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Tip sheet: Burn the day, get out of town, and relax

Deal administration officials, Chief of Staff Chris Riley (left) and Office of Planning and Budget Director Theresa MacCartney brief the press on the FY 2017 budget. Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

Deal administration officials, Chief of Staff Chris Riley (left) and Office of Planning and Budget Director Theresa MacCartney brief the press on the FY 2017 budget. Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com
By Jim Galloway
Jan 15, 2016

Number of working days until the end of the 2016 session of the General Assembly: 36.

The Senate will convene at 9 a.m. and the House will start at 9:30 a.m. Both chambers will finish up quick so lawmakers can hit the road for the long weekend. Many will be taking homework with them -- the governor’s 444-page proposed budget for fiscal 2017 and the 220-page amended budget for the current fiscal year.

The 2017 budget is a $23.7 billion, record-breaking behemoth. Some folks will be sleeping well this weekend.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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