Local News
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When Athens switched from parking meters to pay-by-app parking this summer, aluminum ParkMobile signs were installed in front of every downtown parking space. But you might have noticed that most of those signs have been snapped off.
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There is a FLOST referendum on the November 3rd ballot—that’s a Floating Local Option Sales Tax. Mayor Kelly Girtz sat down with Alexia Ridley to explain further.
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To wrap up spooky season, WUGA’s Havivah Saltz sat down with Tracy Adkins, author of several books about Georgia ghosts, including Ghosts of Athens: History and Haunting of Athens, Georgia.
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A Barrow County Sheriff's employee has been arrested for violations related to alleged misuse of the office’s Flock camera systems.
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According to Georgia law, all absentee ballots must be received by the county elections office no later than 7 p.m. Nov. 3.
NPR News
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The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.
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Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.
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On the eve of the Nov. 3 election, the Trump administration is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts that rejected its request to order California to set aside the ballots of thousands of people it says are "likely" noncitizens.
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What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or drain them?
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