Articles on the House budget from around Georgia

Combing the newspapers from around the state this morning, we stumbled on a few articles about the passage of the budget in the House yesterday. Of course, we are looking for any mention of our issues - if you read anything about Unlock or other disability issues, let us know by sending us a COMMENT through the link at the bottom of this entry.

The AccessNorthGa.com paper picked up on an AP story that said:

House lawmakers also provided $10 million to help 750 mentally retarded and disabled people receive services. That's almost double the $5.3 million proposed by Perdue.

They actually provided $12.040,329 for 1,500 services that will go to around 1,300 people. We also can't forget the huge step made with the ICWP so far - the House went from zero slots recommended by the Governor to 152 slots in their budget! We really appreciate the coverage and interest in our issue though from the AP...Any press is (usually) good press!

NANCY BADERTSCHER with the ACJ decided to focus on raises in salaries directed toward teachers, prison guards and other state employees - leaving no room for other issues in her article, House budget has largest raise in four years for state workers.

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