By Ross Williams | Deputy Editor
It was another busy week in Georgia. We brought you stories including about new impending price hikes for ACA patients, protections for voters with disabilities and the latest in the debate over debates in the rapidly approaching Georgia governor’s race.
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The across-the-board increases for Affordable Care Act plans in Georgia come on the heels of a round of increases caused by the expiration of pandemic-era enhanced subsides. Ariel Hart/Georgia Recorder
HEALTH
By Ariel Hart
The Affordable Care Act health insurance program that covers 900,000 Georgians is on track to see price hikes of as much as 20% or more when open enrollment begins this fall for 2027 coverage. That’s according to state data obtained by the Georgia Recorder for the ACA exchange run by the state and called Georgia Access.
Next year’s inflation is on top of massive price increases that already occurred for 2026 coverage after Congress and President Donald Trump allowed pandemic-era extra ACA subsidies to expire.
A ballot-marking device displays accessibility options to allow voters with disabilities to independently select candidates of their choice. Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder
VOTING
By Maya Homan
Accessibility advocates are urging state leaders to prioritize ballot access for voters with disabilities and those who require language assistance as lawmakers prepare to overhaul Georgia’s election equipment ahead of 2028.
At a Thursday meeting of a special committee tasked with helping select Georgia’s next statewide election system, election officials and voting advocates gathered to map out what the next election system could look like — and what accessibility pitfalls state leaders should avoid.
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson, both candidates for governor, speak at a Georgia Chamber event in Athens, on Aug. 5, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Alander Rocha
Months after the campaigns of Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms first issued challenges to the other over when, where and how to debate ahead of the November elections, there’s still little agreement on how voters will hear from each of the two candidates for governor.
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‘He was our family’: Owners seek justice after police kill miniature donkey| Ashlyn Webb/WSB-TV
Leaked reports show surge in use of force in Georgia immigration detention centers | Emily Wu Pearson/WABE
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