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State tax revenues continue to decline By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat News Service
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Led by the Mulroy Family and Alpharetta City Council Member John Hipes, residents and their furry friends celebrate the opening of a new dog park located inside Webb Bridge Park on May 5.
Webb Bridge Dog Park Opens to Public By ALEX ANTEAU newsroom@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Furry friends across Alpharetta will have a new place to beat the heat in the summer shade, with the opening of the Webb Bridge Dog Park on May 5. The new facility is nestled in a copse of trees with separate areas for large and small dogs to roam around off leash, water fountains, several
benches and can accommodate about 30 dogs at a time. The park’s entrance is also marked by the silhouette of a dog, where guests can leave dog tags to memorialize canine companions who’ve passed on. The park was the brainchild of Johns Creek couple Tim and Michele Mulroy and their rescue golden retriever Pebbles. The couple said they’ve been frequent guests at Webb Bridge Park since it opened, but began spending
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more time there during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It was about that time, we decided we wanted to do something for the park. And it started out simply with a couple of benches,” Tim Mulroy said. “And then we were like, ‘you know, we probably could go bigger than a couple of benches.’” “We wanted to give something back
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ATLANTA – Georgia tax collections continued to fall last month, dropping 1.1% compared to May of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported. With just one month remaining in the current fiscal year, tax revenues are down by 1.2% compared to the first 11 months of fiscal 2023. However, that doesn’t account for the fact the state wasn’t collecting sales taxes on gasoline and other motor fuels during the first half of the last fiscal year. As a result, the 11 months that ended May 31 saw a net decrease in tax revenues of 4.3% from fiscal 2023. Individual income tax receipts for May were down 3.3% compared to the same month last year, driven largely by a 32.9% decline in individual tax return payments. Net sales tax collections rose slightly last month, increasing by 0.4% compared to May a year ago. Corporate incomes taxes fell by 35.1% percent in May due to the combination of a 23.1% decline in payments and a huge increase of 497.5% in refunds issued by the revenue agency. With the state likely to show tax revenues down at the end of fiscal 2024 June 30, Gov. Brian Kemp has been warning of leaner times ahead. However, the $16 billion budget surplus the state has built up during the last three years should provide ample cushion to avoid major spending cuts.
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