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#1. Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump was indicted on various charges in which state?
It’s New York.
Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.
#2. Georgia lawmakers are agreeing to a state budget that will pay full tuition for all college students receiving a ________Scholarship while boosting pay for all state and university employees and public school teachers.
It’s HOPE.
Lawmakers agreed with Gov. Brian Kemp’s plans to pay full tuition for everyone receiving a HOPE college scholarship and to give all state employees and public school teachers $2,000 raises. In the agreement, some state law enforcement officers would get $6,000, up from a $4,000 bump sought by the House.
#3. What is the significance of Sine Die in the 2023 The Georgia General Assembly?
It’s the final day of the legislative session.
On this day of the session, lawmakers are scrambling to get their passion projects to the governor’s desk — or put a stop to the measures they want defeated.
#4. In his 2023 State of the City address, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens highlighted the city’s accomplishments in his first year in office and made it clear that his priorities lie in housing, _________, public safety, and Atlanta’s youth.
It’s infrastructure.
Dickens announced, among other initiatives, that the city will begin the Moving Atlanta Forward infrastructure project this week, and it will dedicate $750 million to rebuild roads, fire stations, sidewalks, and bike paths. He also said the city has attracted $100 million in federal investments for roads, airports and transit.
#5. What is the average salary that Georgia state senators and representatives are earning?
It’s $22,342.
Georgia’s legislature has historically been a citizen legislature in which, ideally, everyday citizens — not career politicians — take part in the lawmaking process.
Some say the low pay is important to maintain the citizen legislature. Others say that the pay limits who is able to run for office to those who are independently wealthy or retired, and that the legislature isn’t representative of Georgia’s population because of it.
