In anticipation of cuts from the federal government, the Georgia Department of Public Health had already made plans to tighten the belt around its budget. Grants cut this week were originally issued in response to Covid-19 but have since been used for other programs.
A new report is predicting far-reaching economic impacts of any federal cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Georgia.
A bipartisan bill to make the Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia’s first and only national park and preserve was reintroduced Wednesday after an effort in 2024 didn’t ultimately make it through Congress. Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, and Reps. Sanford Bishop (D, GA-02) and Austin Scott (R, GA-08) introduced the legislation.
Legislation seeking to give Georgians more leverage to invoke religion when disagreeing with government requirements is primed for final passage after clearing a committee Wednesday.
A Georgia House committee heard testimony on bill seeking to ban abortions after conception; report predicts economic impact of cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in Georgia.
NATO is clarifying comments that Secretary-General Mark Rutte made when he suggested that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, even though the U.S. Army said their fate was not yet confirmed.
Sweeping changes to election rules intended to increase paper ballot options, expand the powers of the State Election Board and remove the state from a voter registration sharing database are up for debate as the 2025 legislative session nears a close.
On the March 26 edition: Georgia Medicaid and SNAP could be affected by federal cuts; The Georgia House's bills on children and public safety; Georgia bridges get good marks in national infrastructure report.
Potential cuts to HIV work at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have local and national experts worried that recent progress in cutting HIV rates will come to a halt.
The Senate said farewell to one of their own this morning, after Sen. Brandon Beach's appointment as the Trump administration's new U.S. treasurer. The House took up several bills dealing with public safety and children.
A panel of Georgia Power representatives testified for eight hours at Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing about its controversial roadmap for meeting large-scale, data center-driven energy demands over the next decade.
Artwork by Southern writer Flannery O’Connor is on display in Milledgeville, Ga. While O’Connor is well known for her short stories and novels, she was also a prolific visual artist.
The Georgia legislature passed a bill that would ban cell phones from public elementary and middle schools; Georgia’s peach farmers could be in for another good year.
