As the 2023-2024 academic year kicks off, students and staff continue to discuss Senate Bill 83, and the impact it could have on state university’s diversity, safe spaces and freedom of speech.
For OU students Maeve Fellerhoff and Celia Hawk, climate change activism is more than a political ideology, but rather the motivation to unite and create a change on campus and in the world.
Read about the candidates that qualified as well as the ones who didn’t.
Athens City Council met on Monday in a special session to discuss an ordinance allowing the Athens County Agricultural Society to place a fence on the city right-of-way.
Councilmember Solveig Spjeldnes, D-1st ward, offered several solutions to appease both parties, such as moving the location of the fence further back with a gate and bushes surrounding it. Doing this would cause less of a disturbance to neighbors and still allow people to camp on the property.
Athens City Council met in committees Monday to assess trash service rate contracts.
Athens City Council met on Monday to discuss an ordinance allowing the mayor to pay the 2023 recreation fee to the Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia and an ordinance amending the staffing levels for the fire department.
Mayor Steve Patterson said that the city has a plan in the event that a train derailment occurs in Athens.
Council is reviewing a similar proposed ban in Columbus to apply it to Athens.
The AI chatbot market is experiencing intense competition; with technological development, a major threat looms over our head.
The ordinance removed the formal bidding procedure so that a collapsed storm line that has formed a sinkhole located at 30 Curran Drive could be replaced.
Athens City Council met on Monday to discuss an ordinance that would authorize the Service-Safety Director Andrew Stone to enter into a contract for the construction of the new fire headquarters.
Student Senate members discuss this semester’s successes and next semester’s goals.
As their semester in Washington comes to a close, hosts Hannah and Claire discuss their final impressions of the city and takeaways from their internships.
Council approved a resolution encouraging the mayor to deprioritize the criminalization of abortions in Athens, which he said he would sign immediately.
Following the Midterm Elections on Nov. 8, various candidates voice their plans for office moving forward.
Join hosts Cassie Dye and Lauren Begley as they debate on all sorts of random topics on The Olive Branch podcast!
Despite the importance midterms hold both nationally and locally, they typically engage fewer voters compared to presidential election years.
Athens City Council met to discuss an ordinance amending housing regulations and the requirement for rental permits in Athens and to discuss mutual aid to the Athens Sheriff’s office.
There is a multitude of campaign tactics that politicians will take advantage of throughout their races, including advertising and on-the-street campaigning.
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