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The measure also limits charitable organizations, nonprofits, individuals, and others from bailing out more than three people a year.
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 24 counterparts from other Republican-led states in challenging a new federal rule governing emissions from coal-burning and gas-fired power plants asking a federal court to declare the rules unlawful.
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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.
NPR News
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Telehealth accounts for 19% of all abortions, new research finds. And while the number of abortions did plummet in ban states, overall abortions across the country are up.
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President Biden is keeping the tariffs on Chinese imports put in place by his predecessor and 2024 opponent, former President Donald Trump. And he's adding new ones for things like electric vehicles.
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System of a Down singer Serj Tankian covers fleeing the Lebanese Civil War as a child, advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and why his band hasn't made a new album since 2005.
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When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that's now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.
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