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Athens is a place of innovation in art, food, music, and more. For creative Athenians, the world around them shows up in their work, a vital celebration of living in Northeast Georgia.
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Tick safety is important every summer, but this summer, it’s a particularly pressing issue. Alpha-Gal Syndrome, an allergy to red meat and other mammal products, can develop through bites from the Lone Star tick, which is the most prevalent tick species in the Southeastern United States.
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Athens resident Ezra Schley has launched a Substack blog called My Idea for Athens, which he hopes will present new ideas for improvement to the Athens area.
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The inaugural Gifted Savings program has proved successful as nearly 650 Clarke County School students graduate with investment portfolios.
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The Georgia State Legislature approved the use of the Floating Local Option Sales Tax, or FLOST, in 2024. It allows municipalities to dedicate a new penny of sales tax to property tax relief.
NPR News
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Less than two weeks after overhauling its newsroom, NPR has hired Nadine Zylstra to be its chief content officer. She has been a top executive at Sesame Workshop, YouTube and Pinterest.
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Xi traveled to Pyongyang on Monday in a likely attempt to reassert China's unique influence over its socialist neighbor.
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Nicholas Enrich, on staff at the U.S. Agency for International Aid under 4 administrations, talks about Into the Woodchipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID.
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In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a "moral renewal" was necessary in legislatures and public life to ensure respect for the inherent dignity of all people.
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