Local News
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Final budget includes .65 mill reduction in property tax — firefighters gain collective bargaining rights
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The move opens the door to collective bargaining between the union and county officials.
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WUGA FM Photographer Katie Tucker narrates her experience documenting Athens' 2nd annual Pride Parade.
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A controversial police training facility, known as “cop city”, has officially received funding from the Atlanta City Council, despite massive protests against the proposed facility.
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The Athens-Clarke County Commission is scheduled to vote today on the Firefighter’s Mediation Act, which would allow firefighters to bargain collectively for safe working conditions, wages, hours, and more.
NPR News
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Unhealthy air quality grips the East Coast reaching as far south as North and South Carolina.
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CNN's embattled CEO, Chris Licht, is out after a turbulent first year that included layoffs, a botched town hall with former President Donald Trump and a no-holds-barred profile in The Atlantic.
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Some people of faith are organizing a pushback against the wave of anti-LGBTQ rights legislation making its way through state houses this year. They're calling it Faith for Pride.
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Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.
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