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Sonny Perdue testifies during a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the rural economy, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Jacquelyn Martin AP

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  • Politics

Former Trump official says DOGE cuts are impacting Georgia’s universities

Sonny Perdue, chancellor of the University System of Georgia, confirmed that cuts to federal spending are impacting Georgia’s public colleges and universities.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., delivers remarks following the weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump backs House's approach to budget plans to implement his agenda

The chambers are at odds about the best way to approach President Trump's legislative priorities, which could set them up for a showdown.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Deirdre Walsh
Messages on the window of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library in Jonesboro, Ark., urged voters to approve library funding. Local voters opted to cut the funding in half, following complaints about books that some deemed inappropriate, and the library is now struggling to stay open.

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  • National

Library funding becomes the 'nuclear option' as the battle over books escalates

Some libraries are now facing an existential threat: They could lose their public funding over books deemed inappropriate for young readers.

May 04, 2023
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
The largest portion of a new White House funding request is for $22.4 billion in COVID-19 funding, money that would go toward stockpiling vaccines and tests, as well as to research and development and the global vaccine response.

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  • Politics

White House asks for $47 billion for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox and disasters

The administration hopes the funding request will become part of an upcoming short-term spending bill aimed at funding the federal government beyond Sept. 30.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Nurse gives vaccination

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  • Health

Will it be ‘every state for themselves’ as the federal COVID cash dries up?

State and local health departments have put significant financial resources into fighting COVID-19, but so far the federal government has shouldered the cost of free vaccines and therapeutics as well as a now-defunded program to provide health care for uninsured people with the virus. The federal government is also providing free tests.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Shutt
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • News

Lawmakers agree on Georgia budget with big funding boosts

Georgia lawmakers agreed Monday on a budget with boosts in spending for K-12 education, universities, mental health and public safety. They're reaping the rewards of a big increase in state revenue as Gov. Brian Kemp and legislators seek reelection this year.

April 04, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff
Health officials say more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, but 20 percent of them don't know it. Health officials say HIV testing is critical to stopping the spread of the virus.

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  • Economy

Emergency Funding Approved To Avert Atlanta's HIV Housing Crisis

As federal money pours into Georgia to end new HIV infections, hundreds of people living with HIV and AIDS are being threatened with eviction. Nonprofit...

August 06, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor

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