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In response to higher gas prices, Georgia residents are driving less, combining trips, and traveling shorter distances.

Georgia residents are driving less due to high gas prices

by Thom ChandlerMarch 4, 2022March 4, 2022

Piedmont last year acquired four hospitals from HCA for $950 million: Cartersville Medical Center, Eastside Medical Center in Snellville and Coliseum Medical Centers and Coliseum Northside, both in Macon.

Piedmont Healthcare takes over University Health Care System in Augusta

by Andy Miller | GHNMarch 1, 2022March 1, 2022

Georgia gas prices continue to increase at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.50 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday's state average is 13 cents more than a week ago.

Georgia gas prices spike 13 cents per gallon higher than last week

by AAA ReportsFebruary 28, 2022February 28, 2022

In 2019, the General Assembly created a commission to launch a medical marijuana program in Georgia. Three years later, not a single patient has received a single dose.

Lawsuits are causing Georgia’s medical cannabis delay

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022

The bill, which supporters call the Parents’ Bill of Rights, is part of a nationwide conservative push against what some parents see as “woke” lessons.

What is Georgia’s proposed “Parents’ Bill of Rights?”

by Ross Williams | Georgia RecorderFebruary 23, 2022September 24, 2023

The Fulton County school district, like many across the country, has been challenged by an increased number of school fights and weapons on school campuses.

Here’s what Fulton County schools are doing to keep students safe

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 20, 2022February 20, 2022

The recalled powdered baby formulas, Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare, can be identified by the 7-to-9-digit code and expiration date on the bottom of the package.

Here’s what you need to know about the powdered baby formula recall

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 19, 2022February 19, 2022

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Georgia education department gives $5.26 million to help students with dyslexia

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 17, 2022September 24, 2023

Hawkins’ legislation would also require the state to post the per-member, per-month “cost figures” for the Medicaid, PeachCare and fee-for-service plans that provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Georgians, most of them children.

Georgia lawmakers push for state health insurance plan transparency

by Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine | GHNFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Brood of hen

Georgia takes steps to keep bird flu outbreak out of state

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Brown black and white piglet playing in enclosure

Who really benefits from Georgia’s ‘Freedom to Farm’ bill?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 15, 2022February 15, 2022

This week at Augusta University, James M. Hull College of Business’s online MBA program receives national recognition, AU Health Imaging is offering a heart screening discount this month, homecoming week caps off with the crowning of the king and queen, and Augusta University recognizes some of the brightest high school seniors in the Central Savannah River Area.

Augusta University gears up for homecoming

by College NewsFebruary 14, 2022February 14, 2022

Woman in yellow shirt while filling up her car with gasoline

Georgia gas prices are up 9 cents per gallon over last week

by AAA ReportsFebruary 14, 2022February 14, 2022

When they’re infected by a strain of the fungus that’s resistant to agricultural azole fungicide, the clinical azole drugs used in health care are also ineffective.

Fungicides used in farming may drive resistance to antifungal medicine in humans

by Allyson Mann | CAES NewsFebruary 12, 2022February 12, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he will propose legislation giving Georgia parents the final say on whether to send their children to school wearing masks.

Kemp: Parents Should Have the Final Say on Masks in School

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 10, 2022December 20, 2023

In response to ongoing discipline issues in Fulton County schools, Fulton school superintendent Mike Looney is using his emergency purchasing power to add additional campus security associates.

Fulton schools will use emergency funding to add more security

by Thom ChandlerFebruary 9, 2022February 9, 2022

New mothers in Georgia could receive health coverage through Medicaid for up to a year after giving birth, up from the current six months, under legislation that cleared the state Senate unanimously.

New moms could get expanded Medicaid coverage in Georgia

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 8, 2022February 8, 2022

selective focus of gas pumps with fuel on gas station

Georgia gas prices are up 4 cents per gallon over last week

by AAA ReportsFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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