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Georgia Senate focuses on tax breaks, the mentally ill in mid-year budget

Statesboro Herald 24 Feb 2026
ATLANTA — Taxpayers, rural drivers and the mentally ill were among the winners in the mid-year budget adopted by the Georgia Senate on Friday ....
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Georgia Senate rewrites midyear budget priorities

Walker & Catoosa County News 24 Feb 2026
ATLANTA — Taxpayers, rural drivers and the mentally ill were among the winners in the mid-year budget adopted by the Georgia Senate on Friday, Feb ... 20, it was the Senate's turn to make some edits ... What the Senate gives, the Senate can take away.
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Sen. RaShaun Kemp to Hold Joint Press Conference on Students’ Right to Protest (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
Bryce Berry (D-Atlanta), Georgia students, and Atlanta Public Schools board ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 23, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Sen. Jason T. Dickerson Introduces Legislation to Combat Chronic Absenteeism in Georgia Public Schools (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
Dickerson (R-Canton) introduced Senate Bill 513 to address chronic student absenteeism in Georgia public schools ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 23, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Georgia Senate passes budget: Who wins and who loses in the new spending plan?

Athens Banner-Herald 23 Feb 2026
ATLANTA — Taxpayers, rural drivers, and the mentally ill were among the winners in the mid-year budget recently adopted by the Georgia Senate ... On Friday, it was the Senate's turn to make some edits ... What the Senate gives, the Senate can take away.
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Sen. John Albers, Rep. Brad Thomas Applaud Final Passage of Legislation to Amend Holly Springs City Charter (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 20 Feb 2026
ATLANTA (February 20, 2026) - Today, State Senator John Albers (R-Roswell), ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 20, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Georgia Senate budget plan includes cuts to both income tax, property tax

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 19 Feb 2026
The proposal also trims state employee bonuses, includes new mental health hospital ....
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Sen. Elena Parent and Rep. Saira Draper to Hold Press Conference on Mid-Cycle Redistricting Legislation (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 19 Feb 2026
ATLANTA (February 19, 2026) - Today, Chair of the Senate Minority Caucus Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) and Rep ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 19, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Republicans retain Georgia Senate seat

Mount Carmel Register 18 Feb 2026
(The Center Square) – Republican Steven McNeel won the District 18 Georgia Senate post, staving off a Democrat who took the majority of the votes in the initial contest ... .
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Sen. Blake Tillery to Announce Plans for New Forensic Mental Health Hospital to Alleviate Jail Overcrowding (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 18 Feb 2026
ATLANTA (February 18, 2026) -On Friday, February 20, Senate Appropriations ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 18, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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President Pro Tempore Larry Walker III Applauds Senate Passage of Historic Income Tax Relief Package (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 16 Feb 2026
As families across the state continue to feel the pressure of rising costs, the Georgia Senate has made income tax relief a top priority ... The Georgia Senate will continue leading the fight to put families first.".
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COLUMN: Hodges: Weeks Four & Five Under the Gold Dome (Georgia Senate)

Public Technologies 16 Feb 2026
Senate Bills 476 and 477 represent a historic shift in Georgia's tax policy ... Georgia Senate published this content on February 16, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Georgia Senate Republicans approve lower income taxes as their answer to affordability

The Brunswick News 14 Feb 2026
ATLANTA — The Republican-led state Senate adopted an historic income tax cut plan Thursday that Democrats decried as an election year ploy that would undermine the state budget ... .
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