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Update 2:00 p.m. A spokesman for the Board of Regents declined to comment on the litigation to Grady Newsource, but sent the following statement. “Our policy was adopted several years ago to mirror a new state law.  That law required public higher education – including the University System – to…

By Dillon Richards ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court announced Friday afternoon that it will issue its opinion on the case about the University System of Georgia’s ban on undocumented students at its top schools Monday morning. Aldo Mendoza, who was featured in a Grady Newsource report last October and is…

By Jane Mo GOP’s frontrunner Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will not be attending the final presidential Republican debate scheduled for tonight. This was the official statement released on his Twitter account:   Donald Trump believes the debate will not go well.   Audrey Haynes, a political science professor at…

By Jane Mo This Walmart is not your typical toy and furniture filled retail store. The new Atlanta Highway neighborhood market consists of a grocery store, a pharmacy, and a gas station. It has provided jobs for 95 people. The neighborhood market is between two Walmart super centers. One is located at…

By Jane Mo The General Assembly is considering a bill that stops fees after a free trial period. The bill aims towards subscription sites who offer free trials. Sites like Amazon Prime obtain credit card information from customers who want to try a free trial. The sites can then continue to charge…

By Jane Mo The newest proposed route for the bypass will cut through eastern Bishop farmlands. The map below was the most recent construction plans. *This map is no longer the Bishop bypass plan* The Georgia Department of Transportation is starting over on this project after several disputes. Walter Lee is…

By Jane Mo Cedar Shoals’ Jaguars picked up another win after their game Wednesday night against the Salem Seminoles (56-47). The Jaguars are playing the Loganville Red Devils this Friday at 8:30 PM. STATS: The Jaguars are 21-2 and 11-1 in region play, while the Red Devils are 0-17 overall and 0-10…

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Jacob Fields, a Georgia State Patrol Trooper, was shot on Interstate 75 in Atlanta around 3:30 p.m. The trooper was conducting a traffic stop, but the suspected shooter did not slow down and a chase began toward Delk Road, according to the Georgia Department of Public Safety.…

Transgender athletes should be able to compete at the Olympic Games and other international events without having to undergo gender reassignment surgery, according to the International Olympic Committee. Female-to-male athletes can compete “without restriction,” while male-to-female athletes must undergo hormone therapy in order to adapt to current scientific, social, and legal attitudes…

That’s the word from financial analysts looking at the county budget. They said six months into Fiscal Year 2016, Oconee County “continues to be financially sound.” Matt Miller, a partner at Treadwell, Tamplin & Co., told commissioners at the Tuesday meeting that the general fund, the main account from which the…