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September 19, 2022: Abrams attacks Kemp in Athens speech

By Martin Matheny,

Isabela Weiss, Alexia Ridley, Jeff Dantre

Published September 19, 2022 at 6:34 AM EDT

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In brief: Abrams talks technical colleges, abortion, and health care in Saturday speech — experts raise concerns about voting machine breaches — voting equipment undergoes regular testing in advance of election — UGA football remains #1

Athenians packed College Square on Saturday to hear Stacey Abrams give a fiery speech for the United Campus Workers of Georgia.

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Breaches of voting machine data continue to raise concerns for upcoming midterms.

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Testing of voting equipment has begun in Georgia.

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And in sports, the Georgia Bulldogs remain on top of the AP football top 25 after a 48 – 7 win over unranked South Carolina. Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, and Clemson round out the top five. Meanwhile, UGA women’s volleyball fell to 7^th ranked Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The Atlanta Braves swept a three-game series against the Phillies over the weekend. The Braves are one game out of first place in the NL East.

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Martin Matheny

Martin Matheny was formerly WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which was heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He is now the Morning Edition Host for Delaware First Media.

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Isabela Weiss

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Alexia Ridley

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!

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Jeff Dantre

Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.

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