With the immortal words from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch on September 18, 1990—“The International Olympic Committee has awarded the 1996 Olympic Games to the city of…Atlanta.”—Atlanta had officially won its bid to host the centennial of the modern Oly...
HB 915 (Speaker Jon Burns) –amends the budget for fiscal year 2024. Highlights include $37.5 million for updates to prior long-term studies for Atlanta Farmers Market capital needs and $29.25 million for public safety and infrastructure costs for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and 2025 College Footba...
Francis testified at the final meeting of the study committee that the elimination of the tax credit was costing both consumers and the state money as drivers spent more on gasoline and most of those dollars left the state. Francis said it was pretty clear the committee wasn’t interested in ...
Mathews recently led a demonstration at the home of Olympic Committee President Billy Payne. Mathews and about a dozen others marched on Mayor Maynard Jackson’s City Hall suite Feb. 11, asserting that they have 1,000 signatures on a petition against the stadium site. ...
SB 366 (Sen. Chuck Hufstetler) –strengthens the tax incentive audit process by listing state revenue sources and tax credit spending in the budget, increasing the number of annual audits, introducing a comment period after initial audit results, and creating a joint committee to consider subsequen...