Coming up with enough money to pay for the state budget figures to be the key theme of the 2020 legislative session, and as it began yesterday state officials were greeted with some good news. State tax collections in December were up 3 percent from 2018, a welcome turnaround after year-over-year dips in October and November. Legislators will still need to find ways to cut spending or provide alternative revenue streams, but another economic up-tick in December has the state RISING…
Fani Willis to skip Senate hearing
Attorneys for Fulton Co. District Attorney Fani Willis say she plans to ignore a pair of subpoenas and skip a scheduled Georgia Senate special committee hearing later today. The move will no doubt enrage GOP lawmakers and set up a courtroom battle, likely in the Georgia Court of Appeals over the legality of Legislature-ordered subpoenas, with Willis’ attorneys arguing they are void because they were issued after the 2024 legislative session. The legal battle leaves Willis and the Georgia Senators investigating her DRIFTING…
