Albany hotel/motel tax tied up in Fulton County political wrangling
A House Bill set to be voted on Monday will determine if Dougherty County’s hotel/motel tax will increase.
Dawson mayor defies council vote
The Dawson City Council voted 4-2 in February to stop Mayor Chris Wright from using a city-owned vehicle.
Former Lee County school board member running for Congress
Sanford Bishop is currently in his 11th term of Congress.
Graves out of 2014 Senate race
Two-term U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss is not seeing a new term in next year’s election.
Coleman: The music of politics and law
A Table With a View -- Tommy Coleman
Albany’s Tommy Coleman represents more governmental agencies than any other attorney in Georgia.
Bill to allow bigger surgery centers sparks battle
Georgia hospitals and doctors are bracing for a tough fight over legislation that would allow physician groups to build multi-service outpatient surgery centers across the state.
U.S. agency says average cost of immigrant detention $119 per day
A government agency caught in a political firestorm for releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants from detention because of budget concerns said on Thursday the cost of holding someone was more than six times that of alternative supervision methods.
City ponders next multimodal transit step
A ruling by Albany's city attorney that special tax money can't be used to build a new transit site changes the scope of the project.
Hundreds of illegal immigrants to be freed
The federal government released hundreds of illegal immigrants, including those a at South Georgia prison, due to budget pressure as automatic government spending cuts crept closer.
Outlook 2013: Dougherty, Albany officials looking to get more lean
Budget cuts are the order of the day as city and county officials consider their Fiscal Year 2014 budgets.
Albany election case to get further scrutiny
The State Elections Board asks an assistant attorney general to take another look at an Albany election issue.
Senator seeks to re-create Milton County
A senator hopes to revive one of the only two counties Georgia has dissolved.
Albany NAACP names interim leadership
The Albany-Dougherty NAACP chooses a slate of officers, including Marvin L. Jones as interim president of the organization.
POLL: Over 90 percent of Americans support gun background checks
More than 90 percent of U.S. voters supported background checks for all gun buyers, while much smaller majorities were for stricter gun control laws such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, said a poll released on Thursday.
Burke grabs senate seat
A Bainbridge doctor, businessman and author will be the next senator for District 11 after beating a former Georgia House member for the seat Tuesday.
State Politics
- Sherrod, Group takes Baker School Board gripes to attorney general 14 comments
- ROUNDUP: 70-year-old woman accidentally shot on golf course
- STATE ROUNDUP: Hearing set in Brunswick infant killing 2 comments
- Political Storm Over IRS Targeting Scandal Shifts To U.S. Congress 5 comments
- Court battle looms over Bibles in state park cabins 2 comments
- Chambliss seeks to declassify Benghazi e-mails 7 comments
- Bishop to open third congressional office
- Albany airport gets FAA reprieve 7 comments
- Online sales taxes about 'fairness,' Georgia Chamber head says 11 comments
- ROUNDUP: Riverwalk mugging victims still hospitalized; no arrests 3 comments
Local Government
- Albany Police Department in hiring mode 4 comments
- Water main rupture sends MCLB workers home Thursday 11 comments
- Firefighters hope to form rescue dive team 1 comment
- County ponders library reopening 3 comments
- Dougherty officials see budget positives 4 comments
- DCSS Transportation Committee sends items to full board 4 comments
- Bishop urges reconsideration of postal centers 16 comments
- Phipps named chief appeals judge 2 comments
- City settles with Albany Heights owners 25 comments
- Kitchen Inspections - May 19, 2013 5 comments
Local Education
- Darton launches free online math prep course
- County ponders library reopening 3 comments
- DCSS Transportation Committee sends items to full board 4 comments
- Sherrod, Group takes Baker School Board gripes to attorney general 14 comments
- Terrell leads Albany area schools in cohort graduation rates 5 comments
- Parker: Growing ATC landlocked 1 comment
- Deerfield-Windsor graduates 58 seniors 26 comments
- The Big 10: May 10-17, 2013
- On the Job with Melissa Childs 1 comment
- Dougherty School System graduates 650 students 4 comments
Blogs
- Is the city set to kill the multimodal project? 1 comment
- Commissioners bid adieu to the mayor in their own unique fashion 3 comments
- Prohibition by abstention?
- Now the fun begins 2 comments
