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DeKalb County School Superintendent Crawford Lewis quietly cut his own pay last year because of the budget crisis. This month he accepted a pay raise, while also warning of more, deep, budget cuts.
DeKalb County commissioners, struggling to balance the budget, and on the verge of voting to lay off county employees and raise taxes, said there is a good reason for the $100,000 line item for wallpaper and painting.
The Internal Revenue Service plans to start regulating paid tax preparers, requiring them to register with the government, pass competency tests and adhere to ethical standards.
On your to-do list this week, you might want to add, "take steps to save money on my taxes."
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From the Atlanta Business Chronicle
One of Buckhead's most prominent new developments - the Mansion on Peachtree - could be heading back to the lender.
Metro Atlanta's school districts are increasingly property-tax poor, like many rural school districts, and shrinking to try to survive despite their bigger enrollments. And there's little the state can afford to do to intervene.
A long-overlooked group of women who flew aircraft during World War II were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday.
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