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Georgia Senate seeks to allow rural hospitals without permit
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Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Ga., shown here on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, closed in 2020. The Georgia state Senate passed a bill on March 14, 2024, that would let the hospital reopen without a state permit, called a certificate of need. - photo by Associated Press
Associated Press
Published: Feb 28, 2023, 4:30 PM
ATLANTA — Georgia senators want to allow new hospitals to be built in counties with fewer than 50,000 residents without state permission, a measure particularly aimed at allowing an undisclosed entity to build a new hospital in the home county of Lt. Gov. Burt Jones.
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Update: Gainesville demonstrators urge Rep. Clyde to oppose Elon Musk’s ‘coup’ against government
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A group gathers Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, along Washington Street in downtown Gainesville to demonstrate in front of Rep. Andrew Clyde's office. - photo by Scott Rogers
Ben Anderson
The Times
Updated: Feb 22, 2025, 3:34 PM
Published: Feb 21, 2025, 9:06 PM
About 50 people visited the office of U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Athens, in downtown Gainesville on Friday to urge him to take action against what they called Elon Musk’s “coup” against the federal government.
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