Kemp yanks pay raise for direct long-term care workers from state budget
ATLANTA - A New York-based long-term care advocacy group is criticizing Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to remove a pay raise for direct care workers serving Georgians with intellectual and developmental disabilities from the fiscal 2024 state budget. A federally funded...
End of public health emergency won’t affect COVID vaccines, testing for now
ATLANTA - COVID-19 tests and vaccines will continue to be offered for free in Georgia despite the ending of the federal public health emergency later this week, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, said Tuesday. The public health...
Georgia tax collections down sharply in April
ATLANTA - A downturn in state tax collections predicted several months ago is starting to show up. The Georgia Department of Revenue brought in $4.19 billion in tax revenues last month, down 16.5% compared to April of last year, the agency reported Tuesday. The...
Caylee Noggle tapped to head Georgia Hospital Association
ATLANTA - The commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health is leaving state government for a position in the private sector. Caylee Noggle will become president of the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) on Aug. 1, according to an association news...
Kemp issues nearly two dozen legislative, budget vetoes
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has been busy exercising his veto pen. The Republican governor has vetoed 14 bills the General Assembly passed during this year's legislative session, not including nine vetoes of line items in the $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget he...
Kemp signs transportation measures
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has signed two transportation bills that will allow heavier trucks to ply Georgia highways and pave the way for the widespread introduction of electric vehicles. House Bill 189 will let commercial trucks exceed the current legal weight limit...
Kemp inks $32.4 billion state budget
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget Friday that provides pay raises of $4,000 to $6,000 for law enforcement officers and $2,000 increases for other state workers, teachers, and university system employees. The budget, which takes...
COVID-era funding largesse for health care about to end
ATLANTA - America's three-year experiment with an approximation of European-style universal health care will come to an end May 11 when the federal public health emergency brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic expires. A series of health-care and insurance-coverage...