If there’s one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s that investing in public health makes us all stronger and safer. Gov. Kemp has proposed a 2022 budget that includes only a 0.3% (less than $900k) increase in our state’s public health budget. Georgia’s public health infrastructure has long been […]
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Athens have been privatized since 2009, when National EMS (now owned by Priority EMS) took over running our ambulances and medical 911 calls. We’ve already documented how this has led to consistent failure to meet response time obligations. The profit motive seems to have caused […]
It’s not over yet! There’s still time to stop bad bills and pass good ones. Tuesday, April 2, is the last day of this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly, and both the house and senate will be meeting every day this week. Here some things that need your […]
It’s time to tell our legislators that we support abortion rights! Call or email: Athens Senators Sen. Bill Cowsert: bill.cowsert@senate.ga.gov or (404) 463-1366 Sen. Frank Ginn: frank.ginn@senate.ga.gov or (404) 656-4700 Senate Leadership Mike Dugan, Republican Senate Majority Leader: mike.dugan@senate.ga.gov or (404) 463-2478 Butch Miller, Republican Senate Pro Tempore: butch.miller@senate.ga.gov or […]