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In brief: Clarke Board of Education approves school renamings — ACC Housing and Community Development gets new chief — assailant gets 63 years in 2021 assault on UGA student — lawmakers consider increasing truck weights

In brief: State to resume collections of $0.29 tax on gas — ACC Commissioners to hear wish list for new fire station — student housing giant has big financial year — Abrams-backed group to pay $200K in legal fees — celebration set for football champs

In brief: State legislators could change runoff laws — education funding and abortion also on lawmakers' agendas — three new ACC commissioners to be sworn in — audit finds R and D tax credit isn't paying off — UGA women fall to South Carolina, men to face Auburn, Hawks lose to Warriors in OT

In brief: Elections officials weigh November vs March election dates — ACC Commissioners look at controls on Airbnb rentals — Ossoff to hold hearing on prison deaths — Braves win over Nats

In brief: Abrams, Hazel, and Kemp debate in Atlanta — School superintendent candidates debate divisive concepts and school safety — GOP congressional nominee skips debate — 550 ACC voters turn out on first day of early voting — UGA tennis player captures title

Today on Athens News Matters, ACC Mayor Kelly Girtz joins mayors from across the state in asking state lawmakers for gun reform. Plus, COVID cases are rising – what we need to know about the late summer uptick – along with Chattahoochee River health impacts.

In brief: ACC commissioners to hear results of study on deputies' pay — UGA announces spring commencement speakers — Clarke courthouse closed after bedbug infestation — NCAA appeals athlete pay decision

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

Coming up on the Georgia Health Report, host Emma Auer talks to Healthbeat Atlanta's Rebecca Grapevine about the recent exodus of top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

In brief: Two Athens schools on list underperforming schools — hate crimes rise in Georgia — ACC commission to mull AirBnB rules — Secretary of State subpoenaed in federal probe — Senate subcommittee to report on sexual abuse in prisons — two UGA football players named to AP All-Americans — Hawks fall to Grizzlies on the road