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The $240 million plan, roughly $26.5 million increase from the current year, leaves Clarke County’s millage rate at 18.8 mils, where it has remained unchanged for the third consecutive year.
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The University of Georgia held two commencement ceremonies today, one for masters and specialists students and one for doctoral-level students.
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Although protesters say the encampment was peaceful, police made several arrests and used chemical irritants to disperse the crowd.
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The Commission convened in the Clarke County School District’s administrative building on Prince Avenue last night.
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More than 8,000 candidates for graduation will be celebrated at University of Georgia’s upcoming Spring Commencement ceremonies, with heavy traffic and potential road closures expected near Stegeman Coliseum and Carlton Street today, May 9, through Friday evening.
NPR News
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The Bikini Kill frontwoman pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s. "I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Hanna says.
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Messud draws from her grandfather's handwritten memoir as she tells a cosmopolitan, multigenerational story about a family forced to move from Algeria to Europe to South and North America.
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Barbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He spoke to NPR about his latest plans.
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A new type of traveler is part of the post-pandemic reset at U.S. hotels, along with fewer daily cleanings and pancake-slinging machines.
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