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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 Georgia House signed off on several measures that proponents say will give taxpayers some financial relief.

On the anniversary of the Colgan Air Flight 3407 disaster that killed 50 people and in the wake of the helicopter and commercial flight collision last month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy promised the feds would redouble efforts to make the airspace even safer.