For weeks I’d been hearing that the price of Girl Scout cookies would increase a buck this year.

The idea of plopping down another dollar to get my Thin Mints and Trefoils put me in panic mode.

Would I buy the usual number of boxes or cut back to meet my annual budget?

I wasn’t sure. It depended on the price.

Cookie prices, I’m told, are regulated on a council-by-council basis. Was the rumor true?

I reached out to the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta to find out. Was the price hike happening here in Georgia or just Massachusetts?

“I’m glad you asked,” said Leslie Gilliam, communications manager for the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta.

To find out her answer and more, click here.