New Georgia car tag tax explained

When you buy a vehicle, you'll pay a one-time 6.5 percent tax.That percentage is scheduled to increase slightly each year.

If you bought a car before January 2012, you're still obligated to pay the birthday tax.The new law applies to all vehicles bought in Georgia, no matter where they are purchased.

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This sight in a Georgia town’s skyline just might bring tears to your eyes

Amid rolling Georgia farmland that is home to the Vidalia onion, an architecture-meets-agriculture ornament sits atop the Toombs County courthouse.

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Drugs, several handguns found in Alpharetta car on Thanksgiving

According to the police department, a patrol noticed a running vehicle in the parking area of a hotel in the wee hours of Thanksgiving morning, a “pretty unusual” sight given

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