The Georgia Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee has advanced a measure intended to roll back regulations in the state and make it more business-friendly.
Incumbent Cobb County Commissioner Monique Sheffield will face off against Republican Matthew Hardwick in the April special general election for the District 4 seat following last week’s primary.
The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a measure to permit local governments in the Hurricane Helene federal disaster area to provide temporary relief from taxes for the harvest or sale of standing timber during the final quarter of 2024 and throughout 2025.
The USS Yorktown Environmental Assessment and Remediation project will begin its second and final phase to remove hundreds of thousands of gallons of toxic pollutants from the historic ship.
A small business group said business owners from across Georgia want lawmakers to stop lawsuit abuse in the state during today’s Small Business Day at the Capitol, hosted by NFIB and the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia.