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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 25 - February 2024

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The Georgia State Capitol hallways and hoppers continued to overflow on Thursday. Law Enforcement Day at the Capitol converged with an onslaught of hundreds of charter school students to fill the People’s House with Georgians...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Governor Signs Medicaid Expansion Bill, House Releases Budget Bill

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Gov. Roy Cooper this week signed the health care bill that could expand Medicaid coverage, the House released its budget bill, and the House passed the sports wagering bill. Medicaid Expansion - Gov. Cooper on Monday...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Governor Proposes Budget, Senate Passes Medicaid Expansion Deal

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Gov. Roy Cooper this week sent his budget recommendations to the General Assembly and the Senate passed the health care bill that would expand Medicaid coverage. Governor’s Budget Proposal - Gov. Cooper unveiled his...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Legislators Announce Medicaid Expansion Deal

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Legislative leaders this week announced an agreement on Medicaid expansion in addition to continuing work on the state budget bill and considering other bills. Medicaid Expansion - If enacted, the agreement to expand...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - July 2022 #2

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After considering its provisions for 10 days as provided in the North Carolina Constitution, Gov. Roy Cooper signed the budget bill into law today. This is the second consecutive budget he has signed after vetoing prior...more

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Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - June 2022 #4

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Legislators continued work on the budget bill this week and considered bills on a number of topics including sports wagering and Medicaid expansion. State Budget Bill With July 1 and the beginning of FY 23 approaching,...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 21 2022

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Beginning the downhill slide into the second half of the 2022 Legislative Session on Monday, the Georgia State Senate spent its morning discussing the Second Amendment while the House discussed divesting any Russian assets...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 19 2022

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The General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for Legislative Day 19 on Twos-day (2/22/22) with multiple measures up for consideration in each chamber. The House approved a number of health-related propositions,...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 13 2022

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The House Chamber was filled with black robes (and maybe a nervous member or two) as the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals assembled for the annual State of the Judiciary Address on Tuesday. ...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 9 2022

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The General Assembly got back to work on Tuesday with a slate full of committee meetings to advance bills and resolutions through the legislative gauntlet. But before legislators receded into the meeting rooms in the State...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 5 2022

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The floors of the House and Senate were unusually active on Monday compared to a typical Fifth Legislative Day. Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) welcomed Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to address his chamber amidst the...more

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Gold Dome Report — Sine Die Wrap-Up

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Just after midnight, the 2021 Legislative Session concluded with many legislative measures sneaking in under the wire—and many others lying dead on the House and Senate floors. The House and Senate compromise on the FY22...more

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Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 39

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As expected (and feared), March madness has engulfed the State Capitol as legislators press to pass measures on the penultimate day of the 2021 Legislative Session. From late-arriving Rules Committee substitutes and...more

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Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 36

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The General Assembly kicked off the penultimate week of the 2021 Legislative Session early this morning with a number of committee meetings preceding early afternoon convenings of both chambers. Perhaps the most watched of...more

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Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 30

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Work was swift today in both chambers as lawmakers adjourned quickly in an effort to move to committee discussions on pending legislation. Deliberations are intensifying on HB 81, the proposed spending plan for the state’s FY...more

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Gold Dome Report - March 2020 #2

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Roadrunners, Hawks, Mariners, and other big-headed mascots flocked to the Capitol atrium today for Georgia State College Day at the Capitol, and House and Senate members also had education on their minds. ...more

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Gold Dome Report - February 2020 #12

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With visions of getting out of Atlanta and back to their home districts before traffic set in, legislators worked quickly today to put a cap on a full legislative week. ...more

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Gold Dome Report - January 2020 #8

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After five Legislative Days filled mostly with recognitions and points of personal privilege, the State Senate kicked off floor debate today with its first Rules Calendar of the 2020 Legislative Session. ...more

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Gold Dome Report - February 2019 #10

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After a long President’s Day Weekend, legislators returned to the State Capitol today and got right to work. After the Senate Appropriations Committee started the day by adopting their own version of the Amended FY 2019...more

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Gold Dome Report - February 2019 #3

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Although today marked just the tenth legislative day under the Gold Dome, the end of the 2019 Legislative Session is already in sight. Adopting HR 152, the House and Senate agreed to adjourn sine die on April 2, setting up...more

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Connecticut Enacts Law to Limit Automatic Prescription Refills for Medicaid Beneficiaries

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On June 1, 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 18-77 “An Act Limiting Auto Refills of Prescription Drugs Covered Under the Medicaid Program and Requiring the Commissioner of Social Services...more

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2018-19 New York State Healthcare Budget

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In the wee hours of the morning on March 30, almost two days ahead of the April 1 deadline, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a $168.3 billion State Budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. ...more

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Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #7

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Tax reform came to Georgia today with Governor Nathan Deal announcing the State’s response to last year’s federal tax reform. HB 918, carried by Deal’s floor leader Rep. Chuck Efstration (R-Dacula), allows Georgia taxpayers...more

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