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Governor Brian Kemp has signed the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. The $36.1 billion dollar measure goes into effect on July 1st.
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John Barrow sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules and that he must bring his campaign ads into compliance with state rules.
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At tonight’s meeting, the mayor and commission will review new site selection criteria for Fire Station #5, which is currently located on Whit Davis Road.
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Citing a need for more security, the Mayor and Commission meeting scheduled for 6 pm Tuesday has been moved from City Hall.
NPR News
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The classified documents trial had been scheduled to begin May 20. But months of delays had slowed the case as prosecutors pushed for the trial to begin before the November presidential election
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This comes after recent remarks Omar gave on a college campus where she referred to Jewish students not engaging in an anti-Israel protest "pro-genocidal."
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President Biden spoke out against harassment of Jewish students on college campuses, part of what he called a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" seen since Oct. 7.
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The WNBA star, who is six feet, nine inches, says she felt like a zoo animal in prison. "The guards would literally come open up the little peep hole, look in, and then I would hear them laughing."
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