Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 7, 2023
Dec. 7, 2023 GPB
‘Relentless efficiency’: Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport ranks No. 1 in North America — again
Staff reports that Business Traveler Awards has picked Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as its top airport for the second year running, thanks to its proximity to hotels and “relentless efficiency.” In addition to the Best Airport in North America, Business Traveler magazine also gave the Atlanta airport its Service Quality Award for Best Airport at Arrivals Globally, beating out nearly 400 airports in 95 countries.
Dec. 7, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
From the Publisher: Addressing Food Insecurity
Ben Young writes, post-pandemic hunger endures in Georgia, and this is a good time to consider helping those in need. According to Feeding Georgia, a network of food banks around the state, there are more than 1.5 million people facing hunger in Georgia, and 335,720 of them are children.
Dec. 7, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Norfolk Southern to end payments for relocated East Palestine residents
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern said it will soon stop paying for hotel rooms and living expenses for residents of East Palestine, Ohio, who relocated out of the city after the railroad’s February derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials there. The company said it will end its temporary relocation assistance payments to residents on Feb. 9, 2024, a little over a year after the Feb. 3, 2023 train wreck.
Dec. 7, 2023 Savannah Morning News
What the new Georgia Ports Authority partnership facility means for Port Wentworth
Destini Ambus reports that NFI Industries’ Savannah transload facility, in partnership with Georgia Ports Authority, seeks to save time and money with this first of its kind facility in Port Wentworth. The partnership, and facility, which helps to reduce costs, increase inventory flow and supply chain flexibility is also a mark of the Ports growth in the last decade.
Dec. 7, 2023 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb Unemployment Goes Up Slightly but Still Trails Behind Georgia, Atlanta
Joe Adgie reports, Cobb County, Marietta and Smyrna continue to have lower unemployment rates than the Atlanta or Georgia average, but pure unemployed numbers are up. Cobb County had an unemployment rate of 3.1% in October 2023, unchanged from the month previous but up from 2.6% a year before, according to data from the Georgia Department of Labor
Dec. 7, 2023 CNHI News
Health officials look to solutions to Georgia’s high HIV rates
Asia Ashley reports that health officials are brainstorming ways to help curb HIV cases in Georgia. The state is ranked second in the nation for the virus rate, after Washington, D.C. “This affects people of all genders, all races and ethnicities and all ages,” said Lauren Middlebrooks of Emory University School of Medicine.
Dec. 7, 2023 11 Alive
DEA telling pharmacies in Georgia they could be breaking law if they possess, sell medical marijuana
Jon Shirek reports that the state of Georgia’s medical marijuana program is in the federal crosshairs. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Diversion Control Division is notifying pharmacies across the state that they could be in violation of federal law if they possess or sell medical marijuana.
Dec. 7, 2023 Albany Herald
Educators name Gerald Greene ‘Friend of Education’
Staff reports that State Rep. Gerald Greene, R-Cuthbert, was recently recognized by the Georgia Association of Educators for his many decades of service to Georgia’s education system. GAE presented Greene with an award as part of its Legislative Honor Roll, naming him a 2023 Friend of Education award recipient, the organization’s highest honor.
Dec. 7, 2023 WABE
Incumbents go down hard across metro Atlanta in Tuesday’s runoff elections
Patrick Saunders reports, the final Election Day of the year in metro Atlanta was marked by a slew of incumbents being ousted across the area, plus Brookhaven residents picked a new mayor to succeed its term-limited one. In the only citywide race in Atlanta on Tuesday, Alfred “Shivy” Brooks appeared to beat the incumbent Tamara Jones by nearly 30 points in the Atlanta School Board At-Large Seat 7 race.
Dec. 7, 2023 The Brunswick News
Carter introduces bipartisan legislation aimed at parents’ rights on social media
Staff reports that parents would have the right to see postings on social media by children under the age of 17 under a bipartisan measure introduced in the U.S. House. U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter, R-1; Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida; Kim Schrier, D-Washington; and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa; introduced Sammy’s Law on Tuesday.
Dec. 7, 2023 The Current
Savannah lawmakers push River Street, Garden City during special session
Jake Shore reports, when Gov. Brian Kemp ordered the state legislature in late October to convene in a special session to redraw Georgia’s voting maps, he was careful to limit its agenda. But tucked into the proclamation was a provision allowing lawmakers to “enact, revise, repeal or amend local laws” that if delayed until the regularly scheduled session in January, would cause “undue hardship” or “undue impairment” of “public functions.”
Dec. 7, 2023 Georgia Recorder
Full Georgia House vote set for Thursday on congressional map ahead of federal court review
Ross Williams reports that a state House committee approved Georgia’s GOP-drawn congressional maps on a party line vote Wednesday, teeing up the map for a full vote Thursday. That could be the final vote of a special legislative session that began Nov. 29 after U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones ruled that lawmakers’ last redistricting attempt in 2021 didn’t protect Black voters’ rights under the Voting Rights Act.
Dec. 7, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fulton prosecutors list top Trump aides, Ga. officials as witnesses
Tamar Hallerman, Bill Rankin and Greg Bluestein report, Fulton County prosecutors could call several senior officials who served in the Trump administration and Georgia’s top elected leaders as witnesses during the trial for their election interference case, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
