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Link Gets Backlash for Calling UGA Football Players Rapists and Murderers
Blake Aued
May 17, 2022
Athens Voters Could Decide on Property Tax Break for Homeowners
Blake Aued
April 13, 2022
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Blake Aued
March 2, 2022
Population Changes Squeezed North Georgia Districts, Republicans Say
Blake Aued
December 8, 2021
Committee Rejects Splitting Athens Judicial Circuit
Lee Becker
July 23, 2021
Athens Republicans Helped Put Georgia Back in the Limelight With New Voting Law
Pete McCommons
March 31, 2021
Oppose Gaines’ Effort to Prevent Reallocating Police Funding
Mokah Jasmine Johnson
March 30, 2021
House Republicans Sideline Athens’ Only Democratic Representative
Marci White
March 25, 2021
Rep. Jody Hice Is Running for Secretary of State
Blake Aued
March 22, 2021
Oconee County Representatives Silent on Proposals to Limit Voting
Lee Becker
March 9, 2021
House Passes Athens Rep. Houston Gaines’ Bill to Ban Defunding Police
Ross Williams
February 25, 2021
Athens Rep. Houston Gaines Sponsors Bill Banning Defunding Police
Ross Williams
February 22, 2021
Two Athens Seats Could Help Democrats Flip the Georgia House
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October 21, 2020
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Lee Becker
October 1, 2020
Mokah Jasmine Johnson Sets the Record Straight on Her Criminal Record
Blake Aued
August 26, 2020
Georgia Hate Crimes Law Is Long Overdue
Mokah Jasmine Johnson
July 15, 2020
Cowsert: Senate Wants Stronger Hate Crimes Bill
Lee Becker
June 15, 2020
LGBT Lobbyist Praises Gaines’ Syringe Bill
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