Local News
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Leara Rhodes is an Associate Professor Emerita of Journalism at the University of Georgia. Her novel Spancil Hill was published this year, and takes place in Ireland in the late 19th century.
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Tommy Dorsey is a school resource officer at Cedar Shoals High School and the challenger in the race for Clarke County Sheriff. He sat down with WUGA’s Martin Matheny to discuss how he believes the office can be improved.
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Georgians will owe less in income taxes this year and will get a chance in November to vote to cap increases in how homes are valued for property taxes.
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Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is co-sponsoring a bill designed to crack down on contraband in the nation’s federal prisons.
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On Wednesday, CK Capital announced a redevelopment in downtown Watkinsville to create residential, commercial, and office space, called “15 South.”
NPR News
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STEM careers are still lagging when it comes to hiring women of color.
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When actor George Takei was 4 years old, he was labeled an "enemy" by the U.S. government and sent to a string of incarceration camps. His new children's book about that time is My Lost Freedom.
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The man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, then doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse Friday, officials and witnesses said.
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The legislation would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. It now goes to President Biden's desk to become law.
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