Alan Powell – Georgia General Assembly Report Week 3

The House successfully passed the amended fiscal year (AFY 2016) budget, or the mid-year adjustment of state spending through June 30, 2016. The amended budget, HB 750, is very similar to Governor Deal’s recommendations, consisting of $1.1 billion, or 5.3 percent, in “new” funds, bringing the total appropriation for AFY 2016 to $22.9 billion with education and transportation funds account […]

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Commerce Man Charged with Indecent Exposure

In Banks County, a Commerce man is behind bars, charged with indecent exposure and stalking. According to a report in the Athens-Banner Herald, it happened last October. Commerce Police say 31-year old Micah Deshard Parr of Pine Avenue in Commerce was arrested last week on an unrelated charge of peeping Tom. Police say Parr allegedly used a ladder to look […]

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