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Kemp signs legislation to cut income taxes and reduce homeowner property tax increases

Gov. Brian Kemp selects a pen to sign tax legislation at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, May 11, with wife Marty by his side. House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, watches to her left, as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican candidate for governor, stands to the governor's right. (TY TAGAMI/Capitol Beat)

Kemp signs.jpeg — Gov. Brian Kemp selects a pen to sign tax legislation at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, May 11, with wife Marty by his side. House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, watches to her left, as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican candidate for governor, stands to the governor's right. (TY TAGAMI/Capitol Beat)

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers started the year with talk of eliminating both the state income tax and the property tax for homeowners.