The Decide DeKalb Development Authority board met Feb. 13 and approved a $4 million budget for Fiscal Year 2025, an approximately $600,000 increase over the previous year's budget.

The DeKalb County Board of Education is moving forward with plans to build a new Smithville Elementary School after voting to ...

Alabama lawmakers say they want to give more money to schools that are enrolling more English learners, students with disabilities, and students from poor and rural areas. But with the ...

If legislators act quickly on recommendations from a school funding commission, changes to the state's current formula could come as soon as 2026.

Right now, the average household in DeKalb County pays about $70 a month for water. Under the proposal, that bill would jump by $7 in the first year and could double by 2034. County officials say the ...

Alive's Rarione Maniece reports.

“Property taxes are local, not state. So we’d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County leaders say they’re trying to protect homeowners from paying higher taxes by opting ...

Augusta leaders held a public input session on the homestead exemption property tax cap. But not many commissioners were there for the whole time.

Georgia cities, counties and school districts are scrambling to meet a March 1 deadline for deciding whether to opt out of a ...

Georgia lawmakers may extend the deadline for local governments to opt out of a property tax cap until 2029, easing pressure ...