The House leadership plans to make a late-breaking effort to ram through a tax revision package . . .
Gov. Deal’s proposal to eliminate the sales tax on energy used in manufacturing raises some complicated issues that will have to be resolved . . .
Rep. Jay Powell introduces legislation that would put an end to the practice of diverting state fees away from their specified purpose into the general treasury . . .
Lamar Norton is recommended as the replacement for Jim Higdon as GMA’s executive director . . .
Local government lobbyists played a key role in defeating the Tea Party’s attempt to have local tax referendums held in conjunction with general elections . . .
A plurality of city officials polled by the GMA predict that the 2012 transportation tax referendums will not be approved by their region’s voters . . .
Senate administers the final defeat to legislation affecting the ability of cities to annex unincorporated “islands” of property within municipal boundaries . . .
