Author: T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – Georgia consumer groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the state, saying lawmakers violated the state’s constitution by passing legislation that delays Georgia Public Service Commission elections. Georgia-based attorneys Bryan Sells…

(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure to allow families to spend taxpayer money on private school tuition, which school choice proponents lauded, though critics worry it will cut resources from strapped school systems. Senate Bill 233, the “Georgia Promise Scholarship Act,” which lawmakers passed after killing the proposal last year. Under the measure, students…

(The Center Square) — South Carolina senators will soon consider a fiscal 2024-25 budget for the state, a plan that includes nearly $100 million to speed up a personal income tax reduction. Last week, the Senate Finance Committee gave the thumbs up to its version of a state budget, H.5100, and a Capital Reserve Fund,…

(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed several health care-related bills during a Friday ceremony in Athens, including a measure to relax state requirements regulating health care facilities. The centerpiece of the bills the Republican governor signed was House Bill 1339, which reforms Georgia’s decades-old certificate of needs requirement. The measure, in part, shortens…

(The Center Square) — Cobb County officials continue to tout the benefits of the Atlanta Braves stadium development near Smyrna, but a leading expert says the project’s finances aren’t quite the home run leaders suggest. The Braves moved to Truist Park, initially named SunTrust Park, for the 2017 season, and Cobb officials committed $300 million…

(The Center Square) — The Georgia Division of Family & Children Services should “deepen its cooperation” with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children “to fully understand the scope of potential sex trafficking of youth in the state’s care.” That’s among the nine recommendations in a 64-page report U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, released following a…

(The Center Square) — Georgia and South Carolina port officials say they are willing to help their counterparts in Baltimore until their port resumes normal service after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. “Customers are still evaluating all their options in the market for Baltimore cargo,” the Georgia Ports Authority said in a statement. “Many will…

(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate approved a measure Wednesday to lower the state’s income tax to 5.39% from 5.49%. The state Senate voted 40-12 in favor of House Bill 1015, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is expected to sign it. Kemp signed HB 1437 into law in April 2022, setting the state’s tax…

(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate could vote Wednesday on whether to lower the state’s income tax further. House Bill 1015 would lower the individual income tax rate from 5.49% to 5.39% for the tax years starting Jan. 1, 2024. It would decrease the rate by 0.1% annually starting Jan. 1, 2025, until it reaches…

(The Center Square) – The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure that would allow Georgia families to use state-funded education savings accounts for private school or other education-related uses. Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 233, the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, by a 91-82 margin, a year after killing the measure. Under the measure, taxpayers…