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Medicaid adjustment benefit? Bill could give break to Georgia
May provide more funding for state's elderly, disabled
Medicaid
Tucked inside the U.S. Senate health care bill is a little-discussed provision that could benefit Georgia, according to a conservative organization. The overall Senate legislation continues to be in flux as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) searches for votes to pass it. Still, the current Senate version — like the House bill that is also a proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act — contains a fundamental reorganization of Medicaid, which covers roughly 2 million Georgians.
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All Fired Up! at the Averitt Center for the Arts
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Jewelry maker Terry Harn talks with Georgia Southern student Michael Miller Jr. while he shopped Friday, May 2, at the All Fired Up! Exhibition and Sale at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts. (Photos by JASON MARTIN/special)

Local and area artists showed off their wares and their talents last week during the spring All Fired Up! Exhibition and Sale at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts on Vine Street. Ceramics, jewelry, paintings and other fine art were on display and for sale during the three-day event. The biannual sale supports local artists and helps continue the art programs, classes and workshops at the Averitt Center. 

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