In the Loop
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Gov. Nathan Deal Presumes UGA Immigration Activists Are Undocumented
Four University of Georgia student activists confronted Gov. Nathan Deal during a speech on campus Tuesday night over the state Board of Regents policy prohibiting undocumented immigrants from attending UGA.
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David Perdue: Don't Worry About the Unemployment Rate
A video of a journalist being forcibly removed from a Republican campaign event in Dawsonville has drawn a lot of attention lately. Lost in the shuffle, according to Democrat Michelle Nunn's Senate campaign, were her opponent David Perdue's comment on the unemployment rate at the 37-minute mark.
Team Nunn is circulating a Huffington Post article about the event that quotes Perdue as saying he's not concerned about Georgia's 7.8 percent unemployment rate, which is the second highest of any state and well above the 6.2 percent national average.
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New Road Will Open Oconee Land for Development
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Oconee County will soon begin design work for an extension of Parkway Boulevard, which will open up new land for development behind Lowe’s and Walmart, if the Board of Commissioners approves a design services contract for the project tonight.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Aug. 25
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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Legendary UGA Tennis Coach Dan Magill Dies
Photo Credit: Screenshot via uga.edu
Dan Magill, the longtime UGA tennis coach, died overnight at the age of 93 after several years of declining health.
Magill was the first baby ever born at Athens Regional Medical Center, was a bat boy for the UGA baseball team in grade school and managed the tennis courts as a teenager. By the 1950s, he was simultaneously sports information director, head of the Bulldog Club and men's tennis coach, a post he intended to hold for just a year but stuck with for 34.
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Mars Hill Widening Will Be 'Fun' and 'Painful'
Oconee County Public Works Director Emil Beshara last week described the upcoming reconstruction and widening of Mars Hill road as “fun,” “challenging” and “painful” in his latest update of the project to the Citizen Advisory Committee on Land Use and Transportation Planning.
Beshara said he expects construction crews to be on the site next month or the month after and to continue working on the project for three years.
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Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens Never Meant That Nonsense About Obstructing Obamacare
State Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said last year that he's doing "everything in our power to be an obstructionist" of "Obamacare."
Now, with the Affordable Care Act nearly fully implemented and benefiting millions of voters, Hudgens is backing off, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Another UGA Student Hit by Car on Baldwin Street
Photo Credit: David Schick
Another University of Georgia student was hit by a vehicle on campus today while trying to cross Baldwin Street. This marks the second student struck within three day of classes in the same location. Once again, the student was lucky and walked away with just minor scrapes and bruises.
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