Bottoms announces transition team, priorities – WSB-TV

Bottoms announces transition team, priorities  WSB-TV

The work for Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms has just begun. ATLANTA — The work for Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms has just begun. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] She is focusing on issues, including the cost of living, expanding access to quality health care and investing in education. “We want to make sure people across the state of Georgia are heard from our rural communities to our urban centers are heard,” Bottoms said Friday. She introduced her transition team, which will include Arthur Blank, Jason Carter, Tyler Perry and a slate of veterans of state and Atlanta city government. But Channel 2’s Richard Elliot reports a new state report shows that the governor-elect and Democrats will face a substantially different budget than the one Republicans had.

The governor-elect is committed to Medicaid expansion, something that will be made more tricky now that there is a dwindling budget surplus. Bottoms walked into the State Capitol to applause from her supporters Friday morning. She laid out some of her legislative plans, including a commitment to overturn Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, though she concedes it may not happen this year. While Democrats control the House, Republicans still control the Senate. “With the guidance of Leader Jones and Leader Hugley, if we see a pathway to do something about it