Senate passes a very watered-down version of a bill originally intended to stop the diversion of fees into unrelated budget areas . . .
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle bypasses Chip Rogers and Tommie Williams in appointing senators to the conference committee on the state budget . . .
A bill intended to stop fee diversions, which has been greatly watered down, is approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee . . .
Legislation introduced in the Senate would require polluters to pay for the monitoring of water quality after toxic spills into waterways . . .
The Senate Appropriations Committee gives quick and unanimous approval to the amended state budget for the current fiscal year, with a vote on the Senate floor planned for Thursday . . .
House and Senate appropriations committee members kick off hearings on the proposed state budget for fiscal year 2013 . . .
South Georgia legislators are unhappy with how the EPD handled a chemical discharge into the Ogeechee River and want to bring in an independent monitor . . .
The Senate Appropriations Committee will vote next Monday morning on the $18.2 billion state budget, according to Chairman Jack Hill . . .
