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Wednesday, August 15, 2012  A Lee County Commission candidate approached the board about discrepancies in the Lee County Sign Ordinance and during Tuesday night’s meeting commissioners made changes to the ordinance.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  The Transportation One Cent Sales Tax was voted down in southwest Georgia, and officials say it will hurt not only our roads, but our pockets as well.

Sunday, July 29, 2012  Updated with video; If you didn't participate in early voting, you're time has come.

Friday, July 27, 2012  As voting day approaches campaign signs seem to grow exponentially. But for Lee County Commission candidate, Tim Nelson, there are several signs that he would like to see taken down.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Updated with video; As we get closer to the TSPLOST vote more community leaders are coming forward against it.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Updated with video; Signs promoting the TSPLOST initiative cause some citizens to demand their removal.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The city of Albany has developed a list of proposed T-SPLOST projects.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  The City of Albany has released a list of proposed TSPLOST projects for the 26% discretionary portion of the funding Wednesday afternoon.

Saturday, July 14, 2012  Updated with video; Early voting began on Monday and election officials say the turnout is better than average.

Friday, July 13, 2012  With another meeting regarding the TSPLOST program, FOX 31 wanted to find out if viewers still had questions that hadn't been answered.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  Updated with video; Albany commissioners are bringing information about the upcoming Transportation Special Local Option Sales Tax referendum into the community.

Friday, June 22, 2012  Southwest Georgia Leaders held an informational forum for the TSPLOST referendum up for vote in July.

Thursday, June 21, 2012  Updated with video; A fundraising event was held Wednesday night by the Connect Georgia campaign to raise funds and awareness for the upcoming T-SPLOST vote.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Updated with video; T-SPLOST is set to raise over $530 million for our region

Friday, June 01, 2012  Updated with video; The Legislative Committee held their annual luncheon to review the positive's and negative’s of the 2012 legislative session.