by Walter Jones | May 3, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – The Board of Regents may be boosting tuition by 9 percent this year at the state’s major universities while the overall economy’s inflation rate is essentially zero, but the University System of Georgia is trying to find less...
by Walter Jones | May 1, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Volvo Cars and other industrial prospects shouldn’t be afraid of losing tax breaks as political retribution just because Delta Air Lines lost its fuel sales-tax exemption, Gov. Nathan Deal said Wednesday. Georgia is competing with South...
by Walter Jones | Apr 30, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Members of the Georgia Education Reform Commission met Tuesday to consider ways to give local school boards more discretion in how they spend billions of dollars in state taxpayer appropriations. Funding is currently based on a complex formula...
by Walter Jones | Apr 29, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – The new tax on hotel and motel stays will drain away more than $200 million in business from the lodging industry, and the biggest impact will be outside of Atlanta, according to industry economists. Lawmakers voted to add a tax of $5 per night to...
by Walter Jones | Apr 23, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Georgia social workers charged with overseeing the safety of foster children are getting increasingly behind in their paperwork, making it difficult for managers and the public to ensure they are doing the job, according to a state audit. A report...
