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The county's 2026 property tax digest, which sets the base for tax bills, saw growth reported through the spring and hundreds of appeals filed by July.
A property tax refund request tied to a Habersham County parcel owned by Michael Dumas appeared on the Board of Tax Assessors' agenda…
City commissioners have been weighing whether to add impact fees on top of water and sewer tap costs, which could raise what residents and developers pay to connect…
With the jail population outgrowing capacity, the county is looking at bond financing for a new jail after voters rejected a bond referendum for it.
The city is moving to formally amend last year's budget after code enforcement legal fees ran over what was budgeted.
The county is set to decide whether to ratify its acceptance of a federal firefighter grant that would fund ten Stryker Lifepak cardiac monitors for ambulances.
The city's proposed FY2027 budget would remove three permanent part-time firefighter jobs added earlier this year, a change that could affect fire department staffing.
The Board of Tax Assessors has been approving batches of Conservation Use Valuation Assessment applications for small properties through 2026…
The town accepted state trail funding requiring a local match and is separately funding road, drainage and bridge work on a connecting corridor using town safety funds and…
The money is meant to help build a new emergency operations facility as 911 call volumes have grown sharply over nearly two decades.
A higher property tax rate would narrow a city budget shortfall but increase what Cornelia property owners pay.
State air-quality regulators are reviewing a proposed permit amendment that would let Southern Natural Gas add a new turbine, generator and fuel heater at its Thomaston compressor station…