Local Elections
Candidate qualifying this week for 2022 elections
Candidates for state and local offices will qualify this week to run for office. The 2022 candidate qualifying period is officially March 7–11. Qualifying hours […]
BOC
General
Henry County BOC approves 8.5% pay raise for county employees
The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved an 8.5% employee pay raise at the March 1, 2022 Commission meeting. The increase will be applied retroactively […]
Stockbridge
Henry County hires firm for state route 138 CID feasibility study
Henry County approved an agreement earlier this month with Nickel Works Consulting, LLC to complete a state route 138 CID feasibility study. Nickel Works Consulting […]
Local Elections
Proposed Henry County Districts pass Georgia General Assembly
The proposed Henry County commission and school board districts passed the state house on Thursday morning, February 17. They passed the state senate earlier in […]
GA General Assembly
State Senators introduce proposed County Commission districts
State Senators Emanuel Jones and Brian Strickland introduced legislation on Monday, February 7, to amend the county commission districts. Districts must be redrawn to balance […]
General
Henry County seeking design team for new judicial complex
Henry County recently posted a request for qualifications (RFQ) seeking a design team or architect for the new judicial complex. Board members voted last spring […]
Meetings This Week
Henry Minutes February 3, 2022
In today’s Henry Minutes, I provide updates from the February 1 board of commissioners meeting. They include the bid award for renovations at Cochran Park […]
General
Henry County has 300+ vacancies among ongoing pay raise discussion
Henry County commissioners continued discussion about a pay raise for county staff during their February 1 meeting. Discussion began in December about the pay raise. […]
People
Commissioner Greg Cannon resigns from board of commissioners
Commissioner Greg Cannon resigned from the Henry County Board of Commissioners effective immediately, February 1, 2022. Cannon announced his resignation at the start of the […]
Eagles Landing
Henry County to decide three townhome proposals Wednesday night
The Henry County commissioners will hold their next meeting on Wednesday, January 19. During the meeting, the board will consider three rezoning requests for townhome […]