Is it the answer to Augusta’s future budget troubles, a one percent increase in the local sales tax? It’s called a MOST, or Municipal Option Sales Tax, and next week Augusta city leaders will give the idea some serious consideration. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

For the first time, those in Augusta can log-on and weigh in on city spending. Should taxes go up, or should services get cut? The city website is offering a budget survey for those who want to give their two cents. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Leaders of some Augusta groups are getting sick over proposed budget cuts. Arts and culture groups are going before city Commissioners, this week, making the case why they should not have their budgets slashed.

Augusta Commissioners see it as a solution to balance the budget, and to bring down property taxes: a one percent increase in the city sales tax. But, this easy way out of budget troubles could be hard to come by. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

The TEE Center has been a Commission dividing, energy sapping, time wasting battle since May, but could a settlement be in the air? Commissioner Corey Johnson says he’ll support the downtown location if the size of the center is scaled back. But, TEE Center tensions still run high. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Hotel developer warns Augusta city leaders that a planned 130-room Hyatt Place Hotel is dependent on Commissioners going ahead and building the proposed Trade Exhibit and Events Center at the approved site off Reynolds Street. Without the TEE Center it could be check out time for the hotel. Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

A mediation session between lawyers for the adult video store X-Mart and the city has been cancelled. Augusta has been able to keep the store from operating on Gordon Highway for the better part of seven years, but this doesn’t mean the X-Mart could not open its doors in a different location. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

When it comes to inner city development, and a TEE Center…better late if ever, The special Augusta Commission subcommittee formed to save the two projects has met twice and city leaders can only hope to break the current stalemate, but in the meantime, both major projects suffer. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

City Administrator Fred Russell says it’s a $6 million hole that needs to be filled. Russell presented city leaders with his recommendations for the 2010 budget.

It’s a new order for the court, as Augusta Commissioners work out a compromise for the new Judicial Center. The complex under construction will be known as the Augusta Judicial Center and Judge John H. Ruffin Court House.

City Administrator Fred Russell will present his recommendations for the 2010 budget to Commissioners, on Tuesday. Shrinking tax collections have city bean counters concerned, and to keep from losing city services, a recommendation for a tax increase is expected. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

City Administrator Fred Russell is scheduled to make his 2010 spending recommendations to Commissioners, on Tuesday. Russell and the city bean counters are still working out final figures, and at this point, a possible tax hike cannot be ruled out.

He blazed trails in Augusta’s legal community and Commissioner Corey Johnson is leading the effort to name the Judicial Center for Judge John Ruffin, but this big honor could create a a big blow up. Fresh on the heels of the deep divide over the TEE Center, the naming has Commissioners again at odds. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

In a day and age when people are being encouraged to take public transit critics of the Augusta’s bus system say it is user unfriendly. The problems they say are trashy places to wait and no info to get you where you are going. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Augusta’s Legal Department says it is laying down the law, not Commissioners.