Tax hike, budget cuts, layoffs remain on table as Augusta delays budget decision
Augusta commissioners went rounds for hours Tuesday about how to balance next year’s budget. A tax increase, budget cuts and layoffs are likely.
Broad Street funding request tops Augusta’s Tuesday agendas
Augusta commission committees will review a slate of engineering and public safety items Tuesday, including new spending tied to the Broad Street makeover, a contract to build a new fire station and millions in proposed utilities work.
New federal funds may bring Augusta veterans cemetery to life
A major federal spending bill includes $150 million for construction of state veterans cemeteries. The funds may be the answer Augusta has been searching for.
Second Webster jail pod back in SPLOST 9 as costs rise
Using prefabricated materials is making possible a second new pod at Charles B. Webster Detention Center, officials said Thursday.
Augusta set to resume talks on $434 million SPLOST 9 package
The Augusta Commission is expected to resume talks about the next special purpose, local option sales tax package at a Thursday workshop.