Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will emphasize relief efforts for Hurricane Helene and attempts to limit lawsuit verdicts in the 2025 state legislative session. The second-term Republican provided no details of his plan in a Tuesday speech to members of the General Assembly gathered in Athens at the University of Georgia.
The second-term Republican provided no details of his plan in a speech to members of the General Assembly gathered in Athens at the University of Georgia , but he did say he would propose both legal changes and new spending to address Helene, which cut a“With a path that was hundreds of mile wide, responding to the impacts of Hurricane Helene and providing relief to those most affected must be our top priority,” Kemp told lawmakers.
Burns, whose family owns timber property, said wildfires would be a risk to all members of the public by next summer “if we don’t do something about helping those landowners clean up some of those disaster areas.”Kemp and Burns both urged members of Congress to act on federal aid for affected states. Kemp has asked Congress to allot $12.2 billion for Georgia, which state government would mostly disburse.
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