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Tax Day in Augusta: What the Affordability Debate Refuses to See

Why the latest tax cuts feel small, why the pressure remains, and why race belongs in the center of the story rather than the margins

04/15/2026

Political cartoon illustrating Augusta charter review stalled process, Guest Op-Ed by Gayla Keesee League of Women Voters

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Special Guest Op-Ed from Gayla Keesee of the League of Women Voters: Augusta’s Charter Effort Stalled — What Happened and Where We Go From Here

Guest Editorial by Galya Keesee, Ph.D. – Co-President, League of Women Voters of the CSRA Georgia lawmakers worked into the final hours of the legislative

04/07/2026

19th century political cartoon showing Augusta charter reform being destroyed by political interests at the Georgia General Assembly

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🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – Who Killed Augusta’s Charter? A Reform Effort Dies Under Political Pressure

by Simone Raines After months of work and a promise to keep politics out of the process, Augusta’s charter reform effort ended not with a

04/07/2026

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Augusta Is One Body: How Division Still Shapes the City

Deaconess Ruth Byllesby’s work in Augusta’s Harrisburg neighborhood offers a model of unity in a city shaped by division. by Charles Rollins – Publisher On

03/31/2026

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🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – The Charter Wasn’t Just Rushed—It Was Reclaimed

Notes from Inside Augusta’s Political Garden Wait, wait, wait, I thought we were keeping politics out of this… By Simone Raines Augusta, GA – If

03/24/2026

19th century political cartoon illustrating Augusta charter reform conflict, showing corruption, power struggle, and government control themes

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Augusta’s Charter Rewrite Was Supposed to Be Independent. It Wasn’t.

by Charles Rollins, Publisher Augusta, GA – A citizen-led reform effort has been overtaken—and the result may reshape who holds power in Augusta for decades

03/24/2026

Editorials

The Lawsuits Are Dead. The Politics Are Just Getting Started in Columbia County

A judge closed the cases. The county’s lawyer opened the campaign Opinion | Political Analysis Karin Parham, Editor Columbia County, GA – Before last week,

03/23/2026

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🌺 UNDER THE AZALEAS 🌺 – The Curious Urgency of Augusta’s 2026 Charter Vote

The new charter will pass eventually. So why abandon the process to force it onto the ballot now? By Simone Raines Why does it matter

03/13/2026

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Denied, Delayed, Then Undercut: How Augusta Retaliated Against an Open Records Request

Garden City Gossip requested the Cherry Bekaert audit in January. The city refused. Weeks later, multiple outlets reported the document’s findings before the report was

03/13/2026

Public meeting on Columbia County data center rezoning in Harlem Georgia

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See You At The Polls: Lawsuit, Data Centers, and Elections Collide in Columbia County

A resident’s lawsuit challenging approvals for the White Oak Technology Park and Pumpkin Center data center campus lands in court as frustration over growth spills

03/09/2026

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