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Georgia Senate focuses on tax breaks, the mentally ill in mid-year budget
Legislative session
Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, discusses House Bill 973 on the Senate Floor at the Georgia Capitol on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. This legislation is the amended fiscal year 2026 state budget (Ashtin Barker/Capitol Beat)
ATLANTA — Taxpayers, rural drivers and the mentally ill were among the winners in the mid-year budget adopted by the Georgia Senate on Friday.