Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 13, 2023
Oct. 13, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Georgia Ports aims to be national gateway, Lynch declares at State of the Port
Evan Lassiter reports, like a card player with a Royal Flush, Griff Lynch, president and CEO of Georgia Ports Authority, declared the ports “all in” with ambitions to grow the ports from a regional hub into a national gateway for global trade at Thursday’s annual State of the Port address.
Oct. 13, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Economic Development Around the State
Christy Simo reports, for the third year in a row, Georgia broke economic development records. From July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, investments in facility expansions and new locations totaled more than $24 billion, resulting in 38,400 new jobs through 426 projects.
Oct. 13, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Teetering on the edge of the ‘child care cliff’
Michael E. Kanell and Ty Tagami report that the state’s child care centers are a critical economic piece that much of the state’s workforce depends on. But they are now threatened by the end of $1.3 billion in federal subsidies to Georgia.
Oct. 13, 2023 Capitol Beat News, Albany Herald
Okefenokee Swamp Park launches historic preservation project
Dave Williams reports that the Okefenokee Swamp Park has landed $497,000 in federal funding for a research project aimed at telling the story of a group of young black Americans who worked to develop the park during the Great Depression.
Oct. 13, 2023 Dalton Daily News
Whitfield County commissioners approve engineering contract for Prater’s Mill site
Charles Oliver reports that the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners on Monday took a step that Chairman Jevin Jensen said could keep historic Prater’s Mill “available to the public for many years to come.” The board voted 4-0 to approve a $159,000 contract with Gresham Smith, a planning and design firm with offices across the nation, for engineering and architectural services for the south side of the Prater’s Mill site.
Oct. 13, 2023 The Brunswick News
Federal program funded in Brunswick to fight violent crime
Michael Hall reports that a federal program aimed at combating violence and gun-related crimes to create safe communities is coming to the Golden Isles. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program will receive $98,657 annually to coordinate federal, state and local law enforcement efforts to help reduce violent crime in Coastal Georgia.
Oct. 13, 2023 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb Schools Wants to Rejoin Map Lawsuit as Elections Board Settles
Hunter Riggall reports, in July, a federal judge ruled that the Cobb County School District could not be held liable in a lawsuit which alleges the new school board map was racially gerrymandered. But Judge Eleanor Ross did not rule on the merits of the map.
Oct. 13, 2023 GPB
Ga. nursing home advocate: industry in ‘death spiral’ from lack of health care providers, low pay
Ellen Eldridge reports that a new federal mandate means nursing home owners cannot slash staffing to unsafe levels, according to a White House statement. But the problem in Georgia, as well as other states, is an existing workforce shortage.
Oct. 13, 2023 WABE
Georgia Representatives spotlight underfunding of public HBCUs
Juma Sei reports, three members of the Georgia House of Representatives met earlier this month to address the underfunding of Georgia’s public historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “Today, I stand before [you] as a graduate from a historically Black college,” began Representative Sandra Scott (D-Rex), flanked by Representatives Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) and Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta).
Oct. 13, 2023 Georgia Recorder
Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting law overhaul survives preliminary legal challenge
Stanley Dunlap reports that a Georgia federal court judge declined this week to temporarily block the state’s controversial election rules, which several voting rights and civil rights organizations claim will disenfranchise Black voters throughout the 2024 election.
Oct. 13, 2023 Capitol Beat News
North Georgia property owners warn expanded public fishing would hurt fly-fishing industry
Dave Williams reports, opening up privately held stretches of trout streams in North Georgia to public fishing would ruin a cottage industry vital to the region’s economy, a parade of waterfront property owners warned state lawmakers Thursday.
Oct. 13, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Georgia lawmakers rue House speaker debacle — ‘chaos’ and ‘idiots’
Adam Van Brimmer, Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell and Patricia Murphy report, the U.S. House remains leaderless as Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana withdrew his name from consideration for the chamber’s top post after he failed to win enough support from fellow Republicans. He was the party’s nominee for roughly 30 hours. The chaos surrounding Scalise’s abrupt exit left key Georgia Republicans exasperated.
