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Senate majority leader indicates little interest in bill to protect Okefenokee from mining

Senate majority leader indicates little interest in bill to protect Okefenokee from mining

FromPolitically Georgia


Senate majority leader indicates little interest in bill to protect Okefenokee from mining

FromPolitically Georgia

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch joins the podcast to describe the measures still on the table on the final day of the session.  
 
He indicated the state Senate would likely not take up a measure the House passed overwhelmingly to protect the Okefenokee Swamp. He also said he prefers Governor Kemp’s limited expansion of Medicaid to a measure Democrats tried to pass that would allow a full expansion of the government program. 
 
On the other side of the aisle, Senate minority leader Gloria Butler responds to Gooch’s comments and adds that she thinks rejection of a measure to pass a full expansion of Medicaid is one of the biggest failures of the session. 
 
 
LINK TO TOPICS 
Bill to protect Okefenokee from mining is at crossroads 
AJC calls for protection of swamp from mining 
Bill for full expansion of Medicaid narrowly fails in committee 
  
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CREDITS  
Executive Producer- Shane Backler 
Producer- Natalie Mendenhall 
Engineer- Matt McWilliams 
Editor- Devan Kortan 
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Released:
Mar 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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