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News Articles: federal funding cuts

Brave kid getting a vaccine shot at the pediatrician

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  • Health

Georgia ranks 48th for Hispanic health care, driven by high uninsured rates

Georgia ranks second worst in the nation for Hispanic health care, with high rates of uninsured adults and children, according to a report released Wednesday by The Commonwealth Fund.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Jason Winston and Andrew Young pictured at the annual State of the City business address on March 19, 2026. Amanda Andrews/GPB

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  • News

'The state of our city is strong.' Atlanta mayor annual address highlights investments, challenges

Business leaders and politicians gathered in Midtown Atlanta for the annual State of the City business address Wednesday night.

March 19, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
A solemn-faced woman

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  • News

‘Really difficult choice.’ Columbus pantry cancels distribution due to food shortage

St. Anne Outreach recently canceled a scheduled food distribution, citing a shortage of food at the food bank that has left the pantry struggling to fill shelves. There has been a significant food shortage over the past year, the director said.

March 17, 2026
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By:
  • Brittany McGee and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Hospital road sign

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  • Health

Georgia health officials map out $1.4 billion plan for new federal rural health funds

Georgia officials have introduced a $1.4 billion plan to improve rural health outcomes over the next five years under the federal Rural Health Transformation Program created as part of the state's budget reconciliation bill.

December 29, 2025
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By:
  • Maya Homan and
  • Georgia Recorder
people seated at a board meeting while a woman in a yellow shirt is on screen speaking at podium

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  • Education

Atlanta Public School families fight to save schools as low funding, enrollment leads to closures

The Board of Education will vote on school closures to balance the district's shrinking student population.

December 03, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Michelle and Kevin Heyman, with their son Eli, who suffers from a rare chromosomal deletion, at their home in Savannah. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/Catchlight Local/Report for America

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  • News

Federal Medicaid cuts could limit access to services for people with disabilities

In the 17 years since giving birth to son Eli, Michelle Heyman has become a master at the complex bureaucratic hurdles of Medicaid, the federal health insurance available to low-income children, the elderly and disabled in Georgia.

December 01, 2025
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By:
  • Domonique KIng and
  • The Current
Workers among the partially empty racks at the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank warehouse in Macon on day 7 of the federal government shutdown. Cuts to USDA funding in March have left food banks weaker heading into the likely pause in SNAP funding.

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  • Economy

Why the shutdown could leave 1.5 million Georgians without food in November

Cuts to the USDA in March may have left food banks in a tough spot if the federal government shutdown means 42 million people don't get their food aid in November — including more than a million in Georgia.

October 29, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
An employee works on a solar panel inside the Hanwha Qcells Solar plant, Oct. 16, 2023, in Dalton, Ga. U.S. manufacturers have added 56,000 jobs in the last three months.

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  • Energy

Georgia clean energy job growth is cooling, new study says

A new study released by the for the nonpartisan climate research group E2 says that clean energy progress is slowing, especially in Georgia.  

October 24, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
A sign says "Coming Soon, the stitch" and people are standing around it smiling

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  • News

Atlanta commits to highway capping project The Stitch despite funding challenges

Plans for a 17-acre park plan called The Stitch will continue towards a groundbreaking in 2026 despite federal funding cuts.

October 23, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
Farrugia

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  • News

Furloughed federal workers in Georgia weigh options as the shutdown drones on

Thousands of federal workers in Georgia will need to figure out how to make ends meet while they are going without a paycheck until the federal government reopens. 

October 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Travellers wait to go through security at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022.

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  • News

Shutdown another difficult moment for Georgia's nearly 111,000 federal workers

GPB's Orlando Montoya spoke about the potential economic effects of the government shutdown with Ray Hill, associate professor of finance at Emory University's Goizueta School of Business.

October 01, 2025
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Kids at the Boys and Girls Club on Anthony Road in Macon get their second helpings of fresh fruit and vegetables through the Happy Helpings summer food program recently.

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  • Children's Health

USDA will stop reporting food insecurity, childhood hunger data used by Georgia policymakers

Statistics show nearly half a million children in Georgia struggle with food insecurity. This comes as the federal government has decided it will no longer provide data tracking hunger in the U.S.

October 01, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Technicians with Sunpath Solar install solar panels at the Asbury Memorial Church in Savannah on Sept. 11, 2025. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/CatchLight Local/Report for America

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  • Energy

Solar on a Savannah church highlights losses from federal cutbacks

Asbury Memorial Church is getting one of the last installations of a pilot project for a statewide pilot program that began in 2023.

September 18, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
"Sages” — Black trans women from Houston who helped lead a community study — speak at the Saving Ourselves Symposium in Atlanta on Saturday. Onstage from left to right are: Christen “Coco” Valentine, Byancha Lawson, Sasha “Barbie” Moore, and Joelle Espeut. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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  • Health

Funding cuts sting, but Southern HIV prevention leaders say community joy and resilience will keep them going

Frontline HIV prevention advocates from across the South gathered in Atlanta over the weekend to collaborate and compare notes about how to respond to challenges created by funding cuts and new Trump administration policies.

August 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Bryce Berry

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  • Politics

Georgia Democrats call for legislative action to protect nursing homes

Georgia Democrats are pushing back against federal cuts to health care in President Trump's recently signed budget bill — especially after a study said nursing homes, including dozens in Georgia, are at risk of closure.  

July 31, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
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