Flagpole published an article (written by APN’s editor!) on Dec. 4 about untrue statements by National EMS, our for-profit ambulance provider in Athens. It was discussed by Alexia Ridley, Blake Aued, Gwen O’Looney, Fred Smith and Lee Shearer on Athens News Matters on Friday: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wuga/audio/2019/12/191206_-_a1b1_-_panel.mp3 National EMS segment starts at […]
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The Mayor and Commission finally started to resolve the crisis at animal control and they made huge progress on affordable housing in Athens. Find out the tentative details of the Bethel Homes redevelopment, aka the “North Athens Project,” here. Local News Update for Athens-Clarke County, Georgia October 1, 2019 Transcript […]
In a statement released at the end of the day on Friday, Mayor Kelly Girtz announced that the unified government intends to redevelop Bethel Homes with the Athens Housing Authority in a public-private partnership. Bethel Homes, located next to Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens, is almost 60 years old and […]
The judicial branch is one of the three branches of government, but it’s probably the least well known. Let’s explore the judicial branch of government on the federal, state and local levels. Superior Court Judge Lisa Lott, Municipal Court Judge Ryan Hope and Circuit Public Defender John Donnelly discuss their […]
The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission passed a resolution in support of undocumented residents in August but seemed to reverse course just two weeks later. What did the resolution mean to them? We’ll find out — they still have time to stand with immigrants and tell the Georgia state legislature […]
Despite posting a $19.4 Billion profit in 2018, AT&T is refusing to bargain with members of Communications Workers of America. The contract of AT&T technical and call center employees has expired, and now they’re on strike, asking to keep their current pay and benefits. Are you an employee of UGA? […]