Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
President Trump's federal emergency declaration for Georgia authorizes FEMA funding at 75% for emergency protective measures in 76 counties, including Fulton County, as Alpharetta and Milton deal with power outages and downed trees from Hurricane Isaias.
Local Government
President Trump's federal emergency declaration for Georgia authorizes FEMA funding at 75% for emergency protective measures in 76 counties, including Fulton County, as Alpharetta and Milton deal with power outages and downed trees from Hurricane Isaias.
President Trump's federal emergency declaration for Georgia authorizes FEMA funding at 75% for emergency protective measures in 76 counties, including Fulton County, as Alpharetta and Milton deal with power outages and downed trees from Hurricane Isaias.
Local Government
The Alpharetta City Council unanimously approved an $822K road-resurfacing grant, a $150K HVAC replacement at Wills Park and a fire prevention ordinance at its Aug. 3 meeting, while directing residents to the Aug. 6 Planning Commission hearing on the North Point NHL arena proposal.
Local Government
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted Aug. 3 to place a 0.75% TSPLOST renewal on the Nov. 3 ballot, with the five-year, $653 million transportation tax directly affecting Alpharetta and Milton shoppers and road projects.
Local Government
Milton City Council voted Monday, August 3, to send its 2026 Comprehensive Plan Update to the state for review, advancing a blueprint that shapes growth, rural character, and the Destination Deerfield corridor through 2031.
Local Government
Milton's City Council votes Monday evening on three consent-agenda contracts totaling about $145,000: a master plan for the Destination Deerfield commercial corridor, structural repairs to the historic McConnell-Chadwick House, and a bridge repair analysis for the weight-restricted Thompson Road bridge.
Local Government
North Fulton Commissioner Bob Ellis rebutted Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens' July 30 letter attacking the county's $1.3 billion jail plan and demanding reversal of its TAD opt-out vote, with state Rep. Chuck Martin (R-Alpharetta) cited as holding legal opinions backing the county's position.
Local Government
Fulton County placed ninth nationally in the 2026 Digital Counties Survey, a recognition of technology upgrades that affect how Alpharetta and Milton residents access property tax payments, permits, courts, and other county services online.
Local Government
The City of Milton is mailing postcards to 4,000 randomly selected households inviting them to complete the National Community Survey, a biennial tool whose results will help guide city budgeting and service decisions.
Local Government
The Fulton County Board of Education holds a special called meeting Thursday, July 30, including a closed executive session and a called board meeting, four days before the 2026-27 school year begins Monday, August 3.
Local Government
A single-employee bottleneck in Fulton County's mapping system has left 292 land packages unprocessed and the 2026 tax digest incomplete, prompting Milton to join a county court petition for interim tax collection and Alpharetta to consider the same, with a Superior Court hearing set for 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 4.
Local Government
Mid Broadwell Road in Alpharetta is scheduled to reopen to through traffic Sunday, July 26, 2026, after a two-month closure for culvert replacement and new sidewalk installation near Jennifer Oaks Drive.
Local Government
Fulton County's 4-1 vote on July 15 to opt out of Atlanta's proposed Tax Allocation District extension keeps roughly $53 million a year in property tax revenue available for county services, a decision co-sponsored by North Fulton's own Commissioner Bob Ellis.
Local Government
McGinnis Ferry Road is fully closed 24/7 through Sunday, July 26, between Sargent Road and Jones Bridge Road for a storm pipe replacement, with detours routed via Sargent Road and Jones Bridge Road as part of the $44 million widening project.
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