Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 16, 2023
Nov. 16, 2023 Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Announces Its 2024 List of State’s 10 Places in Peril
Staff reports that the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2024 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state. Sites on the list include: Atlanta Constitution Building in Atlanta; Broad Avenue Elementary in Albany; Cedar Grove in Martinez; Church of the Good Shepherd in Thomasville; Grace Baptist Church in Darien; Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island; Old First Baptist Church in Augusta; Pine Log Mountain; Piney Grove Cemetery in Atlanta; and Sugar Valley Consolidated School in Sugar Valley.
Nov. 16, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Giving Thanks for Georgia
Tharon Johnson writes, those who are regular readers of this column know there is no shortage of things that I think Georgia could do better. From our overburdened public education system to our lack of affordable healthcare to our outdated and overcrowded incarceration facilities, there are plenty of areas in which ambitious fixes are both necessary and possible.
Nov. 16, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How ‘fake’ bonds allow Georgia to offer tax breaks to companies
J. Scott Trubey and Zachary Hanson report that when state and local governments in Georgia woo businesses with property tax breaks, it often takes a bit of financial and legal engineering to make it happen. There is no constitutional or statutory mechanism in state law for local governments to provide property tax breaks to companies looking to relocate or expand in Georgia.
Nov. 16, 2023 WABE
Delta Air Lines workers rally in Atlanta for labor union, rights
Marion Hyde reports, dozens of union organizers and Delta Air Lines workers held signs and chanted during a rally outside of the IBEW Building in Atlanta on Tuesday afternoon. Members of The Teamsters, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM), and the Association of Flight Attendants were also in attendance.
Nov. 16, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Georgia accelerates past the 75,000 mark for electric vehicles
John Deem reports, with a power surge from Atlanta-area drivers, more than 75,000 Georgia vehicle owners now are plugging in rather than filling up. Fulton and eight counties ringing the capital city account for more than 50,000 of the state’s registered electric cars and trucks, according to an analysis of data from the Georgia Department of Revenue’s Motor Vehicle Division.
Nov. 16, 2023 Fresh Take Georgia
Georgia film industry faces economic strain after lengthy actor strike
Caleb Groves reports, James Thorton, an Atlanta-based production assistant, worked on a four-month shoot prior to the Hollywood actor strikes. Once the shoot started to wrap up, he decided to take a break after the long 12 to 16-hour days he worked.
Nov. 16, 2023 GlobalAtlanta.com
Brightwell Moves Beyond the Ship, Enabling Cross-Border Payments for Enterprises
Trevor Williams reports, when disaster strikes, waiting for cash to be delivered can become a bottleneck that hinders a quick global response. Addressing that problem for nonprofits working internationally is just one way Atlanta-based payments company Brightwell foresees applying the expertise built in the cruise ship industry into new verticals as it grows.
Nov. 16, 2023 11 Alive
Billionaire Warren Buffett makes multi-million dollar investment in Atlanta Braves through holding company
Reeves Jackson reports, just months after the Atlanta Braves became the only publicly traded team on the stock market in Major League Baseball, the team now has a billionaire investor. Warren Buffett and his holding company Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate mega-fund, bought stock in Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. on Wednesday, according to a report from Front Office Sports.
Nov. 16, 2023 Georgia Recorder
More Georgia locations to offer medical cannabis after state commission awards more licenses to producers
Ross Williams reports that the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously granted provisional licenses to four more companies to produce low-THC oil to help Georgians with a list of severe ailments. The licenses will go to Fine Fettle GA, TheraTrue, Nature’s GA and Treevana Wellness.
Nov. 16, 2023 Marietta Daily Journal
Spending Plan: Mableton Expects to Take in Nearly $4 Million through June 2024
Joe Adgie reports that more details about the new city of Mableton’s transitional spending plan were presented at the latest Mableton City Council meeting. While the city is, for now, not under an obligation to have a budget, city officials have been working on the spending plan, their de facto budget, in the interest of transparency.
Nov. 16, 2023 Capitol Beat News
DOT mulling long list of highway improvements in Savannah area
Dave Williams reports, it’s going to cost at least $1.4 billion – and probably a lot more – in highway improvements in the Savannah region to keep pace with economic growth, an official with the Georgia Department of Transportation said Wednesday. “It’s a good problem to have,” Matt Markham, the agency’s deputy planning director, told members of the State Transportation Board’s Strategic Planning Committee.
Nov. 16, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Looking to 2026 election, Burt Jones blasts rival over 2024 vote concerns
Greg Bluestein, Patricia Murphy, Tia Mitchell and Adam Van Brimmer report, a war of words between two high-profile Georgia Republicans is intensifying three years ahead of the next election for governor and U.S. Senate. Days after Lt. Gov. Burt Jones launched a biting attack ad claiming Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger went “missing” for skipping a state Senate hearing, Jones stepped up his criticism of one of his projected rivals for the governor’s office in 2026.
