Monday, June 28, 2010

Fixing State Finances A Tough Job For Next Governor

By James Salzer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
June 27, 2010

Nursing sickly state finances back to health will be a monumental job for the next governor.

The governor elected this fall will probably have to order a new round of budget cuts as soon as he or she takes office. The governor will have to put together a spending plan for next year that is already projected to have a $1 billion to $2 billion hole.

The governor will have to decide whether to back a tax code rewritten by a commission this fall. And the governor will have to help change the popular HOPE scholarship program to make it financially viable in the future.

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