Congressional representatives: Federal government should ensure timely cataract surgeries for older Georgians
ATLANTA – The federal government should ensure Medicare Advantage insurers Humana and Aetna cover cataract surgeries for older Georgians without delays or denials, Georgia’s Democratic Congressional representatives said this week. Aetna started requiring...
Transgender employees sue State Health Benefit Plan over failure to offer gender-confirming care
TLANTA – A group of Georgians is suing the state over its failure to provide health benefits for transgender people through the State Health Benefit Plan, which provides health coverage for state employees, including public school employees. Two of the plaintiffs...
Regional transportation tax celebrating 10-year anniversary
ATLANTA - Georgians in 12 regions across the state voted a decade ago to pay a penny sales tax for 10 years to fund a backlog of critical transportation projects. While most of the regions – including metro Atlanta – rejected the tax, voters in the regions surrounding...
Kemp bans TikTok on state-owned devices
ATLANTA – Georgia is joining the growing list of Republican-led states banning TikTok from state-owned phones and laptops, according to a new memo issued by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday. All executive agencies and branches should immediately ban the use of...
Intervenors in Georgia Power rate case push for lower profits, more solar
ATLANTA - Environmental and solar industry advocates asked Georgia energy regulators Thursday to reduce the upper limit on profits Georgia Power will be allowed to earn and force the utility to pursue solar energy more aggressively. Georgia Power’s so-called “earnings...
Georgia should create HBCU economic prosperity planning districts, state Senate committee recommends
Former Ambassador Andrew Young speaking to students at Atlanta University Center earlier this year (photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine). ATLANTA – Georgia should establish special economic prosperity planning districts for its 10 Historically Black Colleges and...
Congress passes Ossoff-sponsored bill requiring improvements to federal prison cameras
ATLANTA - Federal prisons will have to replace outdated, broken security camera systems under legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., that gained final passage this week. The bipartisan bill stems from an eight-month investigation into sexual abuse of...
Georgia Power agrees to cut rate hike request by 40%
ATLANTA - Georgia Power officials signed off late Wednesday on an agreement that would lower the utility’s rate hike request now before the state Public Service Commission (PSC) by nearly 40%. The company, the PSC’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff, and intervenors in...