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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

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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.

About the Author

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

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