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Students released from Clarke County Jail after protest on New College
Six protesters, including at least one UGA student, were arrested Monday after failing to vacate the New College building on UGA’s North Campus. According to a Clark County Jail official, Shara Chico, Cecila Padron, Yineira Lopez, Jonathan Garcia, Carrie Freshour, and Emma Krass were all booked on criminal trespass charges.…
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Atlanta Braves Open Season at Turner Field for Last Time
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves opened at Turner Field over the weekend for the last time. Reporter Fernanda Perez got reactions from a few emotional Braves fans http://[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPfHaWivzLM&w=560&h=315]
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Local Athens Elementary School Aims to Teach Students to be Bilingual, Biliterate
Athens– Kindergarteners for the 2016-2017 school year at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School will have a curriculum of 80% taught in Spanish and only 20% in English. The principal of Oglethorpe Avenue, Dr. Scarlett Dunne is implementing the Dual Language Immersion program this upcoming August. “We will teach them to do everything in Spanish…
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Athens-Clarke County
Solarize Athens Works to Provide Affordable Energy
ATHENS, Ga. – Solarize Athens officially welcomed its first home with solar panels installed by its program on Monday, February 1, 2016. The Solarize campaign works hand in hand with a federal solar tax credit that can give Athens residents, businesses, government entities, and non-profits the opportunity to use solar…
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Archives
Georgia Severe Weather Week
http://[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbGgpVkdb_w&w=560&h=315] By Jazmine Calhoun
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Jackson County
UPDATE: Jackson County Commission Approves Purchase Card Policy
JEFFERSON, GA — Tonight the Jackson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to allow elected officials to use Procurement (Purchase) Cards for county business. This policy was the main item on the agenda for the commission’s 6pm meeting Monday. The proposed resolution follows Georgia House Bill 192, effective January…
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2016 Election
How, Where to Register to Vote in Georgia
The Iowa caucuses started today. Residents in Iowa will have the first chance at making their decisions for presidential candidates, and that means we will start seeing the frontrunners that voters want to run for president from each party. Donald Trump is in the lead by 7 percent for the Republicans,…
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UGA
Undocumented Students Lose Petition to Highest Court in Georgia
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…
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UGA
Georgia Supreme Court to Announce Major Decision in Undocumented Students Case
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…
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UGA
Reactions to Trump Skipping Out
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…