State House budget writers OK $37.5B midyear spending plan

The Georgia House Appropriations Committee approved Gov. Brian Kemp's $37.5 billion fiscal 2024 midyear budget Tuesday. With the state sitting on an unprecedented $16 billion surplus, lawmakers signed off on a $5 billion spending increase, 15.6% above the 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring. 'For the first time in several years, agencies were able to ask for 3% enhancements,'…