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State Senate panel OKs $37.7B budget

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ATLANTA – Georgia Senate budget writers advanced a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 spending plan that invests heavily in prisons and education. The budget, which now heads to the full Senate, includes $170 million in new spending to hire more correctional officers, give the current staff a pay raise and upgrade prison system technology to crack down on the smuggling of contraband to inmates, including cellphones. That’s less than the $250 million in th

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State Senate puts its stamp on '26 budget

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate passed a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 state budget Friday that will require some compromises with the state House of Representatives on state spending, particularly on prisons and education.

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State Senate panel OKs $37.7B budget

ATLANTA – Georgia Senate budget writers advanced a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 spending plan that invests heavily in prisons and education. The budget, which now heads to the full Senate, includes $170 million in new spending to hire more correctional officers, give the current staff a pay raise and upgrade prison system technology to crack down on the smuggling of contraband to inmates, including cellphones. That’s less than the $250 million in th

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State Senate panel OKs $37.7 billion budget

Georgia Senate budget writers advanced a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 spending plan that invests heavily in prisons and education.

·Georgia, United States
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