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State Tax Revenues Down 0.1% in February Advocacy

State Tax Revenues Down 0.1% in February

The State of Georgia’s net tax collections in the month of February totaled $2.12 billion, for a decrease of $2.4 million, or 0.1%, compared to February 2025, when net tax collections approached $2.13 billion for the month. Year-to-date, net tax revenue collections through eight months totaled roughly $21.88 billion, for an increase of 343.2 million, or 1.6%, compared to FY…
March 10, 2026
Choose Macon in Action: From the Gold Dome to the Freight Depot Chamber NewsAdvocacy

Choose Macon in Action: From the Gold Dome to the Freight Depot

As the sun began to rise on February 19, buses filled quietly in Macon. Coffee in hand and conversations still low, seasoned business leaders and the next generation of changemakers boarded together with a shared understanding: the decisions made under the Gold Dome would ripple back home. There is something incredibly powerful about watching the next generation of leaders board…
February 23, 2026
Sen. Larry Walker: Weeks Two & Three Under the Gold Dome Advocacy

Sen. Larry Walker: Weeks Two & Three Under the Gold Dome

We are now well into the 2026 Legislative Session, and our work under the Gold Dome is moving quickly. Even with winter weather trying to slow things down, the Senate stayed on track thanks to the swift and tireless efforts of our first responders, linemen, National Guard members and Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) crews. Their dedication and professionalism kept…
February 5, 2026
Sen. Larry Walker, III Elected President Pro Tempore of Georgia State Senate Advocacy

Sen. Larry Walker, III Elected President Pro Tempore of Georgia State Senate

Today, Sen. Larry Walker, III (R–Perry) was unanimously elected by his colleagues to serve as President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate. “I am honored by the trust my fellow senators have placed in me to help lead the Georgia Senate,” said Sen. Walker. “We must keep Georgia on a path that rewards hard work, lives within its means…
January 13, 2026
Georgia General Assembly Kicks Off ’26 Session Focused on Affordability & Taxes Advocacy

Georgia General Assembly Kicks Off ’26 Session Focused on Affordability & Taxes

Lawmakers, lobbyists and protesters swarmed to the Georgia Capitol on Monday, the first day of the annual legislative session in a crucial election year. State senators and representatives — several of whom are running for higher office — pitched ambitious agendas for tax cuts, a cellphone ban in high schools and affordability before voters weigh in during elections later this year. By the end of…
January 13, 2026
Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Hosts Final Macon & Eggs Program of 2025 AdvocacyChamber News

Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce Hosts Final Macon & Eggs Program of 2025

The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce hosted its final 2025 Macon & Eggs: Federal Program on Wednesday, December 10, at 8:30 a.m. in the Anderson Dining Room at Wesleyan College, located at 4760 Forsyth Road in Macon. This quarter’s program featured a focused discussion on “Building a Stronger Economic Union” with Christopher Stallings, Associate Administrator of the U.S. Small Business…
December 12, 2025
Greater Macon Chamber Joins Georgia Historical Society to Commemorate Over a Century of Georgia Chamber Advocacy AdvocacyAwardsChamber News

Greater Macon Chamber Joins Georgia Historical Society to Commemorate Over a Century of Georgia Chamber Advocacy

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Historical Society recently commemorated a key moment in Georgia’s business legacy with the unveiling of a new historical marker outside the Macon City Auditorium. This marker recognizes the origins of the Georgia Chamber, whose first Board of Directors meeting was held nearby at Macon’s Hotel Dempsey on September 16, 1913. The Chamber…
May 15, 2025
Reps. Austin Scott, Sanford Bishop, Senators Jon Ossoff, and Rev. Warnock Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Establish Ocmulgee Mounds as Georgia’s First National Park & Preserve AdvocacyChamber NewsCommunity News

Reps. Austin Scott, Sanford Bishop, Senators Jon Ossoff, and Rev. Warnock Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Establish Ocmulgee Mounds as Georgia’s First National Park & Preserve

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Austin Scott (GA-08) and Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), alongside U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, reintroduced the bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve Establishment Act, which would establish the Ocmulgee Mounds and surrounding areas in Middle Georgia as Georgia's first National Park and Preserve."Establishing the Ocmulgee Mounds and surrounding areas as Georgia's first National…
March 27, 2025
Reflecting on Macon Day in Atlanta – United Advocacy for Macon-Bibb AdvocacyChamber News

Reflecting on Macon Day in Atlanta – United Advocacy for Macon-Bibb

Dear Greater Macon Chamber Members, Community Leaders, and Stakeholders, We had the pleasure of hosting Macon Day in Atlanta concurrent with the 2024 Georgia General Assembly session last month. Our day kicked off with the "Macon & Eggs" breakfast, followed by a visit to the Gold Dome, where our 2024 Leadership class was recognized on the floor of the Georgia…
February 28, 2024