State lawmakers passed a budget that was about $1 billion larger than what Gov. Brian Kemp expects Georgia will collect in tax revenue next fiscal year, so he took a scalpel to their spending plan.
The fiscal year 2027 budget he signed Tuesday trims $300 million from spending that the General Assembly had added.
“They may not be happy, but they also realize we’ve got a hole in the budget that we’ve got to fix,” Kemp said, before signing House Bill 974, which will govern spending starting in July.
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