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Senate Bill 233, will offer vouchers worth up to $6,500 to parents of children enrolled in the bottom 25% of lowest-performing public schools who wish to send their kids to a private school.
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USG alerted users of a data breach in an announcement on Monday, April 15. The breach came last May, after purchasing MOVEit Secure File Transfer software to transfer and store sensitive data.
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Jeffery Alan Lewis, 58, pleaded guilty to a nonviolent drug offense when he was 40 years old, according to the White House news release. Officials said Lewis would have received a “significantly shorter sentence” had he been sentenced under modern law.
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A new report from the American Lung Association says Athens is doing well with ozone levels, but some particle pollution levels are causing concerns.
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John Q. Williams is the current sheriff in Athens-Clarke County. He sat down with WUGA’s Martin Matheny to review his administration and discuss what he plans to do if re-elected.
NPR News
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After studying various species earlier this month, some scientists now say they understand the origin of animal behavior during solar eclipses.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
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Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Boston, Austin and Los Angeles on Wednesday into Thursday. Students continue setting up new encampments, including at Cornell and George Washington University.
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A grand jury in Arizona has indicted a slew of Trump allies for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. Arizona is now the fourth state where "fake electors" face charges.
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