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The county's annual Notice of Assessment looks different because of two new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly: ...
The Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority announced this week that the Dog River Recreational Complex is now ...
Capt. Riley L. Pitts died fighting in Vietnam, earning the Medal of Honor for his bravery. Nearly 60 years after his death, his children see and hear him for the first time in decades. Franklin Graham ...
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. - The Shelby County Assessor said that county Mayor Lee Harris' claims on a 20% property tax cut proposal are "simply not true." County Assessor of Property Melvin Burgess ...
Lawyers for the challengers said there was no set standard, but that Georgia lawmakers hadn’t done enough. Abha Khanna, representing challengers in two lawsuits said the new map “laundered ...
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris ... mayor says he's cutting taxes; the assessor disagrees | The Week in Politics Harris has not proposed a property tax increase in his two terms as mayor.
About a quarter million county homeowners saw their property tax spike by at least 25% in one year between 2021 and 2023, according to data released by the Cook County Assessor’s Office in early ...
DOUGLAS, Ga. (WALB) – According to recent state data, Georgia saw nearly 400,000 motor vehicle crashes in 2024, marking a 4% increase from the previous year. Nationwide, firefighters are called ...
Georgia's April tax revenue fell by 5.8% due to an extension of tax filing deadlines caused by hurricane-related disruptions, with early May receipts showing improvement. Year-to-date net tax ...
Any county that waives taxes would refund any taxes collected since Oct. 1. The state could spend $17.4 million to reimburse counties’ lost tax money. Georgia lawmakers earlier approved $285 ...
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — Douglas County High School senior Mantavius Presley, affectionately known as "LeBron," has reached an extraordinary milestone—earning $1 million in scholarship offers ...