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FOCUS: Sound off to Congress about reducing all our drug costs

FOCUS: Sound off to Congress about reducing all our drug costs

By Jack Bernard |  Congress and President Biden are to be commended for beginning to negotiate some drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). We wonder  why did it take so long and why isn’t the drug negotiation benefit more comprehensive?

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by · December 6, 2022 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Joy in Duluth as Peachtree Christian Health raises $593,900

FOCUS: Joy in Duluth as Peachtree Christian Health raises $593,900

By Paige Havens |  Peachtree Christian Health (PCH) has been saved! After announcing recently that it might be forced to close unless the community could raise $500,000, the community came through. Many large anonymous gifts came in. As of Wednesday morning, the community had rallied by contributing $593,900 for PCH. 

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by · December 2, 2022 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Peachtree Christian Health hoping for a Christmas miracle 

By Paige Havens  |  An announcement came on Nov. 11, 2022 that Peachtree Christian Health (PCH) would permanently close its adult day center at the end of the year because of insurmountable financial hardships caused to their business in the wake of the pandemic.

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by · November 29, 2022 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: How legislators can help with high home living costs

By Joe Briggs |  Today’s high heating, food, and housing costs should make us all think about what tools we might have to mitigate the issues and what to ask from our state legislators. 

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by · November 22, 2022 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Join in the movement to send assistance to Ukraine

By Emory Morsberger  |  Eight months ago, Russia’s unprompted attack on Ukraine shocked the world. It was another historical event unfolding before our horrified eyes that compelled me to find a way to help.

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by · November 18, 2022 · Today's Focus
Cofer

FOCUS: WWII African campaign opens the way to Sicily and beyond

By Jim Cofer  |  After Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed American forces would join the Allies in defeating Germany and Italy in Europe. American generals were anxious to join the fray and invade the continent.  

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by · November 15, 2022 · Today's Focus
Wendell Cofer in Italy

FOCUS: Cofer helped organized two veterans’ groups

By James Cofer |  As we observe Veterans’ Day today, my thoughts harken back to my own soldier father, the Rev. Wendell Cofer of Snellville, and all of the ceremonies that he organized to honor veterans.

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by · November 11, 2022 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Georgia’s disastrous Medicaid waiver  may be Kemp’s legacy

FOCUS: Georgia’s disastrous Medicaid waiver  may be Kemp’s legacy

By Jack Bernard |  Our governor, Brian Kemp, is playing culture war politics to the detriment of the residents of Georgia—which has the third most uninsured of any state, 1.4 million people, nearly 14 percent of all residents.  

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by · November 8, 2022 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Professor says candidates need to talk policy, not just sling mud

By Collin Elder  |  Georgia is once again in the limelight with its upcoming election. Georgia Gwinnett College’s Dr. Laura Young, associate professor of political science, is weighing in on the critical points people should know going into voting.

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by · November 4, 2022 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Best practices at solar farms is to graze sheep under panels

FOCUS: Best practices at solar farms is to graze sheep under panels

By Chris Lunghino  |  Though the renewable energy facilities that help Walton EMC power Meta’s Newton Data Center are often called “solar farms,” they would more accurately be described as “solar ranches,” especially in the way that Walton EMC’s partner, Silicon Ranch, manages them.

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by · November 1, 2022 · Today's Focus