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Georgia garnishment law advances from state Senate
A last-minute attempt to amend Georgia’s updated garnishment law was defeated Tuesday, and the state Senate voted to move it forward unchanged.
The law is an attempt to fix a flawed law that was called unconstitutional by a federal judge. In at least one county, the ruling has halted garnishments for months.
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Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
