ATLANTA - With tax relief, disaster assistance, infrastructure investments and prison upgrades on his agenda, Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday proposed major budget increases, particularly in the spending plan covering the rest of this fiscal year.
Kemp's $40.5 billion fiscal 2025 mid-year budget, $4.4 billion above the spending plan the General Assembly adopted last spring, dips into the state's healthy surplus to bankroll a $1 billion one-time tax rebate, $615 million storm recovery package for victims of Hurricane Helene, and $1.7 billion for transportation and water projects.
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