Jerry Gunn

Hall County Democrats cleared out the weeds, cleaned the carpet, and re-opened their Athens Street office Thursday for the first time in six years according to Chairman Frank Lock.

Flowery Branch City Council Thursday night voted to go easy on small businesses by not increasing the business license fee or Occupational Tax and by matching Hall County's tax for larger businesses.

Tuesday, April 15th, is the deadline for Americans to pay their income tax, but it also marked Gainesville City Council's approval of a resolution to write off just over 195,000 in delinquent personal property tax.

The Lanier Tea Party Patriots gathered once again Saturday to protest state and federal taxes and what they consider government encroachment on constitutional rights.

A 90 unit affordable housing complex planned to locate across the street from Gainesville's Public Safety Complex got a narrow 3-2 re-zoning approval from Planning and Appeals members Tuesday evening.

A display of compressed natural gas powered vehicles at the Hall County Government Center Thursday did not persuade Hall County Commissioners to vote yes.

If Hall County Commissioners approve a code amendment and a rezoning request, Hall County farmers could grow wine grapes and produce their wine for sale and a growing private school could expand.

City officials from across Hall County and county commissioners met for dinner and a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax update Monday night and no one objected to planning for SPLOST (7) with SPLOST (6) expiring next year.

Hall County Commissioners gave consensus approval for $256,000 design of the new Hall County Sheriff's office Monday afternoon and Sheriff Gerald Couch told them he wanted to locate his new office next to the Hall County Government Center.

Confederate soldier graves were marked with the battle flag they fought under Saturday by Gainesville Sons of Confederate Veteran members and their friends in an annual effort to remember Southern dead from the American Civil War.