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Ga. House plans vote on budget

Friday, February 03, 2012

By RAY HENRY

ATLANTA -- Georgia would spend $300 million on a toll highway meant to alleviate congestion in metro Atlanta and assist farmers who say they are struggling to find enough workers following the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants under an $18.6 billion budget plan proposed Thursday by House lawmakers.
Total state spending would increase just over 1 percent under the plan adopted by the Republican-led House Appropriations Committee.
It makes relatively small changes to a proposal earlier this month from Republican Gov. Nathan Deal. House lawmakers could pass their amended plan as soon as Friday.
Republican leaders have been reluctant to seriously increase spending despite rising tax collections over the past year-and-a-half.
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Friday, February 03, 2012

ATLANTA: Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation's first nuclear plant in a generation.

If the commissioners approve the project, NRC staff would next issue the power company a license to construct and operate the facility. Southern Co. officials estimate the project will cost roughly $14 billion.
The NRC last gave a utility permission to start building a nuclear plant in 1978. The last nuclear plant to start commercial operation was the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar plant in 1996.
ATLANTA: Republican senators were split on whether to add two dollars to a fee used to enforce Georgia's Lemon Law.
Senate Bill 305 passed narrowly on Thursday by a vote of 30-19, with 11 GOP senators voting against the proposal, which they viewed as a tax hike. Currently, new car dealers collect a fee of $3 on each sale or lease. The legislation sought to raise that fee to $5.
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