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AJC.com > Legislature > Georgia Beat > Archives > 2005 > February > 08 > Entry
House approves mid-year budget
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia House passed and sent to the state Senate a mid-year state budget today that sets aside $22 million for local projects - including some in the home counties of the new GOP leaders.
The budget, which passed 165-5, includes $1 million to upgrade rail facilities at the port in Brunswick, which is represented by state Rep. Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island).
It also includes money for an abused children’s program in Paulding County, home of House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram), and $300,000 for a Georgia State University project in Alpharetta, hometown of GOP Speaker Pro Tem Mark Burkhalter.
The mid-year update of the $16.5 billion budget for fiscal 2005 is House Republicans’ first chance to make their mark on state spending priorities since winning control of the chamber in last year’s election.
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