GA General Assembly
State Senate Makes Changes to Truck Weight Limit Bill
The Georgia General Assembly is in the home stretch — only two days remain this year — and the truck weight limit bill moved one […]
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New Authorities Would Expand the County’s Methods to Fund Projects
Local legislators introduced bills on Monday, March 20, to create two new local authorities. They are the Henry County Facilities Authority and Henry County Airport […]
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Update: Legislators Introducing Hampton Homestead Bills
On March 9, MHF News reported that two bills creating a homestead exemption within Hampton had been introduced. Since then, senators introduced another three bills. […]
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Local Officials Celebrate Henry County Day at the Capitol 2023
Local officials, state assembly members and community members gathered at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday, March 15, for Henry County Day at the Capitol […]
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Crossover Day: House Approved Higher Weight Limits for Trucks
In the late hours on Monday night, the Georgia House approved higher truck weight limits. The bill now crosses over to the senate for consideration. […]
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Bill Would Empower High Growth School Districts To Levy Impact Fees
Should local school districts be able to levy impact fees to help pay for new schools? A proposed constitutional amendment and associated bill seeks to […]
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Bills Would Take Away Local Control on New Housing
The state house has a committee meeting on Tuesday, February 28, to discuss house bills 514 and 517. The bills would take away local control […]
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State House commends Henry County Chamber of Commerce
Earlier this week, the Georgia State House passed House Resolution 47 to commend the Henry County Chamber of Commerce. The organization received the Chamber of […]
Meetings This Week
Election Results 2022: Anglyn, Thomas &Lewis win Commissioner
Voters cast their ballots on November 8 to decide Henry County leadership. They also considered local ballot questions in Locust Grove and Stockbridge. Here are […]
Local Elections
Henry County Chamber to host candidate forums
The Henry County Chamber is hosting two upcoming candidate forums in September. There will be one forum each for county commissioner candidates and the local […]