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Gov. Kemp signed a package of health-care bills Friday, including the most significant reforms in decades to Georgia’s law governing hospital construction and new medical services.
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A new Clarke County School District partnership is helping students gain access to glasses and vision care at no cost.
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The University of Georgia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, to celebrate the new medical education and research building. This building is a part of UGA’s expansion to have a School of Medicine on the health sciences campus.
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Leara Rhodes is an Associate Professor Emerita of Journalism at the University of Georgia. Her novel Spancil Hill was published this year, and takes place in Ireland in the late 19th century.
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Tommy Dorsey is a school resource officer at Cedar Shoals High School and the challenger in the race for Clarke County Sheriff. He sat down with WUGA’s Martin Matheny to discuss how he believes the office can be improved.
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The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.
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The Senate is poised to pass the bill the House advanced over the weekend. President Biden is set to sign it. From there, TikTok says the battle will move to the courts.
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Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of an elite minority — and that their decisions continue to impact American democracy today.
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The prosecution is arguing that Donald Trump wanted to keep information out of the public fearing that it would turn off voters in 2016. The defense argues Trump did nothing illegal.
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