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  • Health

Georgia’s public health system gets nearly $100 million for workforce and upgrades

A grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding states over $4 billion in funding over five years.

December 06, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Kemp, Abrams, Walker, and Warnock

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: $300M spent in top races; ad focuses on Walker's domestic violence; rural voters

Wednesday on Politcal Rewind: The Abrams, Kemp, Warnock and Walker campaigns have spent a combined $300 million on ads. But Democratic campaigns are outspending GOP opponents by wide margins. Plus, will Walker and Warnock ever debate? Meanwhile, Abrams stumps for votes in rural Georgia. 

August 31, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more

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  • News

Homelessness a problem in rural Georgia

Though many associate homelessness with urban centers, the problem of lack of housing is more widespread, speakers said at a recent state Senate hearing on homelessness.   

August 29, 2022
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
An illustration of different photos of rural life.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: A discussion of the growing gap between 'Two Georgias' — one urban, one rural

Thursday on Political Rewind: We turn our attention to the issues people of rural Georgia face. For many years, political leaders routinely talked about the two Georgias: the prosperous Metro Atlanta region and the vast majority of the state’s geography where prosperity was out of reach for many. The phrase went out of favor in political circles because it seemed divisive and discouraging of change. But the problems remain and can’t be easily ignored.

December 09, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Barn

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  • Elections

Can The Georgia Countryside Provide Fertile Soil For Dems Again In 2022?

As a swing state with important races up and down the 2022 ballot, the parties are set to once again spend mind bogglingly large amounts of money and time fighting for control of the levers of Peach State power.

July 12, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Gene Bracegirdle is relieved to get his first dose of the vaccine recently in rural Colorado.

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  • National

COVID-19 Vaccinations Are Off To A Slow Start — But Not In Some Rural Areas

Some rural areas, where health care is usually harder to get, appear to be leading the nation in delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. But health leaders are cautioning there are caveats.

January 08, 2021
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
"There's this sense that decisions about the pandemic are being made in cities and kind of imposed on rural spaces," said Kathy Cramer, an expert on the rural-urban divide at the University of Wisconsin.

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  • National

Biden's Win Shows Rural-Urban Divide Has Grown Since 2016

In the 2020 election, the rural-urban divide sharpened even further from 2016, with Republicans consolidating power in rural America which could help them hold onto the U.S. Senate.

November 18, 2020
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty tour the new Claxton Poultry facility in Sylvania, about three hours southeast of Atlanta. Kemp made the visit as part of his "Georgia Made" tour.

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  • Economy

Gov. Kemp Outlines Plan To Lift Up Rural Georgia, Streamline State Budget

It's been about 10 months since Gov. Brian Kemp took office — with a pledge to lift up rural Georgia. Now, he has launched a Rural Strike Team, designed...

October 25, 2019
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Emilia Brock
In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 photo, a worker is seen behind the registration window of the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta. In two years, federal payments to hospitals treating a large share of the nation's poor will begin to evapor

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Challenges of Rural Healthcare in Georgia

On this Special Edition of Political Rewind, an in-depth look at rural health care in Georgia.

August 06, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Local governments in Georgia are working to find solutions to adapte to climate change.

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  • Politics

Southern Cities Cross Political Divide To Combat Climate Change

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is headed to Washington D.C. Wednesday to testify in front of a Senate committee about the city’s plans for climate...

July 17, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more

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  • Law

More Tax Audits Happen In The Rural South, According To New Map From ProPublica

It's Tax Day. Unless you got an extension, you have until midnight to get all your tax forms filled out and filed. And then hope that you don't get...

April 15, 2019
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows that since 2012, SNAP participation is highest among households in rural areas and small towns under 2,500 people.

New Study Shows Most SNAP Recipients Are In Rural Areas

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formally known as SNAP , was created in 1939 to help Americans who earn little or no money to buy food....

November 20, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Owensboro, Georgia farmhouse.

Photographs From A Vanishing Georgia

As metro Atlanta grows, the population of rural Georgia shrinks. Photographer Brian Brown is documenting the architecture of the country before it...

January 17, 2018
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By:
  • Emily Cureton and
  • Celeste Headlee

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