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Georgia City Named Among The 'Worst Run Cities' In The U.S.
WTKS - Georgia
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When visiting another city, you have likely spotted some notable differences from the one you call home. From well-paved roads and less traffic congestion to a noticeable change in crime rate that makes you feel safer walking down a street alone,...
Americus | Sumter County: The Americus Advantage
Georgia Trend
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July 1, 2025
In the heart of Southwest Georgia, the small town of Americus has quietly emerged as a model for rural economic transformation. Once struggling with downtown vacancies and economic stagnation, Americus has flipped the script – revitalizing its...
Georgia senators oppose Trump’s Medicaid cuts as families brace for impact
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia’s U.S. senators are joining a bipartisan push against President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget proposal, projected to be $153 billion. More than 2 million Georgians rely on Medicaid, and according to...
Atlanta News First at 7: North Korean agents steal cryptocurrency from Atlanta business, officials say
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Four North Korean agents were indicted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency from an Atlanta business, according to prosecutors. Second man dies after weekend shooting at...
Healthcare Shouldn’t Be One Size Fits Profit
Atlanta Daily World - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
by Mable Taplin As a nurse and patient advocate with decades of experience, I’ve witnessed what happens when care is centered on the person. I’ve also seen what happens when it’s not. Years ago, on a medical-surgical unit, I cared for a woman...
Federal grant termination notices piling up across Georgia
The Current - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
Our newsletters uncover the insights you need to understand the issues facing Coastal Georgia—delivered to your inbox five times a week. On May 9, a federal notice arrived at a state office that cut millions of dollars earmarked for a bipartisan...
Eastern NC healthcare fraud charges part of $14.6B national takedown
WCTI - North Carolina
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On Monday, June 30, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced criminal charges against five individuals and one company and the convictions of eight health practitioners in connection with an investigation into billing and...
Goldstar Air Celebrates Ghana’s National Day Of Prayer And Thanksgiving
News Ghana
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July 1, 2025
Ghanaian and United States registered company Goldstar Air, a private international airline with an issued Air Carrier Licence (ACL/N-SCH No. 0239) from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to operate passenger and cargo flights across West...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Wholesale Trade industry across South Atlanta News publication area
South Atlanta News - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...
What to Know About Medicaid
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income Americans that provides coverage for more than 70 million people, faces its biggest overhaul in decades under President Donald Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax and spending...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Wholesale Trade industry across WC Georgia News publication area
WC Georgia News
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July 1, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Manufacturing industry across Central Georgia News publication area
Central Georgia News
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June 30, 2025
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...
These are the winners and losers in the 'big, beautiful bill' that Trump wants passed President Trump's signature legislation gives tax breaks to businesses and the wealthy, paid for partly by cutting health coverage for lower-income households. Read…
Yahoo News
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Legislation making its way through the Senate stands to have wide-ranging effects across the economy — bolstering tax benefits for businesses and higher-income households while threatening health insurance for millions of Americans and putting...
DI men's soccer teams with the most NCAA national championships
NCAA
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June 30, 2025
The first men's soccer national championship was awarded to St. Louis 61 years ago, in 1959, for its 5-2 win over Bridgeport. The Billikens still lead the way with nine DI men's soccer titles, with their last coming in 1973. Here, we look at the...
Chattanooga Lookouts infielder Sal Stewart headed to Atlanta for MLB Futures Game
Local 3 News - Tennessee
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Chattanooga Lookouts infielder Sal Stewart is one of 50 MLB prospects headed to Atlanta on July 12 for the annual Futures Game. Stewart is the Cincinnati Reds' third-ranked prospect and 62nd overall prospect. In 71 games with the Lookouts this...
Ahead of Federal Cuts, State Medicaid Costs Already Soaring
Governing
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June 30, 2025
In fiscal year 2023, the combination of expiring federal COVID-19 pandemic aid, slowing tax revenue growth, and rising costs for Medicaid led to an increase in the share of state revenue dedicated to Medicaid of 17.8 percent, or $44.4 billion,...
It’s Time to Reform Marijuana Laws in Georgia
Georgia Trend
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June 30, 2025
In 2025, it remains illegal in Georgia to grow, possess or consume marijuana products. That’s a fact. It is also a fact that almost every Georgian reading these words either uses marijuana products themselves or knows someone who does. Anyone...
Warner Robins woman indicted for $5.4M Medicaid fraud scheme, Attorney General's office says
13 WMAZ - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
The press release says Elizabeth Ivester, 62 has been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A Warner Robins woman has been indicted for defrauding Georgia’s...
Hundreds of people charged in $14B ‘Operation Gold Rush’ healthcare fraud scheme
95.5 WSB - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. — “Operation Gold Rush” is being called the “largest healthcare fraud takedown in history” and involves multiple states including Georgia. FBI official Christopher Delgado more than $14 billion dollars in alleged fraud was billed to...
Two South Carolina cases part of largest healthcare fraud takedown in history
WIS 10 - South Carolina
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July 1, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Two South Carolina cases were part of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) largest takedown of healthcare fraud in its history. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that the two cases were part of the takedown...