georgia
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Athens-Clarke County
Professor Aims To Bring Change to Board of Education
Starting in January of 2017, a University of Georgia professor will be making decisions on local schools. Dr. John Knox has been a professor at UGA for 16 years, but he decided to add more experience to that time in local schools. Knox defeated A. Kamau Hull for the District…
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2016 Election
Georgians Exercise Voting Rights Early
Monday, October 17 marks the first day that Georgians are able to cast their ballots in person and have their voice heard about who should be the next President of the United States. The line started to form outside the Board of Elections building in downtown Athens at 7:00am. Civic…
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Education
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Jackson County
Jackson County Officials Propose Property Tax Increase
Homeowners in Jackson County could see an increase in their property taxes. This evening, the Jackson County Commission is holding a public hearing to discuss the millage rates for 2017. The proposed millage rate will raise property taxes by more than three percent for unincorporated areas. That means an increase…
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2016 Election
Voting as a Student Is Now Easier Than Ever
UGA votes is a new campus organization that's making it easier for students to vote by helping them register here at Tate. But a big problem they face is that many students are not registered in Athens.
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In-Depth
Unemployment in Georgia Drops to 5 Percent
Counties include: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton.
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In-Depth
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Teaches UGA Law Students
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas taught 19 students from the University of Georgia Law School. The course focused on stare decisis or in layman’s terms respecting the decisions of previous courts. To get into the course the students had to submit a transcript, a writing sample, two names of faculty recommenders,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Online Video Reportedly Shows Agnes Kim Talking for First Time after Accident
ATLANTA — A video posted on a crowdfunding website Monday reportedly shows UGA student Agnes Kim talking for the first time after a deadly car accident in in April. According to posts on the site, Kim was in a coma for more than a month after the accident and is currently undergoing care…
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Health
VIDEO: 7 Ways to Reduce Test Anxiety
By: Fernanda Perez
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UGA
Robots are Taking Over…. Our Electrical Wiring?
UGA College of Engineering could change the way power lines are inspected, in appropriate engineering fashion… ROBOTS. Javad Mohammadpour, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at UGA, has led a team of graduate students in creating a safer and cheaper way to repair electrical wiring. The team has designed, prototyped and tested…