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The town is pursuing state funding and land for a water tank meant to improve fire protection on Hickory Nut Mountain…
The sales-tax-funded capital projects account that paid for jail repairs, HVAC and other county upgrades is set to make its last debt payment next year with…
The bonds would pay for a new county jail and be repaid through a property tax levied on all taxable property in the county.
The November 2025 referendum continues the county's 1% sales tax for six years and clears the way for bonds to build a new county jail…
After voters approved SPLOST VIII and $52 million in jail bonds last November, Habersham County commissioners have called a separate November 2026 special election…
The proposed budget raises landfill, sanitation and water/sewer fees while projecting a general fund shortfall, with a public hearing and adoption vote still ahead.
County commissioners approved a FY2025 budget that aimed to hold the tax rate flat, but a year-end review later showed spending ran nearly $2 million over the original…
The county is weighing a deal to sell $50,200,000 in general obligation bonds, debt that would ultimately be repaid by taxpayers.
The county board is set to consider a resolution authorizing a tax, if needed, to repay a $15 million school district bond.
The Franklin County Board of Education has put forward a $55.2 million General Fund budget for fiscal year 2027, which would set spending levels for the school district.
The city is lining up how to spend sales-tax revenue voters approved on projects that could affect streets, city facilities and fire equipment.
The town council approved turning the Rock House into police offices and public meeting space, but the project is now delayed because the building's septic system must be…