Shopping for health insurance will be slightly different come November with the final approval for Georgia Access, a piece of Gov. Kemp’s Patients First Act.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is defending and doubling down on his signature Medicaid program, the only one in the nation with a work requirement. Georgia Pathways requires all recipients to show that they performed at least 80 hours of work, volunteer activity, schooling or vocational rehabilitation in a month to qualify.
Over the weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign launched a new initiative called Republicans for Harris. The effort seeks to win over Republican voters who are looking for an alternative to former President Donald Trump. The coalition has already garnered support from prominent Republicans, including Olivia Troye, a homeland security adviser in the Trump administration. She spoke with GPB's Pamela Kirkland.
The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia's Medicaid program says she does not see a single solution for the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents.
Georgia state Superintendent Richard Woods now says the state will pay for districts to teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The announcement came Wednesday, a day after Woods said districts could only teach the course using local funds.
By now, Georgia officials expected their new Medicaid plan to provide health insurance to 25,000 low income residents. Pathways to Coverage launched last July and is the only Medicaid plan in the country that requires beneficiaries to work or engage in other activities to get coverage.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has met with South Korea's president during his trip to the Asian nation. The Republican Kemp says he met Tuesday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of Janelle King to the board, effective immediately.
Georgia Republicans have elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the pro-Donald Trump rally on Jan. 6, 2021. Delegates to the Georgia Republican Party State Convention elected Amy Kremer to one of two RNC positions Saturday, unseating incumbent Ginger Howard.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he will spend more than $500,000 from his political committee to help a state Supreme Court justice he appointed win election. At least two religiously conservative groups are also spending to support Justice Andrew Pinson.
Georgia's Republican Party has removed one of its officers after a judge found he voted illegally nine times after moving to the state. Party Chairman Josh McKoon says the state Republican Committee voted 146-24 on Friday to remove Brian K. Pritchard.
Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is both increasing spending and cutting taxes as state tax revenues decline, saying he is looking to the state's billions in surplus to allow him to remain on that course. The Republican governor on Tuesday signed a $36.1 billion budget for the year beginning July 1 that will boost pay for public school teachers and state employees, while spending more on education, health care and mental health.
