp is slated to sign bills that cut taxes and support Georgia businesses, he said Friday.
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Justice Department can keep Fulton County election records, judge says
(The Center Square) - A federal judge said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice does not have to return 2020 election records seized during a January raid in Georgia's Fulton County.
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Ted Turner, media mogul and generational influencer, dies
(The Center Square) - Ted Turner, media mogul and generational influencer well beyond the borders of Georgia, has died.
He was 87.
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Georgia prosecutor won’t reveal what her pursuit of Trump cost taxpayers
(The Center Square) - The Georgia district attorney who took on Donald Trump, only to be removed from the case over a romance with her lead co-counsel, likely spent millions of dollars of taxpayers' money on the yearslong racketeering prosecution. And taxpayers might be... Read More.
Kemp signs literacy bill, high school cellphone ban
(The Center Square) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed bills Tuesday that would place a literacy coach in every elementary school and ban high school students from bringing cellphones and other electronic devices into class.
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Heated primaries draw record number of Georgia voters
(The Center Square) - More than 272,000 voted early as of noon Tuesday, setting a new record, according to the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State.
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Georgia’s special tax refunds on their way, Kemp says
(The Center Square) - The Georgia Department of Revenue has started sending out $1 billion in special tax refunds approved by lawmakers earlier this year, Gov. Brian Kemp said Monday.
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Alabama, Tennessee special sessions begin this week
(The Center Square) - Two Southern states are holding special legislative sessions this week after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in a Louisiana redistricting case.
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States consider drones to stop school shootings
(The Center Square) - The first drones intended to stop school shootings from Campus Guardian Angel are set to go live Friday at Deltona High School.
Florida's legislature has... Read More.