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Colorado Senate weighs jobless benefits during lockout
Denver :: CO :: USA | 7 months ago
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The state Senate is taking up a bill to allow locked-out workers to collect unemployment. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on House Bill 1170 on Monday...Colorado allowed workers to collect unemployment...
Md. Senate to debate operating budget
Forest Park :: GA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Maryland Senate plans this week to debate its version of the state's operating budget that takes back excess profits from Medicaid contractors and trims education funding for local school boards. Both moves put the chamber at odds with the House of...
Tags: Maryland Senate, Georgia Senate, Senate Appropriations Committee, Casey Cagle
State tax collections plunge 35 percent
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The two largest income streams for state government, personal income and sales taxes, were off 63.6 percent and 24 percent respectively in February when compared to last year. The personal income tax drop was so huge in part because Georgians rushed to...
Tags: Georgia Senate, tax collect, midyear budget
Three Georgia lawmakers with tax troubles identified
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The records indicate Williams owes the state $42,672, and his state pay is being garnished. The records also indicate he has a lien of $73,049 placed against property in Midway. Williams’ wages were garnished last year, too, because of tax troubles. “What...
Tags: Sen. Robert Brown, Georgia Senate, Al Williams, tax fails
Sunday alcohol sales bill sinks in Legislature
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility A bill that would have allowed Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia stores was pulled from committee just before it was scheduled for a vote. The measure's sponsor, state Sen. Seth Harp, yanked the bill Wednesday after conceding that he didn't have the votes...
Tags: Georgia Senate, alcohol sales, sundays alcohol, sundays sales
Ga. Senate OKs tighter food safety rules
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Georgia Senate Wednesday approved a measure requiring food processing plants to report food contamination to state agriculture officials within a day. The action was prompted by the nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corp. of America,...
Tags: Georgia Senate, Peanut Corporation of America, food contamination, safety rules, salmonella outbreak
Shoppers are leaving jarred peanuts --
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Shoppers are leaving jarred peanut butter off their grocery lists, according to sales figures, even though familiar brands have not been affected by the salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds and led to one of the largest product recalls in US...
Tags: Georgia Senate, South Georgia, Georgia Capitol, salmonella outbreak
Ga. Senate backs seat belts for pickups
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Georgia Senate has voted to require adults in pickup trucks to buckle up. Georgia is the only state in the nation to specifically exempt adults in pickups from wearing seat belts. It's cost the state millions of dollars in federal highway funds. ...
Tags: Georgia Senate, pickups truck
Timeline of events in salmonella outbreak
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility Four inspections by the Georgia Department of Agriculture cite numerous, repeated violations at the Blakely, Ga., plant of the Peanut Corp. of America, a peanut processing company and maker of peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions, food...
Tags: FBI, salmonella outbreak, food safety, U.S, Georgia Senate, Peanut Corporation of America, Senate Agriculture Committee, Blakely, president obama, sickened hundreds
Senate votes to double homestead exemption
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The Senate voted 40-14 to increase from $2,000 to $4,000 the amount of property value homeowners can exempt from taxes. The change would save homeowners about $50 to $75 on their taxes this fall, depending on local tax rates and on whether local governments...
Tags: Georgia Senate, Georgia House, Georgia Department of Revenue, Comment on State House, sales tax, senate votes, tax revenues, legislative session
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