By Sen. Lee Hawkins
ATLANTA (Feb. 1, 2010) – The Georgia General Assembly is in the first few weeks of the 2010 Legislative Session, and we are already working to tackle the big issues we’ll face this year. Of course, balancing the state budget will be our most important and difficult task, as state revenues continue to decline and the governor has projected a $1.4 billion shortfall for the Fiscal Year 2010 budget. He’s proposed a $15.5 billion spending plan in state general funds for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June 30. Right now, the FY11 budget stands at $16.8 billion.
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