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State to address Savannah’s water woes with half-billion dollar investment
To address Savannah's looming shortage of drinking water, Gov. Brian Kemp has included $507 million in the state budget to develop a regional water system.
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Jamie Dupree: Make Jimmy Carter’s budget deficits great again
Could President-elect Trump take a lesson from Jimmy Carter on the federal deficit?
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Jamie Dupree: 2025 brings major tax fight to Capitol Hill
Congressional Republicans have a challenging task ahead — delivering on a promise to extend the 2017 tax cuts and adding the new ones Trump campaigned on.
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Jamie Dupree: Republicans struggle to get on the same page
Republicans in the U.S. House warmed up for the new year by doing what they do best — fighting with each other.
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Jamie Dupree: Democrats confront the tricky politics of age
U.S. Rep. David Scott, D-Atlanta, was one of a few senior Democrats in Congress to lose leadership positions in what appears to be a generational shift.
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Jamie Dupree: Republicans remember not all federal spending is bad
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers advanced a popular water projects bill, but for Republicans, this deal arrived at the same time GOP lawmakers are demanding deep cuts in spending.
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Jamie Dupree: Georgia Republican eyes ‘third rail’ of American politics
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick said lawmakers need to discuss changing Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare to save money.
Jamie Dupree: Donald Trump readies new GOP tack on spending
It didn’t take long for President-elect Donald Trump's plans for steep budget cuts to run into some turbulence.
Jamie Dupree: Congress treads water in lame duck
The 118th Congress is playing out its final days, and it still has unfinished business.
Jamie Dupree: The return of an important tradition
President Joe Biden met with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, a nod to governmental norms.