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Apalachee baseball’s dugout erupted on March 19 as players poured out after a 5-1 win over rival Winder-Barrow, celebrating with shouts and high-fives. The victory brought Apalachee’s record to 8-9 this season. But beating a neighboring school just seven miles across the county meant more than another win in the…

The Georgia primary is May 19, and ahead of Election Day, we asked voters why they vote, how they vote and what issues matter most to them. Students in Reporting II: Research, Data and Documents for Reporting used statewide voter data to gain familiarity with Georgia voters and to find…

The number of Latino registered voters in Georgia almost doubled from Millennials, born 1981-1996, to Generation Z, born 1997-2012, the largest increase of any racial demographic in data that includes all registered Georgia voters.  Miguel Martínez, a 21-year-old Latino student at the University of Georgia and a registered voter, registered…

  Isabella Gonzalez, a 22-year-old voter who grew up in Athens and attends the University of Georgia, has a personal tie to the upcoming mayoral election, as she used to babysit for the current mayor, Kelly Girtz.  There are 80,500 registered voters in Clarke County, and 18-24-year-olds make up 10,067…

Danely Cruz changed her voter registration from Athens to her hometown of Cedartown and drove to Polk County on Election Day to vote in a special congressional election after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Georgia’s 14th Congressional District seat in January. Cruz, a third-year history and political science student…

Kennedy Farmer, a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Georgia, views voting as both a responsibility and an opportunity for young people to make their voices heard.  In Athens-Clarke County, voters like Farmer are part of a broader group of Generation Z female voters. Farmer, who identified herself as…

Leo Jahn, a fourth-year computer science and music major at the University of Georgia, plans to vote in person for the 2026 Georgia primary elections.  He said the environment and the economy are some of the most important issues that will influence his decisions in the May elections.  “I’ve always…

Inside a gym just outside Athens, the sound of sneakers cutting across hardwood echoes through the afternoon. Basketballs bounce in rhythm as players move from drill to drill, locked into a routine that looks familiar. What feels different is what comes next. For years, the path for young women in…