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Court filing questions grounds for recall effort against Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz
The judge presiding over Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz’s challenge to a recall effort has ordered the organizer of the effort to be added as a respondent to the mayor’s petition for a legal review of the initiative. Also in the order, filed earlier this month in Athens-Clarke...
District voting error in Athens caught ahead of Tuesday election
The mistake has reportedly been corrected without incident, but nearly 70 registered voters in Athens-Clarke County Commission District 2, where a Tuesday nonpartisan election will decide the occupant of the seat for four years beginning in January, were at one point erroneously assigned to Athens-Clarke County Commission District 5, where no election is slated for Tuesday.
UGA receives significant funding boost in state budgets
ATHENS -- The University of Georgia received significant investments from its home state after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the amended FY 2024 state budget in February and the FY 2025 state budget in May. “We are deeply grateful to Gov. Kemp and the General Assembly for their tremendous support of the University of Georgia in this year’s legislative session,” UGA President Jere W. Morehead said. “These investments will advance our teaching, research and service missions and produce substantial, long-term benefits for the entire state.” ...
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