The Georgia House passed an amended budget on Thursday which includes billions of dollars on everything from storm relief, prisons and even the Super Bowl in 2028. This budget helps get the state through the rest of the fiscal year. If the Senate approves it, it will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for hurricane-damaged parts of this state.

Georgia’s state House wants to spend more on Hurricane Helene relief and is cutting some of Gov. Brian Kemp’s prison and construction spending proposals to do so.

The state House backed a revised $40.5 billion spending plan for this year that sets aside hundreds of millions of dollars for hurricane relief and to close security gaps in the state’s prisons. As of now,

In response to the widespread devastation of Hurricane Helene to Georgia’s farming and timber industries, several state senators filed legislation to provide relief to those impacted by the storm’s damage.