The beginning of July marks the start of the fiscal year in Georgia and also marks the date that new Georgia laws go into effect.

ATLANTA — July 1 marks a major day in Georgia, as over 100 new laws will go into effect. These laws will impact areas such as ...

House and Senate Republicans are taking slightly different approaches when it comes to the tax cuts that lawmakers are ...

July 1 is the start of the fiscal year in the state of Georgia and it is also when the majority of new Georgia laws go into ...

Georgia uses the block grant to fund the Childcare and Parent Services program, or CAPS. Of all of the income-eligible families in the state, only 15% receive scholarships through the program. And ...

Child poverty spiked by 41 percent in January after Biden benefit program expired, study finds. The White House was unable to extend an expansion in the Child Tax Credit amid pushback from Sen ...

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" could make it harder to claim a low-income tax credit. If enacted as written, the House-approved measure would require precertification for each qualifying child ...

House Bill 2, dubbed the Missouri Child Tax Credit, seeks to establish a state-level child tax credit modeled after the temporary 2021 federal expansion under the Biden-Harris administration. That ...

Sarah Pombert, 34, and Joseph Turner, 35, were arrested on charges of child cruelty on June 2. The Georgia couple has been accused of leaving three-year-old Bjorn Turner in a shed for weeks ...

Georgia released its revised 2025 withholding methods, dated April 2025, on June 1. The state decreased its flat income tax rate to 5.19%, from 5.39%, effective July 1 and retroactive to Jan. 1.