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    Ohio U community express concerns at budget crisis forum

  • City

    City Council unanimously votes to allocate money for the Baileys Trail System

    Traversing Baileys Trail with City Council members

    INFOGRAPHIC: A quick look at Parking Enforcement

    How Athens plans to help finance the multimillion dollar Baileys Trail System

    Athens City Council amends Uptown zoning laws

  • State

    Introduced, Debated, and Ignored: What the Ohio Legislature is focusing on and why it matters

    Joel Newby spent his entire life in the 15th Congressional District. Now he plans to represent it

    Ohio House passes bill to protect public school students’ religious rights

    Ohio House introduces bill to outlaw abortions in the state

    Ohio U alumnus, former GSS president makes run for congressional seat

  • Opinion

    OPINION: Democrats Discuss ー The impact of influencers

    The Counter Opinion: Are political discussions welcome during the holidays?

    OPINION: Republicans Report — “Resist”

    OPINION: Democrats Discuss ー Discriminatory blood donation policies and gay men

    OPINION: Who’s to blame for the partisan divide?

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    Podcast: Athens Happens – A look at declining parking meter enforcement

    Podcast: Athens Happens – Who’s paying for Baileys Trail?

    Podcast: Athens Happens – What Airbnb Could Mean For Athens

    Podcast: Athens Happens – The Jefferson Marketplace Markup

    Deferred Maintenance and Demolitions: Another historic Ohio U building meets a similar fate

    Podcast: Athens Happens – An Uptown business and a suspected pyramid scheme

    Vote Ohio: The Dem. and GOP Candidates for Governor

    Kaitlin Bennett’s open-carry walk was met with hundreds of police officers and Antifa

  • News Quizzes

    In The News: Pearl Harbor, George Zimmerman, Announcement of a New Bill

    In The News: A Shooting, Democratic Debate, Greta Thunberg

    In The News: School Shooting, Instagram, Disney+

    In The News: FBI Arrests, Ambush in Mexico, Football

    In The News: Brush Fires, Twitter, The Pentagon

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Opinion

Opinion: Our obsession with political celebrities limits our democracy

By Luke Kubacki
April 20, 2016
Money

Opinion: Iceland’s response to Panama Papers could not be repeated in U.S.

By Luke Kubacki
April 7, 2016
Opinion

Opinion: Lahore community united despite bombing

By Luke Kubacki
March 30, 2016
Politics

Featured Blog: We should pay attention to the Congo

By Luke Kubacki
March 16, 2016
Social Justice

Opinion: Confederate flag defense upholds contemporary priviledge

By Luke Kubacki
March 10, 2016
Politics

Featured Blog: Anti-Planned Parenthood campaign political, not moral

By Luke Kubacki
February 24, 2016
Social Justice

Opinion: On the Nazareth Machete Attack and Speculation

By Luke Kubacki
February 18, 2016
Politics

Opinion: A letter to the Left on Justice Scalia

By Luke Kubacki
February 16, 2016
Money

Opinion: Privileged America needs Martin Shkreli

By Luke Kubacki
February 10, 2016

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This year, 31% more Ohio University students utilized drop-in counseling at Hudson Health Center by week ten compared to 2017, according to Paul Castelino, director of counseling and psychological services at Hudson Health Center.
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Athens Happens is a weekly news podcast brought to you by TNP reporters. This week, tune in to hear about the decline in parking meter enforcement.
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Members of Athens City Council met with leaders of the Baileys Trail System project Wednesday at Chauncey-Dover Community Park, where the system’s Chauncey trailhead is located, to hike a newly constructed portion of the trail.
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Ohio University Vice President Provost Chaden Djalali addressed Student Senate about the importance of transparency from the administration amid a university-wide budget crisis and its efforts to modernize the university’s academic infrastructure.
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4 Dec

Parking enforcement saw a general decline in citations issued in 2018, according to the 2018 annual Athens Police Department report, but still issued over 10,000 tickets for expired meters citations.
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The Baileys Trail System — 88 miles of mountain bike-optimized trail — is estimated to cost between $11 million and $12 million.
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Athens City Council passed an ordinance Monday evening to rezone portions of the Uptown area to not require that business reserve parking spaces for patrons, but businesses can maintain current spaces for customers if they choose.
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Joel Newby, a Democrat who recently announced his campaign to challenge Republican Representative Steve Stivers for Ohio’s 15th Congressional District, plans to pave his way into the halls of Congress by overcoming the political partisanship of Washington.
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