Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 22, 2023
Nov. 22, 2023 Georgia.gov
TCSG Launches Online Platform Connecting Job Seekers with Georgia Employers
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp yesterday announced that the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) has launched an online Labor Exchange Platform, directly connecting job seekers and employers across Georgia. This innovative, first of its kind state resource is an integral part of WorkSource Georgia.
Nov. 22, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Public Service National Champion
Tom Oder reports that Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach staff likes to say UGA won three recent national championships. Two were the back-to-back 2022 and 2023 NCAA football championships. The other was for public service.
Nov. 22, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wells Fargo gives $1.5M to Atlanta group for Black entrepreneurship
Mirtha Donastorg reports that the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), a local nonprofit focused on boosting Black entrepreneurship, received a $1.5 million gift on Tuesday from banking giant Wells Fargo. The gift will support a new learning space at RICE that is under construction and slated to open next July.
Nov. 22, 2023 The Current
Coastal Georgia shrimpers fear loss of industry as foreign seafood crowds market
Justin Taylor reports, “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it gets worse,” said Pat Mathews, the owner of the Lazaretto Packing Co. on Tybee Island, as he walked away from a truck idling in the loading zone. Early on a Monday morning in October in the height of shrimp season the driver had come to pick up a load of freshly caught shrimp from the James W. Salyers, a shrimp boat captained by David Attia.
Nov. 22, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Gulfstream beats Virgin Atlantic to historic ‘sustainable’ overseas flight
Staff reports that November is shaping up to be a milestone month for innovations in aviation fuel. Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced Monday that it had completed the world’s first trans-Atlantic flight Sunday using only “sustainable” fuel – a little more than a week ahead of a scheduled Virgin Atlantic flight that the British company predicted would achieve the milestone.
Nov. 22, 2023 Rome News-Tribune, Calhoun Times
CFL Flooring plans major Gordon County Expansion
Blake Silvers reports that a Gordon County flooring manufacturer has announced a major expansion planned for its Calhoun facility. Creative Flooring Solutions, 3576 Highway 41, has plans for a $151 million expansion to its local campus that has steadily grown over the past several years just north of the Bartow County line.
Nov. 22, 2023 Cartersville Daily Tribune
Georgia Deal of the Year awarded to Bartow project
David Herron reports that Hyundai Motor Group and SK On won the Georgia Deal of the Year award in the large community category for a battery facility they are building in Bartow County. Melinda Lemmon, executive director of the Cartersville-Bartow County Department of Economic Development, nominated the Hyundai and SK On project for this honor.
Nov. 22, 2023 GPB
Sen. Warnock, Rep. Bishop visit Ocmulgee site as progress stalls for National Park status
Eliza Moore reports, as U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock visited the Ocmulgee National Historic Park on Monday and received a tour of the museum and grounds, he showed his support for the ongoing effort to ensure the Muscogee Creek Nation’s homeland receives federal protection. “After hiking the grounds and learning more about its history, today, it is clear Ocmulgee is not just an expanse of land, it is a living testament to our intertwined histories,” Warnock said.
Nov. 22, 2023 Albany Herald
Albany area officials make case for funding to southwest Georgia legislators
Alan Mauldin reports, wish lists presented to four area lawmakers included a varied number of priorities during a Tuesday presentation, but some of the requests had some consistency, including the need to boost the pay for nursing instructors and addressing the lack of housing in the region.
Nov. 22, 2023 Georgia Recorder
Balance of state’s political power on the table when lawmakers gather for special session next week
Jill Nolin reports, when state lawmakers meet next week to redraw Georgia’s political maps, a national audience will follow the debate over the creation of an additional court-ordered majority Black district in west metro Atlanta. But Georgia political observers say the forced reworking of the state’s legislative maps could also prove consequential.
Nov. 22, 2023 Capitol Beat News
PSC sets hearings, vote on Georgia Power request for additional generating capacity
Dave Williams reports that state energy regulators will vote in April on Georgia Power’s request for additional electrical generating capacity. The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a hearing schedule Tuesday that calls for a final vote April 16 on an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) the Atlanta-based utility submitted late last month.
Nov. 22, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter endorses Donald Trump for president
Tia Mitchell reports, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter is the latest member of Georgia’s congressional delegation to endorse former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House. Reps. Andrew Clyde, Mike Collins and Marjorie Taylor Greene have already backed Trump’s reelection campaign.
