Morning Reads – Thursday, August 8, 2019

Did you know it’s been 120 years since the refrigerator was patented by A.T. Marshall? If you didn’t, you’ve already learned something new. If you did, keep reading.

Peaches

• “Medicaid expansion won’t heal Georgia’s ailing hospitals.”
• How a criminal investigation in Georgia set an ominous tone for African-American voters.
• Georgia has among highest hospital prices.
• The FBI is investigating Augusta.
• Judge Considers Unprecedented ‘Negotiation Class’ For Opioid Suit Involving Georgia Communities.
  • Meanwhile, another case stays local.
•  UGA to fund research on ‘role of slavery’ at the university
• A worthwhile person to be a mentor.
• Overcrowding issue continues.but in Muscogee County, things are improving.

Jimmy Carter

• One Lawyer. Five Years. 3,802 Cases.
• Government overreach in the umpteenth degree.
• The candidates with no support.
• Long live zoning ordinances!
• Shootings lead to more training by gun owners?
• The latest with Amazon & the cops.
• Census wants non-citizens helping in immigrant communities.
• A lawsuit is forthcoming in the NPR defamation case.

Sweet Tea

• Does this even look fun?
• Here’s how America uses its land.
• Strippers set to descend upon Area 51.
• What % of Americans no longer think college is necessary?