Last week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) drew ire from Republican and Democratic officials when he floated the idea of letting states go bankrupt instead of creating more federal aid for coronavirus relief. What would that look like, and what would the effects on state and local governments be?
Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.