Augusta commissioners approve reduced $375M SPLOST 9 plan

After hours of debate, Augusta commissioners approved a scaled-back SPLOST 9 package, trimming millions off the original ...
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21-year-old Ft. Valley State University student, Augusta native running for commissioner

A 21-year-old Fort Valley State University student and Augusta native is running for the Augusta Commission after losing ...
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Augusta leaders finalize SPLOST 9, adding projects

In the end, city leaders added $50 million in projects for a final package of $375 million for voters to approve. It does ...
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Augusta leaders hope 375 million dollar SPLOST package is on the number

Augusta commissioners have approved a 375 million dollar SPLOST package the costliest in city history will voters support it ...
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Early in the new year some want to revisit Augusta budget

Just a few hours into the new budget year concerns about cuts have residents raising concerns and some commissioners saying ...
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Augusta commission forces out Interim Administrator; Finance, Procurement directors

AUGUSTA, Ga (WJBF) – Takiyah Douse started this day as Interim City Administrator, and ended it no longer working for the city as commissioners accepted her forced resignation. “It was definitely not ...
Billings Gazette

Racial gridlock hogties Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The signs labeled "white" and "colored" came down long ago from the water fountains outside the chambers of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission. But the merger six years ago of ...