Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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Georgia Republicans Don't Want You to Know How to Get Health Insurance
Blog: In the Loop
The state House of Representatives moved Monday night to outlaw University of Georgia and other state employees from implementing or even talking about the Affordable Care Act.
"This bill would prevent state agencies, local governments or even their employees from advocating on behalf of Medicaid expansion," said Tim Sweeney, director of health care policy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.
"Among other consequences, it would effectively shut down the University of Georgia’s federally-funded Health Care Marketplace navigator program that helps insurance shoppers understand complex plan options," Sweeney said. "This amounts to cutting off our nose to spite our face."
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Georgia Mayors (Not Denson) Oppose Gun Bill
Blog: In the Loop
The mayors of 12 Georgia cities—including Atlanta's Kasim Reed, Augusta's Deke Copenhaver, Macon's Robert Reichert and the heads of such liberal bastions as Roswell and McRae—signed a letter to state leaders today urging them to reject House Bill 875, which would broadly expand where Georgians can carry guns.
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Monday Qualifying: Broun, Deal, Denson, More
Blog: In the Loop
Qualifying for the May 20 and Nov. 4 elections started Monday morning. Here's a look at who's on the Athens ballot so far.
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Hugh Acheson Talks Italian Cooking
Blog: Grub Notes
Photo credit: Taylor Oxendine.
In an interview with Atlanta Magazine, Five & Ten founder Hugh Acheson talks about his new Savannah restaurant, the Florence, and the similarities between Italian cuisine and the Southern cooking he's known for.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 3
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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UPDATE: Mayor Nancy Denson Has #Swag
Blog: In the Loop
Let's just say Mayor Nancy Denson had no trouble paying the $1,350 qualifying fee.
Denson is on pace to shatter Athens political fundraising records. Her campaign announced a war chest of $85,409 Sunday night, including $20,470 raised in the past five days alone.
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Jason Carter Wows Athens Dems; Keith Heard Is Running for Insurance Commissioner
Blog: In the Loop
An estimated 400 people turned out to hear a speech by state Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur), the party's likely nominee for governor, at a Clarke County Democratic Committee fundraiser Thursday night at the Classic Center.
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No, Lee's Wigs Is Not Closing
Blog: In the Loop
A misleadingly-headlined Athens Banner-Herald article today (warning: paywall) left some readers with the impression that Lee's Wigs downtown is closing. It is not.
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Sunshine Cycles Accepting Donations for Tobias Smith
Blog: In the Loop
Sunshine Cycles is accepting donations for the family of Tobias Smith, the cyclist who was hit by a car and killed Saturday on Winterville Road, and is setting up a scholarship fund in his name.
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UPDATE: Athens Cyclist Killed by Car
Blog: In the Loop
Tobias Smith. Photo credit: BikeAthens via Facebook.
Tobias Antwon Smith, 19, was killed on his bicycle Saturday, becoming the second cyclist in a little more than a week to be hit by a car.
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Clarke Students Unlikely to Make Up Snow Days
Blog: In the Loop
Clarke County School District students will not make up five recent snow days, the district announced this afternoon, but employees will have to work two extra days, assuming the school board follows Superintendent Philip Lanoue's recommendation.
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Watch This Senate Candidate Cover Jimi Hendrix
Blog: Homedrone
Derrick Grayson represents everything the tea party is all about: sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
Well, the latter one, at least. Grayson—a longshot Republican U.S. Senate candidate nicknamed The Minister of Truth—moonlights in a Jimi Hendrix Experience cover band called The AXIS Experience
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Morehead Backs UGA Health Care Navigators
Blog: In the Loop
Tea Party activists have protested University of Georgia health care navigators, and state lawmakers are considering putting them out of work, but UGA President Jere Morehead defends the navigator program as one that's in line with the university's mission.
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Broun Urged to Reconsider on Immigration
Blog: In the Loop
Representatives from the AFL-CIO union, Asian and Latino groups, Freedom University and Tim Denson's mayoral campaign gathered at U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's Athens office this morning to urge him to reconsider his opposition to comprehensive immigration reform.
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Former Athens City Councilman Jailed
Blog: In the Loop
Matthew Ware, a Lithonia accountant and former Athens city councilman, recently started serving a six-year prison sentence for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars for cocaine traffickers.
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Union Endorses Melissa Link for ACC Commission
Blog: In the Loop
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has endorsed Melissa Link in the Athens-Clarke County Commission District 3 race.
The UFCW represents 1.3 million grocery, retail, meat packing and food processing workers.
"We applaud your support for working men and women and wish you success in the upcoming election and in the days ahead," says a letter to Link from UFCW President Steve Lomax dated Feb. 13.
Link faces Rachel Watkins and Herb Gilmore in the District 3 race.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Feb. 17
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Yes, That Was an Earthquake You Felt
Blog: In the Loop
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake originating near Aiken, SC, about 100 miles east of here, was felt all over Athens at about 10:30 p.m.
Small earthquakes are fairly common in Georgia, and it's really nothing to worry about. Carry on with your Valentine's Day activities.
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ACC Is Coming for Your Garbage
Blog: In the Loop
Athens-Clarke County has resumed trash and recycling pickup today in the wake of the Icepocalpyse.
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School Closings Friday, Feb. 14
Blog: In the Loop
The following schools will be closed Friday, Feb. 14. Check back for updates.
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latest stories
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In the Loop | March 4, 2014 3:29pm
Georgia Republicans Don't Want You to Know How to Get Health Insurance
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In the Loop | March 4, 2014 12:48pm
Georgia Mayors (Not Denson) Oppose Gun Bill
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In the Loop | March 3, 2014 5:39pm
Monday Qualifying: Broun, Deal, Denson, More
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Grub Notes | March 3, 2014 3:18pm
Hugh Acheson Talks Italian Cooking
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In the Loop | March 3, 2014 2:28pm
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 3
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In the Loop | March 3, 2014 1:41pm
UPDATE: Mayor Nancy Denson Has #Swag
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In the Loop | February 28, 2014 12:56pm
Jason Carter Wows Athens Dems; Keith Heard Is Running for Insurance Commissioner
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In the Loop | February 27, 2014 1:41pm
No, Lee's Wigs Is Not Closing
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In the Loop | February 27, 2014 12:08pm
Sunshine Cycles Accepting Donations for Tobias Smith
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In the Loop | February 24, 2014 5:52pm
UPDATE: Athens Cyclist Killed by Car
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In the Loop | February 24, 2014 5:39pm
Clarke Students Unlikely to Make Up Snow Days
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Homedrone | February 24, 2014 11:14am
Watch This Senate Candidate Cover Jimi Hendrix
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In the Loop | February 20, 2014 3:56pm
Morehead Backs UGA Health Care Navigators
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In the Loop | February 18, 2014 4:28pm
Broun Urged to Reconsider on Immigration
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In the Loop | February 18, 2014 2:17pm
Former Athens City Councilman Jailed
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In the Loop | February 17, 2014 2:04pm
Union Endorses Melissa Link for ACC Commission
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In the Loop | February 17, 2014 11:37am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Feb. 17
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In the Loop | February 14, 2014 10:53pm
Yes, That Was an Earthquake You Felt
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In the Loop | February 14, 2014 10:40am
ACC Is Coming for Your Garbage
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In the Loop | February 13, 2014 6:33pm
School Closings Friday, Feb. 14