ATLANTA – State Representatives David Knight (R-Griffin) and Karen Mathiak (R-Griffin), members of the Spalding County Legislative Delegation, applaud the State Election Board’s (SEB) recent decision to refer its investigation of the Spalding County Board of Elections (BOE) and its elections supervisor to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, where it will now be eligible for further action. Reps. Knight and Mathiak have been working since December to highlight election failures that occurred in Spalding County after the November elections, including calling on Attorney General Chris Carr to investigate the official conduct of the Spalding County BOE and elections supervisor at that time.
CAGLE & RALSTON: $60 Million Lifeline Sent to Georgia’s Struggling Rural Hospitals
ATLANTA, GA – Today, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle & Speaker David Ralston announced that Georgia’s Rural Hospital tax credit reached its full donation cap for the first time ever – directing $60 million in funding to our state’s 58 most financially stressed rural hospitals. This year, Lt. Governor Cagle and Speaker Ralston championed HB 769, which lifted the value of the rural hospital tax credit to 100%. This initiative followed the General Assembly’s efforts to create the tax credit with SB 258 in 2016 and SB 180 in 2017, allocating $60 million in eligible annual funding for FY 2017-2021. Continue reading “CAGLE & RALSTON: $60 Million Lifeline Sent to Georgia’s Struggling Rural Hospitals”