Athens Transit’s grant proposal for 10 hybrid-engine buses was approved as part of the Go! Transit grant. Athens for Everyone members have been lobbying for hybrid engine buses for the Athens Transit system and is very pleased that this grant is being funded. UGA Transit was also approved for their grant proposal […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
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Athens for Everyone joins the Clarke County School Board, Superintendent Philip Lanoue, The Economic Justice Coalition, The Georgia Association of Educators, Concerned Black Clergy, the AFL-CIO, and other concerned organizations and community leaders in calling for voters to reject Nathan Deal’s so-called “Opportunity School District” amendment. This amendment is based […]
Just last month the ACC Commission unanimously approved a deal for Piedmont Heathcare to take over Athens Regional. As the last details of the deal are settled, it has come to light that Piedmont Healthcare’s “network agreement” with health insurance giant UnitedHeathCare will expire on June 30 of this year. […]
On June 7, State Senator Renee Unterman (R-Buford), the Chairperson of the GA Senate’s Health & Human Services Committee, gave an interview to WABE 90.1 in which she expressed interest in Georgia seeking a Federal waiver to expand Medicaid in Georgia. Sen. Unterman said, “At some point you have to […]