The Augusta Commission held its first and only public hearing Tuesday on the 2026 budget, which currently includes a two-mill tax increase and across-the-board cuts to services and outside groups.
Food insecurity took center stage at Tuesday’s Augusta Commission meeting, where Golden Harvest Food Bank leaders described the local fallout from the federal cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, known as SNAP.
The one in eight Georgians who rely on the government for food may have to wait for weeks to get their spending allotment on the cards they use to buy groceries.
Retired Army sergeant major Lonnie Wimberly cruised to victory Tuesday in the District 4 Augusta Commission special election.
A downturn in state tax collections predicted several months ago is starting to show up.
Grovetown city council members approved the first reading of the 2023-24 fiscal year budget on Monday, May 8.
The City of Grovetown held a public budget hearing for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Tuesday, May 2.
Giving the administrator the power to hire and fire could replace political whims with sound decisions in Augusta’s operations.
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