Lawyers challenge A-C on taxes
Several Athens lawyers are accusing the Athens-Clarke government of violating state law by raising the tax values of thousands of properties this year, despite a statute banning most counties from increasing their estimates of how much someone's land is worth.

New assessors ready to get Madison tax digest on track
DANIELSVILLE - Madison County has a new Board of Assessors to deal with an old tax problem. County commissioners fired the previous five-member board in April, and a Superior Court judge upheld the firings earlier this month. Commissioners wasted no time appointing three Madison County residents to a new board.

Tax bills to go out; complaints likely to follow
As Athens residents file their last-minute income tax returns today, there's also another kind of tax to start thinking about - property tax.

All sides in Madison County tax battle: It's ugly
DANIELSVILLE - The multi-year feud among the Madison County Board of Assessors, the chief tax appraiser's staff and Madison County commissioners has marred the reputation of the county's tax assessment system.