Georgia is over halfway through Medicaid unwinding, where public health agencies check the eligibility of everyone with Medicaid coverage. But administrative errors have left many children, still eligible for Medicaid without coverage.
Georgia Power customers monthly bills are going to increase again.
Among the gifts children can dream for during the holidays, few loom as large as a new bike. For kids at one Macon school Tuesday, the dream came true!
In Macon, a local chapter of the nonprofit organization 100 Black Men is helping a school incentivize good attendance by giving away news bicycles on the last day before winter break.
For people living with addiction, it’s been proven that access to evidence-based treatment and support can help keep them alive and stable. But care can be hard to come by and is only possible by combating the stigma around addiction, which is pervasive among providers, the public, and people with addiction themselves.
A federal appeals court has ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move his election interference case in Georgia to federal court.
A new non-profit company will take over operations of a string of Georgia newspapers, and create a new standalone news outlet in Macon-Bibb County, in the name of sustaining the older papers and averting “news deserts.”
Georgia’s largest Ford dealership is partnering with an electric infrastructure energy company to build several new electric vehicle chargers and solar panels.
Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson is asking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a pending immunity case against Former President Donald Trump.
Governor Brian Kemp announced today an additional $45,000 in school safety funding for every public school in Georgia.
Delta is extending its suspension of flights between the U.S. and Tel Aviv because of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Some nutrition programs are at risk of funding shortfalls as politicians spar over federal spending. Supplemental nutrition programs help millions of people every year who otherwise could not afford food.
Some nutrition programs are at risk of funding shortfalls as politicians spar over federal spending.
One of the oldest homes in Columbus has re-opened as a restaurant.
Atlanta’s Blank Family Foundation announced $8 million in grants to nonprofit organizations supporting mental health, with a particular focus on children.
The majority of drugs tested after an opioid overdose — 90% — contain fentanyl, which is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. That's why some health experts are calling for nasal nalmefene to be available over the counter.
The deadline to sign up for health insurance through the marketplace is Friday. Plans provide coverage established through the Affordable Care Act also known as “Obamacare.”
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat testified in front of a panel of state Senators Thursday as part of a legislative investigation into Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail.
A federal appeals court heard arguments Thursday that could decide the fate of an effort to stop a planned police and fire-fighter training center in Atlanta.
A group of Atlanta based journalists and local press are coming together to hold a vigil for the news workers killed in Gaza since the war began October 7th.
If you enroll in a marketplace plan on or before Dec. 15, 2023, coverage will begin on Jan. 1, 2024. If you enroll in a plan after Dec. 16, 2023, coverage will begin on Feb. 1, 2024.
Georgia will join about half of all states that already have an all-payer claims database, or an APCD, by January. The database and visualizations to come were developed with support from the Georgia Tech Research Institute.