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Mayor

Athens Mayor Girtz touts safety efforts in State of the Community address

The February beating death of 22-year-old Athens nursing student Laken Riley on a running trail near the University of Georgia’s Lake Herrick, allegedly at the hands of an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, was at the top of Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz’s 2024 State of the Community address released Friday on the local government’s website.  Also […]

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Alabama

Georgia Public Service Commission sets hearings to raise electricity rates | #elections | #alabama

This coverage is made possible through a partnership withWABE and Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Georgia’s Public Service Commission is poised to raise electricity rates for most Georgians to cover the cost of building new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. Hearings begin next […]

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