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Tip sheet: A House hearing on casino legislation

February 24, 2016 Atlanta - Lobbyists in the hallway outside the house chamber on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

February 24, 2016 Atlanta - Lobbyists in the hallway outside the house chamber on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Jim Galloway
Feb 25, 2016

Days remaining in the session: 13

House and Senate convene at 10 a.m. today, each with plenty of bills to consider on their floors and in committee. Up in the House are bills to require ignition locks in the vehicles of those who refuse blood-alcohol tests and a bill to make it easier for firefighters diagnosed with cancer to receive benefits.

The House Regulated Industries Committee holds a hearing -- but no vote -- on a constitutional amendment on opening Georgia to casinos.

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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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