Today is Sine Die, the last day of the session for the Georgia General Assembly. I'll be live-blogging this afternoon on into this evening about happenings under the Gold Dome, mainly on the House side because that is where the fireworks will happen.

Insider Advantage gives us a good idea of what is at stake today, as does the AJC.

Check back for updates later.

[11:30am] House and Senate conferees have reached an agreement on the $21.2 billion budget for FY 2009.

[11:31am] House and Senate conferees are still working on the T-SPLOST proposal. House conferees are not going to be content until they get a tax increase. The Senate will determine the fate of the T-SPLOST proposal on whether or not a tax cut agreement can be reached. Senate leaders are not going to go for both a repeal of the car ad valorem tax and a ten percent cut in the income tax. That’s not to say they oppose it philosophically, I think they may believe that it may be too much too fast. It’s still too early to tell whether we’ll get a tax cut. I’m optimistic, but a lot can go down between now and midnight.

[11:35am] The Macon Telegraph says that the future of the tax cut is dim. I blame this on House leadership. The cut proposed by Cagle is much better in terms economic impact, but Richardson and company are basically saying that it’s his way or Georgians get nothing.

[4:08pm] Georgia Carry has sent out a couple of e-mails on HB 257 and HB 89 over the last couple days. Word on the street is that HB 89 has been signed off on by conferees and will likely be passed by the legislature. I'm not entirely sure what is in it, but it'll be enough for the NRA to claim a victory.

[5:14pm] The House has passed SB 12, the Budget Act, sponsored by State Sen. David Shafer. This bill would provide for zero-based budgeting in the spending process. SB 12 passed 143 to 21.