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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Updated with video; After a long discussion, Albany city commissioners have voted to approve a concept to regulate "event centers" and pass the ordinance on the city's planning commission for review and recommendation.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Updated with video; A moratorium has been lifted and a decision was made on a group home wanting to set up shop in a residential area of Albany.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Updated with video; At the Tuesday evening Albany City Commission meeting, two bars found out about the future of their alcohol licenses.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Updated with video; The Albany City Commission has denied a request to lift a moratorium on residential group homes during a Tuesday morning meeting.

Monday, August 22, 2011  Updated with video; Governor Nathan Deal announced last week that he wants all internet cafe's and internet sweepstakes stores shut down.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  Updated with video; Is the gaming that goes on at internet cafe's illegal?

Monday, March 28, 2011  Tax Director, Denver Hooten gave the county an update on the 2010 tax digest

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Drilling moratorium imposed after BP spill lifted but uncertainties still face Gulf residents

Monday, October 04, 2010  Oil industry and government officials could get caught flat-footed again by another deep-water blowout in the coming months because they have yet to incorporate many of the lessons learned during the BP disaster.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010  The Obama administration has announced a new deepwater drilling moratorium to replace one that was thrown out by a federal judge.

Thursday, June 24, 2010  The Obama administration has asked a judge to delay a court ruling that overturned a moratorium on new drilling in the Gulf.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010  The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  The owner of the broken Deepwater Horizon rig that is spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico has criticized the U.S. government's six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the area.

Monday, June 21, 2010  Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill.