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Georgia works to contain spread of bird flu from commercial poultry farm

Georgia’s $7.75 billion commercial poultry industry – one of the largest in the nation – was working Tuesday to keep bird flu from spreading after a case was confirmed in an operation in Elbert County ...
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Georgia organ donor group works to overcome challenges, stigma of donation

Nearly 5,000 people are waiting for organ transplants in Georgia right now. This is driving the push to register more people to donate their organs, especially in minority communities where the need ...
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Georgia’s work requirement slows processing of applications for Medicaid, food stamps

Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and frustration began. In July, his parents, Haresh and Nina Adhvaryu, received a letter ...
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Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program spent twice as much on administrative costs as healthcare, GAO says

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Georgia lawmakers work to reform state brewery regulations

ATLANTA — Current Georgia law does not allow small brewers, such as brewpubs, to sell their own products on the market. Senate Bill 122, the Craft Beer and Local Economy Revitalization Act, proposed ...
The Nation

Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements

Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have. In 2023, when Georgia ...
The New York Times

Senators Call for Investigation of Medicaid Work Requirement Program

A group of Democratic lawmakers accused Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the only Medicaid work requirement program in the country, of spending little of its funding on health benefits. By Noah Weiland ...
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Georgia Works opens first women’s facility, continuing mission of second chances

For more than a decade, Georgia Works has helped men turn their lives around -- offering housing, work and a shot at a fresh start. Now, for the first time, another group will have that same second ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia Works opens new women’s homeless facility

Georgia Works, a local nonprofit fighting homelessness since 2013, has opened a new women-only facility. Darlene Schultz spoke with our team about the expansion, which provides safe housing and ...
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Georgia works on flipping South Carolina cornerback commit Peyton Dyer

Georgia is trying to turn this summer into flip season. Peyton Dyer is near the top of that flip wish list. The Duluth (Ga.) athlete has been committed to South Carolina since November. That early ...
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Republicans are pushing a Medicaid work requirement. Here’s what happened when Georgia tried it

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