Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 29, 2023

Nov. 29, 2023 GPB

Former President Jimmy Carter sits front row at Rosalynn Carter’s Atlanta tribute service

Sarah Kallis reports that Former President Jimmy Carter sat front row at his wife Rosalynn Carter’s tribute service in Atlanta. It is one of the only times Carter has appeared publicly since he entered hospice care in February 2023.

Nov. 29, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!

Augusta’s First Black Brewer’s Passion Becomes a Vision

Sucheta Rawal reports, if you are a novice homebrewer or ever dreamed of having a profession in beer, be inspired by Robert Young, III. Young is an Atlanta native, who started drinking beer in college (as many do) and discovered his true love for the drink as he traveled through Germany and Czechia during his Navy service.

Nov. 29, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Emory graduate students vote to unionize

Michael E. Kanell and Vanessa McCroy reports that doctoral students at Emory University, whose role typically includes teaching as well as study and research, have voted overwhelmingly to join a union. In a 909-73 vote, the student-workers agreed to join Workers United, which is part of the Service Employees International Union, according to the labor group and university.

Nov. 29, 2023 GlobalAtlanta.com

Why Germany’s TK Elevator Settled in Cobb County

Staff reports, SelectCobb earlier this year led a trade mission to Düsseldorf, Germany, the hometown of TKE, the elevator giant that punctuated the skyline at The Battery with its 420-foot test tower and its corporate offices for the Americas. With Germany being one of its strategic focus countries, SelectCobb was building on existing ties with Düsseldorf that have warmed considerably in recent months, thanks in part to TKE’s bridging role and the resumption of nonstop flights between Atlanta and the German city.

Nov. 29, 2023 Macon Telegraph

Leaders want to make Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia’s first national park. Is it possible?

Gautama Mehta reports that Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock visited Macon on Monday to tour the Ocmulgee Mounds, guided by a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation who is helping lead the effort to get the preserve designated by Congress as a national park. “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 and a source of economic and cultural vitality,” Warnock said at a press conference, flanked by local and state elected officials.

Nov. 29, 2023 WSB Radio

Cobb County school, Civil War battlefield among Georgia’s newest historical places

Staff reports that the Georgia Department of Community Affairs has added four places across the state to its registry of historic places. The Georgia National Register Review Board approved the new additions to the list earlier this month, including: Brown’s Mill Battlefield in Coweta County; Dooly County Campground in Dooly County; Fountain Hill in Rockdale County and Lemon Street School in Cobb County.

Nov. 29, 2023 Georgia.gov

Gov. Kemp Announces Senior Staff Updates

Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Tuesday announced that Trey Kilpatrick, Chief of Staff for the Governor’s Office, has accepted a position with Georgia Power as Senior Vice President for External Affairs, effective January 15, 2024. Current Deputy Chief of Staff Lauren Curry will become Chief of Staff, also effective January 15, becoming the first female to step into the role on a permanent basis in Georgia’s history.

Nov. 29, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!

Dalton | Whitfield County: Manufacturing, Housing and Revitalization

Jennifer Hafer reports, you won’t find tall office towers crammed with workers in cubicles in Dalton or Whitfield County – this community prides itself on making things that people use. Known as the “Carpet Capital of the World,” this Northwest Georgia county recently added another “best of” title to its list of accolades as home of the largest manufacturer of solar panels in the western hemisphere.

Nov. 29, 2023 11 Alive

Georgia lawmakers could nudge into law a bill protecting gas-powered leaf blowers

Doug Richards reports thata new study shows just how toxic gas-powered leaf blowers can be. It came after the Georgia House and Senate nearly enacted legislation this year to protect gas-powered leaf blowers. The Senate bill would protect gas-powered leaf blowers by making it illegal for cities or counties to make laws banning them.

Nov. 29, 2023 State Affairs

Georgia lawmakers push for repeal of law determining where medical facilities are built

Tammy Joyner reports that a study committee of Georgia senators took a decisive step Tuesday toward ending a longstanding and contentious law that regulates how and where new medical facilities are located in the state. The committee’s decision centers on the 44-year-old Certificate of Need law. It was created to control health care costs and cut down on duplication of services and unnecessary expansions.

Nov. 29, 2023 New York Times

Georgia’s Liberal Organizers Warn of a Cash Crunch and Apathy

Maya King and Nick Corasaniti report, since 2020, Democratic strategists and activists have fixated on how to expand their gains in Georgia, once a Republican stronghold and now a true battleground. But some of the state’s most prominent grass-roots organizers — those responsible for engineering President Biden’s victory in 2020 and that of two Democratic U.S. senators in 2021 — are growing concerned that efforts and attention are waning four years later.

Nov. 29, 2023 Gwinnett Daily Post

Georgia Senate Redistricting Proposal Switches One Seat in Gwinnett’s Delegation

Curt Yeomans reports that the first Georgia Senate redistricting proposal to come out of General Assembly’s special session would allow Gwinnett to keep nine seats in the chamber, but seats in the county’s delegation would see one change. The proposed map was released Monday by the General Assembly’s Reapportionment Office.

Nov. 29, 2023 Capitol Beat News

Appellate court upholds statewide PSC elections

Dave Williams reports, a federal appellate court has upheld the method Georgia uses to elect members of the state Public Service Commission (PSC), reversing a lower-court ruling. In a decision handed down late last week, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals endorsed the system of electing the five commissioners statewide rather than by district.

Nov. 29, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Could Georgia adopt an Arkansas-style Medicaid plan?

Greg Bluestein and Ariel Hart report, key Republicans say they’re open to legislation that would add hundreds of thousands of poor Georgians to the state’s Medicaid rolls — and bring in billions of federal dollars to subsidize it — as part of a compromise to roll back hospital regulations.