Local News
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Jules Bruck, who currently serves as director and professor of the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Florida, has been appointed as the college’s new dean, effective July 1.
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The U.S. Postal Service hosted a dedication ceremony in Athens for the new Forever Stamps that showcase the work of Athenian quiltmaker Harriet Powers.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he is calling lawmakers back to work to consider redistricting.
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The Athens-Clarke County mayor and commission met for a work session to determine whether public sewer lines could be extended into northern parts of the county.
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During a commission work session Tuesday, County Manager Bob Cowell said that the county expects to collect an extra $1.6 million. He said some of the money will go to funding county employee salary increases and police pensions. Manager Cowell said the remainder should go back into the county’s fund balance, or reserves.
NPR News
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children.
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This week, in Warshington, D.C., the Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve and we wrote a quiz question about his name. Enjoy that, and the other nine, too.
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Gen Z homeowners now outpace millennials at the same age. They're more likely to be single and less likely to use help from parents.
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What does representation look like for Tennessee voters who were split into three new congressional districts last week? NPR traveled from Memphis into the Nashville suburbs to ask.
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