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News Articles: federal funding cuts

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
teacher

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  • News

Georgia will not join multi-state education lawsuit against the Trump administration

Georgia will not join the 24 states and Washington, D.C., that are suing the Trump administration to release $6 billion in promised federal education grants, Attorney General Chris Carr said. 

July 17, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Bibb County Schools Superintendent Dan Sims speaking during the school system's convocation ceremony in July of 2023.

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  • Education

Close to $7B in federal funds for education remains frozen. Here's what Macon-Bibb's share is for

GPB's Grant Blankenship recently talked to Bibb County School Superintendent Dan Sims to find out what the frozen money was meant to pay for.

July 15, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
RaShaun Kemp

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  • Education

State legislators call for the release of held-up education funds

Democrats in the State Senate are calling on the Trump administration to release federal funds designated for after-school programs. 

July 14, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
a man with a fork life pallet of food moving through the food bank's warehouse

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  • News

Federal cuts leave Georgia food banks facing more demand with less produce

The federal cuts to food assistance programs will affect over 1 million Georgians who may turn to food banks for help.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Volunteers share bags of groceries Wednesday with some of the close to 500 families who access food aid at the St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Macon every week. The St. Peter Claver pantry is just one of over 150 pantries affiliated with the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank.

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  • Health Care

How will Georgia manage changes to SNAP and Medicaid rules? State leaders are figuring it out 

By using AI-powered bots and better supporting caseworkers, social service providers in Georgia are still trying to catch up on a backlogs of applications to the programs.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Bibb County teacher Heidi Hintermaier teaches a summer school reading class in Macon in June, 2023. RS6873_060723_READING_52 FILE.jpg

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  • Education

Georgia Federation of Teachers asks Kemp to call special session to address education funds

A group that represents teachers and school staff across Georgia is asking Gov. Brian Kemp to call a special session to address federal cuts to education funding.

July 11, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
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