Sofi Gratas covers rural health and health care for GPB. She joined GPB in June 2022 as a Report for America Corps member. Her focus is on the crisis facing rural communities that consistently rank near the bottom nationwide in health and health care. Sofi is a 2020 graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady School of Journalism. Prior to joining GPB, she worked at the Red and Black and WUGA.
On the July 15 edition: One Georgia city is still unsure if a new ICE facility is going to be built there; The campaign season is ramping up before the November election; And Atlanta is working on a heat safety plan.
Under Georgia's partial Medicaid expansion program, Pathways to Coverage, eligible low-income adults are required to report 80 hours of work every a month to qualify for healthcare.
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins will be the Republican U.S. Senate nominee to face incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff on the ballot in November. Republican voters also picked Rick Jackson to compete against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms.
