Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:28 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:28:33 GMT
Crews are working to finish installing the solar panels.
In just a few months the city of Ashburn will be one of the only cities in the country to have their water system primarily powered by solar panels. It's a project that will save the city thousands of dollars.More >>
In just a few months the city of Ashburn will be one of the only cities in the country to have their water system primarily powered by solar panels. It's a project that will save the city thousands of dollars.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:17 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:17:14 GMT
Right now, American Red Cross volunteers are at work in Oklahoma staffing shelters and serving meals and helping tornado survivors put their lives back together. We all know the Red Cross is there duringMore >>
We all know the Red Cross is there during big disasters like the tornado in Oklahoma. But the emergency to which they respond most is a house fire, and they desperately need volunteers to help.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:02 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:02:02 GMT
The Albany Police Depart is engaged in a recruitment campaign to get its officer corps up to full strength. APD is budgeted for 214 officers, and right now is about 20 officers short of that level, andMore >>
The Albany Police Depart is engaged in a recruitment campaign to get its officer corps up to full strength. APD offers the training program for people who do not already have POST certification. Starting salary for a rookie officer is over $33,000 annually.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:55 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:55:33 GMT
The city has settled a lawsuit over more than $2 million in unpaid federal loans owed by the owners of Albany Heights. City attorney Nathan Davis announced that the city had accepted a deed and $110,000More >>
The city has settled a lawsuit over more than $2 million in unpaid federal loans owed by the owners of Albany Heights.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 4:52 PM EDT2013-05-22 20:52:29 GMT
An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits. He said that two people brokeMore >>
An Albany man is trying to get his stolen property returned, after it was taken from his Cumberland Lane home Tuesday, and his camera got a partial look at the culprits.More >>
October 23, 2007
Albany -- Washington lobbyists are rallying South Georgians to speak out against the inheritance tax, which they refer to as the "death tax."
Studies say that ten of millions of American jobs are lost when family owned farms and businesses are shut down or sold.
The American Family Business Institute says the federal estate tax targets family owned business, especially the family farm, forcing the second generation family members to sell the business to pay the 45% tax rate.
The "Death Tax" is scheduled to end in 2010, but be reinstated one year later. Opponents say the vast majority of people want the death tax to stay dead, and are asking them to tell their legislators.
"But the overwhelming number of the American people in their own court of opinions and values say the death tax is wrong," says American Family Business Institute President Dick Patten.
Half of all Georgia jobs come from family owned business. Lobbyists say the United States has the highest estate tax in the world, and is responsible for the loss of nearly 200,000 potential jobs each year.
See what the American Family Institute says about the death tax.
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