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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Southwest Georgia hospital could reopen with help from federal appropriations
April 05, 2024
Officials say they’re considering reopening as a Rural Emergency Hospital. The model requires hospitals switch out inpatient beds for a focus on emergency services, in exchange for a boost in federal support.
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Environmentalists mixed over new bill targeting mining near Okefenokee
February 21, 2024
A new bill would restrict some new mining near the Okefenokee for 3 years; some environmental groups say it protects the mining company more than the swamp.
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Fishing rights bill heads to full House for vote
February 17, 2024
The legislation would guarantee Georgians the right to fish in navigable rivers and streams. It narrowly advanced out of committee over the objections of representatives of recreational boating interests who complained the bill is overly restrictive.
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Georgia plans ‘strategic surge’ to check Medicaid eligibility after 150k children lose coverage
December 20, 2023
State sets aside $54M after letter from federal officials.
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More tourism communities ask voters to approve lodging taxes for child care
November 15, 2023
Stipends fund help for housing day care for workers in hospitality industries.
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Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it’s testing communities in Florida
October 06, 2023
The study shows the impacts are not evenly distributed. Municipalities with the greatest fiscal risks are geographically and demographically smaller, denser, wealthier and whiter.
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Media network paid by GOP groups is behind deluge of election records requests
September 29, 2023
Broad requests can bring small elections offices to halt; company CEO says he’s looking for fraud.
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State awards first grants under new rural housing program
September 09, 2023
The state awarded nearly $8.4 million in infrastructure grants to five local government applicants Friday, the first round of awards through a rural workforce housing initiative Gov. Brian Kemp announced during his State of State address last January.
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Georgia public health leader sounds alarm as report confirms spike in pregnancy-related deaths
July 12, 2023
Report finds a 20% increase in women’s deaths from pregnancy-related complications.
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Limited Medicaid expansion covering low-income Georgians starts July 1
July 01, 2023
The official launch of the program will make Georgia the only state to partially expand Medicaid coverage while requiring the newly eligible people to satisfy a work requirement.
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Georgia education panel votes to cleanse teacher lesson plans as school culture wars rage on
June 09, 2023
Commission Chair Brian Sirmans said the changes – which included removing words like “diversity” in favor of less politically fraught verbiage like “differences” – came at the request of the University System of Georgia and are intended to clarify language that had picked up unintended negative meanings over the years.
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New law guarantees fishing rights on navigable streams
May 04, 2023
Fishing rights didn’t become an issue until a property owner along a portion of the Flint River asserted its exclusive right to control fishing from the bank on its side of the river to the center of the stream and banned fishing there.
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Time is short for Georgians to requalify for Medicaid; coverage for up to 500,000 at risk
May 02, 2023
The yearlong process of determining the eligibility of all 2.7 million adults and children covered by Medicaid started last month could end with more than a half million Georgians losing coverage because they no longer qualify. One woman is determined to spread the word in communities across southwest Georgia.
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Georgia’s hedge against climate change: the Okefenokee’s peat
May 02, 2023
Mining could lead to the release of carbon stored beneath the swamp, accelerating climate change, researchers say.
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