Georgia

Health Care December 20, 2023

Georgia plans ‘strategic surge’ to check Medicaid eligibility after 150k children lose coverage

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 20, 2023 Georgia will boost spending to get state workers help with handling…

Opinion December 18, 2023

Data Shows Georgia Workers Are Miserable. See What’s “Driving” The Results

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In the 2022 election, GOP Governor Brian Kemp insisted that Georgians were pretty happy, while his Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams…

U.S. Congress October 26, 2023

Georgia child welfare agency gets scathing performance reviews at Ossoff human rights hearing

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 26, 2023 The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services only met risk…

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Justice August 7, 2023

Georgia DAs challenge new law allowing state oversight of their prosecution choices

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 2, 2023 Four Georgia district attorneys filed a lawsuit this week to stop…

Agriculture June 8, 2023

Peaches are a minor part of Georgia’s economy, but they’re central to its mythology

by William Thomas Okie, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The 2023 Georgia peach harvest is looking bad, although the details are sketchy….

Health Care, Mental Health January 10, 2023

Georgia lawmakers hope to build on 2022’s mental health reforms

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 9, 2023 Last legislative session lawmakers stepped up state oversight for a 2008…

The coronavirus vaccines might have contributed to a rise in gasoline prices illustrated by photo of Kroger gas station on South Cobb Drive

Economy January 13, 2020

Gasoline price fell two cents in GA over past week

According to a press release from Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA – The Auto Club Group, Georgia prices at the pump fell two cents over the past week, bringing the…

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Science and Technology October 30, 2024

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

by James Wray, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so…

Elections October 30, 2024

For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state

by Naomi F. Sugie, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] People who are convicted of felonies might think they can’t vote….

Health Care October 30, 2024

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