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Georgia political leaders lay out priorities for 2025 session at the Biennial Institute in Athens

New and returning state lawmakers gathered in Athens this week to learn more about the legislative process and state policy.

December 11, 2024

By:

Sarah Kallis

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff questioned USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Dec. 5 at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about how to resolve the mail delays in Georgia. Screenshot

Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Disaster assistance; post office honors the Carters; USPS Postmaster DeJoy

For the week ending Dec. 6, the senators focused on requesting federal disaster assistance from congressional leaders post-Hurricane Helene, pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy under oath on the continuing mail delays in Georgia, and introducing legislation to rename the Plains, Ga., post office after Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

December 11, 2024

By:

Ambria Burton

Chatham County Commission meeting on Friday, Dec. 6.

Politics

Savannah's Chatham County shelves anti-homeless ‘urban camping’ law, for now

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling deemed such laws constitutional.

December 06, 2024

By:

Benjamin Payne

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, right, sign healthcare waivers at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Oct. 15, 2020. 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. As of June, it had about 4,300 members.

Health

Georgia’s work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps

Georgia’s public benefits system has been plagued by problems for years. But processing times have worsened since July 2023, when Georgia launched the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program.

December 06, 2024

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Andy Miller ,
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Georgia Today: School voucher program reevaluated; Opioid alternatives; HS Football championships

On the Thursday December 12th edition of Georgia Today: State officials reevaluate the schools eligible for Georgia's private school voucher program; Georgia lawmakers consider pain management alternatives in order to address the opioid crisis; And Georgia's tackle and flag football championships are next week. We'll have a preview of what's to come.

December 12, 2024

By:

Orlando Montoya and
Jake Cook

Tashiya Umoja M'kanga, of Atlanta, right, instructs students during a math lesson at the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute, March 28, 2023, in Decatur, Ga.

News

GPB evening headlines for December 12, 2024

State officials are re-evaluating a list of public school districts where students will be eligible for vouchers to pay for private school.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to researchers at Georgia Tech to monitor air quality after the BioLab fire.

Georgia lawmakers are considering alternatives to opioids for pain management during special subcommittee hearings.

December 12, 2024

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GPB News Radio

Members of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department dive team stand near new scuba gear for the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office during a press conference on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at Amerson River Park in Macon, Georgia. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office announced acquiring new scuba equipment that they will lend out to Macon-Bibb County Fire Department dive team to help in water emergencies. The money for the equipment was raised by the Macon-Bibb Law Enforcement Foundation. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

News

New scuba gear for fire department will help save people from drowning in Macon

The Bibb County Fire Department’s rescue divers were given access to new scuba equipment which they hope will help them save drowning victims, officials announced Tuesday.

December 12, 2024

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