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Kemp will hand out up to $1.2B in cash to poorer Georgians

FILE - Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams answers questions from the crowd as she speaks during a visit to the Mack Gaston Community Center in Dalton, Ga., Friday, July 29, 2022. On Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, Abrams accused Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of trying to buy votes with a plan to make $350 payments to more than 3 million Georgians who benefit from Medicaid, subsidized child health insurance, food stamps or cash welfare. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at The Neighborhood Lot on Friday, July 29, 2022, in McDonough, Ga. On Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, Kemp announced he would use federal COVID-19 relief money to make $350 payments to more than 3 million Georgians who benefit from Medicaid, subsidized child health insurance, food stamps or cash welfare. (AP Photo/Megan Varner, File)
Kemp will hand out up to $1.2B in cash to poorer Georgians