Four Black medical schools get $6M to widen vaccine outreach
JEFF AMY, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters, in Detroit. Four historically Black medical schools are getting $6 million to expand coronavirus vaccination efforts in minority communities. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy announced the gifts Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine in Los Angeles.Carlos Osorio/APShow MoreShow Less
Georgia lawmakers ink final deal on $27.3B state budget
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1of3Georgia Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday March 31, 2021 sign a report at the capitol in Atlanta agreeing to a budget for the year beginning July 1 that spends $27.3 billion in state tax money in Atlanta. On the left are House Majority Leader Jon Burns, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England and House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones. On the right are Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery and Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller.Jeff Amy/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery speaks in the Senate chamber at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Atlanta.Brynn Anderson/APShow MoreShow Less
Black man s death moves Georgia to end citizen s arrest law
JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER, Associated Press
March 31, 2021
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1of3FILE - Wanda Cooper-Jones holds a candle for her son, Ahmaud Arbery, accompanied by her brother, Imus Holmes. at the New Springfield Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Ga., on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, marking the one year anniversary of Arbery s death in Brunswick, Ga. Georgia lawmakers voted Wednesday, March 31, 2021 to repeal Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law after the law was raised as a defense for the men accused of shooting Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick, Georgia in February 2020.Lewis M. Levine/APShow MoreShow Less
Senate panel pushes Georgia tax cut despite federal penalty
JEFF AMY, Associated Press
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (from left), House Speaker David Ralston, and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan attend a press conference about expanding internet access in Georgia on Monday, Feb 8, 2021, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Curtis Compton/AP
A Georgia Senate committee is moving forward with a $140 million state income tax cut despite warnings that it could cost the state federal aid.
The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday for House Bill 593, which would raise the amount of money that someone could earn before starting to pay state income taxes. The standard deduction for an individual would rise from $4,600 to $5,400, while the standard deduction for a married couple filing jointly would rise from $6,000 to $7,100.