Georgia State Income Taxes News

George Packer: The debt-ceiling fight continues.Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:02PMIn the midst of the debt crisis in Washington, D.C., Danny Hartzell backed a Budget rental truck up to a no-frills apartment building that is on a strip of motels and pawnshops in Tampa, Florida. He had been laid off by a packaging plant during the financial crisis of . . .

Tax reform: Will Deal get into the game?Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:26PMNathan Deal stayed mostly on the sidelines this year when legislators scrimmaged over tax reform. But the governor must be a key player if there is to be much hope of movement on the issue in the 2012 General Assembly. Georgia’s tax code is a oddball quilt of levies, exemptions and exclusions. Many of them no longer make sense — if they ever did. Some of its features at least arguably make it ...

Letters to the Editor: July 16, 2011Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:00PMHere are letters to the editor from recent editions of the Daily News

Meredith Whitney Loses Credibility as Municipal Debt Defaults Plummet 60%Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:17AMTime is running out on the credibility of Meredith Whitney, who has yet to acknowledge that her eight-month-old prediction of widespread defaults this year in the market for state and local government debt is proving unfounded.

Candidates’ experience runs gamut in state Senate raceWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:01PMATLANTA -- State Capitol veteran David Lucas is battling Miriam Paris, the immediate past president of Macon City Council, and Bobby Gale, an Irwinton minister, in a state Senate special election Tuesday.