Stories

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  Ambitious Georgia Legislators Quit on Their Constituents

  Georgia Report

  By Tom Crawford | September 27, 2017

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  Tim Denson Will Challenge Commissioner Jared Bailey in District 5

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | September 6, 2017

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  Athens Legislators Oppose T-SPLOST, Are Skeptical of Climate Change

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | May 17, 2017

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  The General Assembly Is Assembling Again

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | January 6, 2016

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  Is Athens Ever Getting a Downtown Grocery Store?

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | April 22, 2015

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  Commissioners Are Talking About Splitting Up Leisure Services

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | April 15, 2015

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  Deeply in Debt, Georgia Universities Look to Privatize Dorms and Parking Decks

  By Carolyn Crist | December 3, 2014

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  Is Letting Sheep Graze on Invasive Plants a Baaaaad Idea?

  City Dope

  By Blake Aued | June 11, 2014

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  Reading and Revolvers

  Thanks to the state legislature, if we want to keep guns out of libraries and other public buildings, it could cost us a bundle.

  By Blake Aued | March 5, 2014

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  Athens Is Closer to Getting a Downtown Grocery Store

  A beer and wine sales bill the legislature passed last month will help but challenges remain.

  By Blake Aued | April 17, 2013

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  Legislature Passes Ethics Bill, but Loopholes Remain

  It's better than nothing, but lobbyists will be able to skirt the new rules.

  By Blake Aued | April 10, 2013

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  Guns, Ethics and a Downtown Grocery Store

  City Dope

  Plus, more student apartments, the ADDA director search, a Buena Vista teardown and public art.

  By Blake Aued | April 3, 2013

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  Books, Beers and Bullets

  A bill in the Georgia legislature would let people carry guns in bars, in churches and on the UGA campus.

  By Blake Aued | March 20, 2013

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  The Battle of Buena Vista

  City Dope

  Plus, stormwater fees, bipartisanship (for a change) and new owners at the Bottleworks.

  By Blake Aued | March 13, 2013