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Biden asks Congress for 5% rent increase cap
ATLANTA — Efforts to address affordable housing could soon come from the federal government. This Tuesday, the Biden administration announced a proposal to cap how much landlords could raise rent or risk losing tax breaks. Metro Atlanta realtor Alex Szemetyllo, he adds, in recent years he’s watched rent drastically...
Interior Department nominates Civil Rights Movement sites for World Heritage List
Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday that the National Park Service will potentially nominate 11 different sites from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to be added to the World Heritage List. “The U.S. sites that mark the civil rights movement are integral in helping us tell a full and complete story of American history,”…
$10M suit in Georgia truck accident moved to federal court
A $10 million lawsuit by a Georgia man who says he was badly injured when his pickup was struck by a semi driven for an amusement rides company has been transferred to federal court in Georgia. The suit, first filed June 6 in Muscogee County Superior Court in Georgia, moved...
ACC Mayor and Commission discusses zoning, TSPLOST 2026
The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission met for the monthly agenda setting meeting on Tuesday, July 16, where they covered a range of issues, from zoning change requests to funding youth sports development initiatives. Prior to the regularly-scheduled agenda setting meeting, the commission met for a special called session, where commissioners discussed and voted on topics including the timeline for the 2026 Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and school resource officer funding.
Kimberley Bugg Appointed CEO and Director of Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library
The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library has named Kimberley Bugg as its next chief executive officer and library director, effective August 5, 2024. Bugg is currently the AUC Woodruff Library’s associate library director. Previously she was chief of the Researcher & Reference Services Division at the Library of Congress.
Updated–Missing Teen Located
(Cleveland)- A missing White County teen has been located. The White County Sheriff’s office posted a notice Wednesday asking the public to help locate 16-year-old Zachariah Nunnally. The sheriff’s office in an update Wednesday night advised that he had been located safe. The post said we would like...
A family with over 15 ties to the University of Georgia
Stella Cown, or “Grandma Stella,” moved from England in 1946 to Grayson, Georgia, a 56 minute drive to Athens. Cown, who recently turned 100 years old in March of this year, holds an impressive multigenerational connection to Athens. The college-town’s charm, tight-knit community and school spirit made it...
2025 Georgia Tech Target Cortez Smith Receives Prediction to Land With The Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Tech made the final four for four-star offensive lineman Cortez Smith, but it is starting to look like he is trending to land with the Yellow Jackets in
Kirby Smart adds defensive back Rashad Johnson to 2025 class
The Georgia Bulldogs strengthened their recruiting efforts on Sunday afternoon with the commitment of Rashad Johnson, a four-star safety from Bushnell, Florida. Johnson announced his decision via an Instagram video, selecting Georgia over Penn State, Louisville and Texas A&M. Johnson is a formidable boundary safety recognized for his physical style...
'Historic': Cobb County and Cities Enter Mediation
MARIETTA — For the first time since Service Delivery Strategy Agreements became state law in 1997, Cobb County and six of its cities have been forced to enter a formal mediation process. Mediation began Wednesday morning at the Marietta Hilton, following opening statements from the attorneys representing the county and the cities, as well as the mediator, Cobb Superior Court Senior Judge Grant Brantley. “Today, we need to remember that...
Mapped: Georgia's 65+ workforce
Data: BLS. Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosGeorgia trails the national average in its share of employed seniors, according to preliminary 2023 census data.Why it matters: The 2024 presidential campaign between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is sparking a fresh conversation about age, ability, and mental acuity.Zoom in: Only 17.2% of Georgians ages 65 and up were working in 2023, census data shows.That's below the national average of 18.7%.Vermont (25.6%), Iowa (23.9%), and Maryland (23.4%) have the highest share of 65-and-up adults in the workforce.Zoom out: Fewer older Americans are working now compared to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Axios' Emily Peck reports.Yes, but: The share of older adults in the workforce has been generally rising since the late 1980s, Peck writes.That's in part because of changes to Social Security and retirement plans, and in part because medical advances are extending Americans' lives and their time in the workforce.
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