Georgia governor wants continued money for prison education

State budget talks begin

Gov. Nathan Deal addresses the joint House and Senate budget committees Tuesday at the statehouse in Atlanta. Deal and the state's chief fiscal economist opened a week of legislative budget hearings Tuesday by presenting Georgia's economic outlook for the next year. - photo by Associated Press

W Georgia Budget Ledb — Gov. Nathan Deal addresses the joint House and Senate budget committees Tuesday at the statehouse in Atlanta. Deal and the state's chief fiscal economist opened a week of legislative budget hearings Tuesday by presenting Georgia's economic outlook for the next year. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal asked Georgia lawmakers Tuesday to put millions more into educating state prison inmates and helping county jails provide programs that offer a chance to get job skills while serving time. Deal spoke to the General Assembly's Joint Appropriations Committee, kicking off a week of legislative hearings on his $47.5 billion spending plan for the coming financial year.

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