Local News
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It’s not the first time DA Gonzalez has asked to increase her office’s portion of the county budget.
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Too few staff, injuries to guards, and moldy bread are among the conditions plaguing the Clarke County Jail.
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Early voting is underway in Athens, with just over 1,100 ballots by Clarke County residents cast ahead of the May 21 general primary elections.
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County Commissioners met for a work session at noon today, where leaders of the recent composting pilot presented results from their project.
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The leader of a wide-ranging methamphetamine conspiracy has pleaded guilty to running the operation from inside a Georgia prison.
NPR News
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Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.
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At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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