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The Atlanta Voice •

'Georgians are paying the price for Donald Trump’s war in Iran': Gas prices in Georgia continue to rise

For Byron Blueford, the math on gasoline stopped making sense a long time ago.

The Atlanta resident drove a 2009 Toyota Corolla for 14 years, buying it at 19. But watching gas prices climb, sometimes reaching $6 or $7 a gallon in California, where his family lives, and as high as $9 in parts of Los Angeles, he made the switch to a 2021 Tesla Model Y earlier this year.

“They think it’s absurd,” Blueford said of his Oakland family’s reaction to fuel costs. “I think that this is just outrageous,...
ANF •

Gov. Brian Kemp signs budget including $2 billion in income, property tax relief

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Gov. Brian Kemp signed his next-to-last budget as Georgia’s 83rd chief executive on Tuesday.

Last week, Kemp’s amended fiscal year 2026 budget, HB 973, cleared the Georgia General Assembly. It includes $2 billion in income and property tax relief, Kemp said, and also paves the way for the “first state needs-based scholarship of its kind, make historic investments in transportation, and much more,” he said.

The budget includes funding for several key measures...
WGXA •

Lawmakers and educators discuss challenges of school mandates in Georgia

(WGXA) — Lawmakers, educators, and superintendents gathered in Houston County on Tuesday to discuss the impact of current laws on school operations. The House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration convened to address these concerns.Houston County School Superintendent Richard Rogers explained the nature of mandates, saying, "It would be a law that was passed by our legislature, signed by the governor. You have an example, you h...
41NBC News | WMGT-DT •

State House committee seeks to reduce public school mandates; reduce burden on administrators - 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

State legislators are exploring ways to help Georgia schools focus less on enforcing legal mandates and more on educating students.

Today, the House Study Committee on Reducing and Prioritizing Mandates for Public School Administration held its first on-site meeting in Warner Robins. Each year, the Georgia General Assembly passes new laws aimed at improving the education of students and enhancing safety in public schools across the state. While adding new mandates for school administrators, outdated ones often remain in place.
Chatt Hills News •

Chattahoochee Hills Honored at the Capitol for Commitment to Sustainability

The Georgia House of Representatives commended the
City of Chattahoochee Hills on March 11th for its “steadfast dedication to sustainability, environmental preservation, and community development.”
City leaders and students were in attendance at the
State Capitol for the inaugural “Chattahoochee Hills Day at
the Capitol,” invited by Representative Robert Dawson who
serves District 65 in the State House of Representatives.
The Georgia Virtue •

37 Lawmakers Vote Against Banning School Zone Cameras in Georgia, Bill Advances to Senate

A bill that would ban the use of speed cameras in school zones in Georgia cleared the House Tuesday and now heads to the Senate for consideration.

House Bill 225, sponsored by Representative Dale Washburn, was introduced earlier this year with a whopping 96 co-sponsors. The unmanned cameras have drawn the ire of Georgians and made headlines over their flawed calibration systems and the optics of policing for profit. In many communities, the cameras are generating tens of thousands of dollars in revenue every month. Opponents of the systems argue they do little to impact public safety since violation letters are mailed to the owner of a vehicle 30 days after an alleged violation occurs. Additionally, the violations are tied to the vehicle registration, not the person who was driving the vehicle at the time of alleged violation.
FOX 5 Atlanta •

School zone camera bills: One to ban them, one to reform. But both overturn the system

ATLANTA - In the debate over what to do with school zone speed cameras popping up all over Georgia, the state House of Representatives has approved two solutions to the same problem. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved one bill that outlaws the cameras – overturning the 2018 law that allowed automated ticketing systems near schools. The other bill would let them stay, but with a list of restrictions on when they can operate, how to warn oncoming traffic and what can be done with the proceeds. But the...
Georgia Entertainment •

Japanese Film Industry Reps Plan Visit to Georgia, USA, in 2025 - Georgia Entertainment

Like many U.S. states and countries internationally, Japan is watching Georgia – and planning a visit to the Peach State in the first quarter of the new year.
Japan’s plans to visit follow a fall 2024 trip, by invitation, of a Georgia delegation of legislators and film professionals to Kyoto, Japan’s “City of Movies,” and its Uzumasa area to meet and set the stage for future collaboration. Uzumasa was the chosen locale for the meeting because it is consi...