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Campus Sexual Assault

New emails expose Rep. Earl Ehrhart’s efforts to bully colleges into protecting accused rapists

Rep. Earl Ehrhart’s miserable pet project to protect accused rapists at Georgia college campuses won’t die. Early last year, Ehrhart filed a bill that would have protected accused rapists on college campuses across Georgia by blocking schools from investigating campus sexual assault claims without an immediate police investigation. The legislation and its attempted reincarnations failed, but emails recently obtained by Buzzfeed news have revealed even more about Ehrhart’s backward efforts. According to the report, Ehrhart

Economy

Locking in unaffordable tuition won’t make it affordable

Rep. Rick Jeffares, a state senator from Henry County, is proposing a plan that attempts to reduce college costs for Georgia students. The plan would lock in tuition for incoming freshmen during their next four years at school, preventing hiking tuition rates as students work on their degrees. But is simply locking the exorbitant price of tuition enough to help students? Median federal loan debt for Georgia students seeking a bachelor’s degree has more than