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Will Garden City Grow? - The Current
WEBDec 3, 2023 · The Current’s Robin Kemp reports that stakes are high in this runoff because the city leadership must have a balanced budget that provides services required to keep its charter — and it will levy new property taxes and set new revenue agreements to do it. The city faces a deficit of $1 million by the first of the year.
State schools superintendent eyes new funding approach in 2024 ...
WEBNov 14, 2023 · Woods is proposing a $3,000 pay raise for teachers, which, if approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, would represent a total salary increase of $10,000 since Kemp took office in 2019. Kemp’s office has not commented publicly on the proposals. “In the longer term, we also advocate for expanding step increases on the ...
State Supreme Court hears arguments in Georgia Power bid to …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The state’s highest court is expected to rule in the coming months on the case that centers around Georgia Power claiming that it had “grandfather rights” under the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act to continue providing electricity to the refurbished Hartwell Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. that makes cat food.
Liberty County property owners will pay higher taxes
WEBNov 18, 2023 · In Hinesville, the city council approved a 15.97% property tax increase based on 10.15 mils, down from 10.3 mils. A homeowner whose house has a fair market value of $100,000 would pay about $55.92 in property tax. Non-homestead property with a fair market value of $150,000 would be taxed at about $83.88.
Thousands of Georgians enroll for coverage as exchange reopens
WEBMar 8, 2021 · More than 16,000 Georgians signed up for coverage on the state’s insurance exchange during the first two weeks of a special enrollment period ordered by President Biden. This story also appeared in Georgia Health News. That’s the third-highest total of any state, behind Florida and Texas, among the 36 states that let the federal government ...
Coastal Georgia water sources flagged in latest environmental …
WEBMay 10, 2024 · The Georgia Water Coalition released its annual report Thursday on the biggest threats to healthy waters throughout the state by highlighting the unintended consequences of record economic development in the coastal region and how a rash of new state-of-the-art data centers is a threat to Georgia’s rivers.
Georgia helps drive record enrollment in ACA health insurance
WEBDec 23, 2021 · Georgia helps drive record enrollment in ACA health insurance. States that haven’t expanded Medicaid spark surge in enrollments. A record 13.6 million Americans have signed up for health coverage for 2022 on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with nearly a month remaining to enroll in most states, …
Georgia isn't alone in city law vs. state conflicts - The Current
WEBApr 21, 2021 · Moves are a trend toward states preempting local laws and ordinances, a movement fueled by COVID-19 and the chaos around the 2020 elections. Conflicts between state and local governments — particularly in cities run by Democrats and states controlled by Republicans — when it came to rules such as mask ordinances and regulations on when businesses could open and at what capacity.
New ‘Dirty Dozen’ includes climate change on Georgia Coast
WEBDec 14, 2021 · Among the Georgia Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” this year is the 100-mile long Georgia Coast because of its vulnerability to the effects of climate change. It’s the first time in the 11-year history of the report that climate change has been named an issue. “Georgia is one of the most vulnerable and least prepared states when it comes to dealing with effects of climate ...