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Athens-Clarke County Commissioners faced backlash from local LGBTQ activists at last night’s meeting after county staff recommended not to supply federal funds for gender affirming care.
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The Georgia Senate on Tuesday rolled out a budget that would slice $87 million from Georgia's public universities in a power struggle with the House over hospital funding and permitting.
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The Blood Connection benefits health care providers locally.
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A bill banning most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies in Georgia for people under 18 is headed to Gov. Kemp's desk after senators gave it final passage Tuesday.
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Georgia Senate budget writers approved a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget that restores the full funding of HOPE scholarships the governor recommended in January.
NPR News
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A new U.N. water report warns the world is headed toward a global water crisis if human-caused climate change and population growth aren't addressed.
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State agents say Smith was murdered. Interest in his case has spiked in part because of where he died: about 8 miles from where Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot to death.
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At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.
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Two administrators at Denver's East High School were shot by a 17-year-old student Wednesday morning, police said. Police were searching for the suspect, who is considered armed and dangerous.
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