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Pot proponents look to California after victories
Marijuana advocates, fresh off victories for legal recreational pot in Oregon and the nation's capital, are already preparing for their next target, and it's a big one: California.
11:20AM ( 10 years ago )
Referendums on alcoholic beverage sales, transportation bonds, SPLOST get voters OK in NE Ga.
Referendums on alcoholic beverage sales, transportation bonds, and SPLOST got an OK from voters in several cities and counties in northeast Georgia Tuesday.
9:43AM ( 10 years ago )
Audi recalling nearly 102,000 cars to fix air bags
Audi is recalling nearly 102,000 luxury cars because the front air bags may not inflate in a crash.
8:53AM ( 10 years ago )
Morning after: Obama, GOP in new political dynamic
America awoke Wednesday to sharper dividing lines in an already divided government, forcing President Barack Obama to recalibrate his approach and giving Republican leaders in Congress new muscle to check him.
8:45AM ( 10 years ago )
Ga. voters back amendment capping income tax rate
Voters have adopted an amendment freezing Georgia's top marginal income tax rate.
6:23AM ( 10 years ago )
Habersham voters approve return of 1-cent SPLOST
Habersham County voters have approved the return of a 1-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for county purposes.
12:57AM ( 10 years ago )
Gainesville City Council gives initial approval to high-end development
Gainesville City Council members gave unanimous approval Tuesday evening to first-reading rezoning and annexation proposals for a large high-end development to be built off Dawsonville Highway on Ahaluna Drive.
8:27PM ( 10 years ago )
Helen contemplates future fire department needs
Helen leaders want to make sure they look into the future before spending more than $600,000 on a new fire truck.
7:37PM ( 10 years ago )
Clarkesville woman to be featured on Oprah Winfrey Sunday show
Piedmont College's Barbara Brown Taylor will appear on Oprah Winfrey
4:19PM ( 10 years ago )
US stocks slip as oil's slump hits energy industry
Stocks are closing mostly lower, led by declines in energy companies as the price of oil continues to fall.
4:16PM ( 10 years ago )