...at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Karen Gordon Stage, located behind the levee breach past the Riverwalk fountain.Public officials, business owners, residential occupants and anyone else interested in downtown are urged to attend.

...Comments from readers:I HAVE NO CONNECTION with Augusta State or MCG, but I am a taxpayer and I want to know what public official is supposed to be overseeing the spending of characters like Azziz? THIS IS A RAVE for the person that turned in...

...January said he would not appoint a panel. Deal concluded that the law governing the procedures for the suspension of public officials under indictment applies only to those indicted while in office, the governor's office said at the time.A Clayton...

...who has not previously been paid.Weber, who left the Senate in 2010, said he is sensitive to criticism about public officials leaving office and becoming lobbyists. But he said he is best situated to be executive director because he understands...

...least painful cuts in federal agencies, they ought to be furloughed or fired themselves. We're sick and tired of public officials protecting their turf ? padded with our money ? by trying to scare us off with draconian cuts that don't have to...

...Each raise increases county costs far beyond the cost of the raise.When talking about the sheriff's and other public officials' pay, The Augusta Chronicle also should mention that, in terms of cost to the county, the salary is 30 percent...

...commission school. But if they don't assign the new leaders books on servant leadership, they're doing those public officials a great disservice ? as well as the people they are elected to serve.There's especially no excuse in Augusta...

...and get paid with OUR TAX DOLLARS should pay their fair share. Taxes are the price of a free society, and we need public officials who set a good example for the people by paying their fair share."

...at the request of one commissioner, Smith, to draw up a proposed ordinance change that would allow employees and public officials to participate as subcontractors in city projects if they operate or have a legal interest in an established business...

...South Carolna law prohibits elected officials from using their position or office for financial gain. That means a public official isn't allowed to use government equipment, materials, personnel or office buildings in a campaign.The consent...