Gov. Kemp signs $27.3B state budget, will block police raises
Jeff Amy, Associated Press
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp during recorded address April 7, 2021.
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 2022 Georgia state budget that restores some money to K-12 education, increases some mental health funding, and pays nursing home operators more.
However, the Republican governor is telling agencies not to increase salaries for some state troopers and game wardens by creating new ranks, saying it would create inequity with other law enforcement personnel.
The plan spends $27.3 billion in state money and $22.5 billion in federal and other money in the year starting July 1, for total spending of nearly $50 billion.