Columbus Council is debating whether to opt out of a new state law capping home property taxes, which received a majority of the vote in Muscogee County. House Bill 581, which creates a statewide ...

Columbus Council is debating whether to opt out of Georgia’s new home tax law, House Bill 581, impacting property taxes and voter preferences.

The head of the steering committee, Patricia Wright, said she knew about the opt-out — which Monmouth County Tax Board approved Nov. 30 — by reading it in the newspaper.

The budget includes the first property tax increase in nearly 30 years. The debate over that increase had council members at odds for weeks, and it isn’t over for some.

Savannah City Council unanimously voted to opt out of the House Bill 581 statewide homestead exemption Thursday. H.B. 581 is a state measure creating a floating homestead exemption to prevent ...