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December 12, 2025
Consumer Stories

Piedmont Augusta satisfies promise to non-profit groups

Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has fulfilled a promise it made to the Augusta community four years ago when they absorbed University Hospital Health Care into their system. Piedmont’s Augusta Hub on Wednesday distributed $2 million to 44 not-for-profit organizations in Augusta and surrounding communities. As part of the merger in 2021, Piedmont committed to spending $1 billion to improve the facility. It included the promise to provide $2 million a year for ten years to support community organizations. “Last year was the first year that we did that. Thanks to a

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Dana Lynn McIntyre December 12, 2025 No Comments
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Is Eliminating Georgia’s State Income Tax a Winning Idea?

Publisher’s Note: In 1994, yours truly left a TV news/weather position in Augusta to earn $10,000 more at a similar job in Spokane, Washington. It was a double-play as there was/is no state income tax. The cost of living was outrageous on rent, food, gas, etc., and it ate up the extra $$$. I returned to Augusta a year later! Our columnist, Dr. Rick Franza, dug into the pros and cons of Georgia mirroring Washington State’s state income tax decisions. GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE PROCESS In the month of November, I had

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Dr. Rick Franza, AU Hull College of Business Professor December 12, 2025 No Comments