Legislators reveal funding for Georgia Southern-MCG partnership med school

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Legislators reveal funding for Georgia Southern-MCG partnership med school

Sen. Blake Tillery, left, the state Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, and Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, right, are seen during the Building a Better Bulloch Together luncheon, April 27, where they made some revelations about items in the budget still pending the governor’s signature. (AL HACKLE/staff)

Burns Tillery partner med school — Sen. Blake Tillery, left, the state Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, and Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, right, are seen during the Building a Better Bulloch Together luncheon, April 27, where they made some revelations about items in the budget still pending the governor’s signature. (AL HACKLE/staff)

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Updated: Apr 29, 2023, 12:42 AM

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Georgia Senate Appropriations Chairman Blake Tillery and state House Speaker Jon Burns, in Statesboro this week, revealed that money has been set aside in the state budget — still awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp's signature — to create a medical school at Georgia Southern University in partnership with Augusta University, home of the Medical College of Georgia.

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Commissioners table action on 20-year, $60 million bond to expand county jail

Projected interest cost $20M, financing only Phase 1

Courtesy of Bulloch County Public Safety / This conceptual layout by the Goodwyn Mills Cawood firm in the county facilities study blocks out Phase 1 of the Bulloch County Jail expansion as a single building containing a 160-bed men’s housing unit and a 128-bed women’s housing unit, plus an outdoor recreation area.

Jail Schematic — Courtesy of Bulloch County Public Safety / This conceptual layout by the Goodwyn Mills Cawood firm in the county facilities study blocks out Phase 1 of the Bulloch County Jail expansion as a single building containing a 160-bed men’s housing unit and a 128-bed women’s housing unit, plus an outdoor recreation area.

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Statesboro Herald

Published: May 8, 2025, 1:02 AM

After hearing a financial consultant’s recommendation on borrowing $60 million in the form of 20-year bonds for expansion of the Bulloch County Jail and repay at a cost of about $24.5 million interest over the full term or early after 10 to 12 years with about $20.8 million interest, the county commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to table a decision until their next meeting.

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