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Friday, March 29, 2013  Updated with video; In Wednesday’s Dougherty County School Board meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve payments of $60,000 a month to the Water Gas and Light Commission.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Control over Water Gas & Light wasn't the only topic on the table for Albany City Commissioners on Tuesday.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Albany has $107 million dollars in its pension fund.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  Updated with video; The 7th annual Albany Marathon kicked off bright and early Saturday morning.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Updated with video; What would you do with $550 million dollars? That's the question folks across Georgia are asking with the Powerball lottery hitting that number on Wednesday.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Updated with video; The Georgia Lottery got a bit more interesting Wednesday as the "Powerball" surged to $320 million dollars.

Friday, April 06, 2012  At Thursday mornings Water, Gas and Light Commission Board meeting there was talk about everything from the last rate increase to a local brown site.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Updated with video; What would you do with a million dollars? Scratch that  what would you do with over 300 million dollars?

Wednesday, May 05, 2010  Commissioners begin balancing a budget that is $3.6 million dollars out of balance.

Thursday, December 17, 2009  The Georgia Department of Labor received a $70 million dollar grant to help pay unemployment benefits.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009  An Ellenwood man has been awarded more than $9 million by a DeKalb County jury after suffering permanent scarring to his genitals following treatments for erectile dysfunction.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009  Of the 18 million dollar federal stimulus dollars given to the Salvation Army nationwide, Georgia is getting the largest piece of the pie by getting 10 million dollars.

Thursday, June 04, 2009  Officials say Georgia will receive $3.6 million in federal funds to help restore flood-prone areas.

Wednesday, May 06, 2009  The Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority is beginning the development process now that Judge Denise Marshall has cleared the way for the group to receive $6,000,000 in bonds.

Thursday, February 26, 2009  The Dougherty County School System has been asked to come up with an extra one million dollars by the end of June.