By Rebecca Lindstrom – 11Alive News (Watch Now) COVID-19 has lingered long enough, we now have survivors to celebrate. But it will take months, even years, for some to heal from the financial toll of battling this virus. “Those doctors and nurses...
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By Nicole Carr – WSB-TV (Watch Now) Channel 2 Action News has fielded a lot of questions about who is responsible if someone gets sick after going into a business that opens up amid the coronavirus pandemic Channel 2 Investigative Reporter...
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By Chris Joyner and Sarah Kallis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Hospitals, nursing homes welcome the protection. Order is a ‘get-out-of-jail-free card,’ says one critic. Gov. Brian Kemp has used his emergency powers to protect Georgia’s...
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By Kristi E. Swartz – E&E News Southern Co. is cutting the number of craft workers at the nation’s lone nuclear construction project by 20% as the number of COVID-19 cases has skyrocketed in less than two weeks. Atlanta-based Southern and...
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By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder Peachtree Corners’ Hyebin Eom spent $350 on protective masks last month only to find out in the ensuing days the company would not deliver the masks she hoped would keep her family and friends safe during...
More infoAtlanta, GA (April 15, 2020) – Georgia Watch announces it has received a grant through Community Voices for Health (CVH), an initiative led by Public Agenda and Altarum, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Statewide partners for the...
More infoATLANTA (April 1, 2020) | Today, 60 organizations across Georgia called on Governor Brian Kemp to take immediate action pursuant to his authority granted under the state’s emergency management act to ensure utility customers remain connected to...
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By Kevin G. Hall – McClatchy DC On the website of the nation’s largest car-title lender TitleMax and its Florida subsidiary InstaLoan, a letter from Otto Bielss, company president, reassures customers that 1,176 locations nationwide are being...
More infoATLANTA (March 2, 2020) | Senate Bill 329, introduced by Senator Randy Robertson (R-Cataula), passed the Senate Finance Committee today. Also known as the Motor Vehicle Title Loan Act, this bill would close legal loopholes that currently allow car titles...
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By Riley Bunch – Valdosta Times Alice Harris was watching television with her two grandkids when a commercial came on for an auto title loan company. At that time in May 2017, she was in the thick of a custody battle and out of money to pay her...
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By Dave Williams – Capitol Beat News Service Legislation aimed at ending the practice of “surprise billing” of medical patients in Georgia cleared a committee in the state House of Representatives Tuesday. Lawmakers have been trying for years to...
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By Andy Miller – Georgia Health News An agreement between a health insurer and a Rome hospital has shaved more than $10,000 off a surprise medical bill for a young asthma patient. Liam Stina’s hospital bill of more than $11,000 was featured in...
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