Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 8, 2023
Dec. 8, 2023 Georgia.gov
U.S. Soccer Selects Fayette County for New HQ and National Training Center
Staff reports, Gov. Kemp on Thursday announced that the U.S. Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) will move its headquarters and construct a first-of-its-kind national training center (NTC) in Fayette County, creating 440 new jobs through a $228 million investment. State and local officials, U.S. Soccer Board members, and athletes will celebrate this new era for the organization on December 13 at the Town Stage at Trilith.
Dec. 8, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Political Notes: Ups, Downs and In-Betweens
Susan Percy writes, Attorney General Chris Carr received the Wellspring Living Courage Award, presented by Delta Air Lines and UPS, in recognition of the work he and his office have done to promote justice for sex trafficking victims. In accepting the award, Carr said that his office’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit rescued and assisted 116 victims last year and noted that the unit “has successfully located and rescued missing children while identifying and prosecuting those who bought and sold them for sex.”
Dec. 8, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Another Hyundai supplier lands in coastal Georgia near $7.6B Metaplant
Zachary Hansen reports that another automobile parts supplier has joined the wave of companies flocking to the Savannah area to serve Hyundai Motor Group’s future $7.6 billion electric vehicle factory. Kyungshin America Corp. (KAC) will build an 136,000 square-foot distribution facility at the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub, employing 70 workers and representing a $22 million investment, according to a news release by the site’s managing firm, the Broe Group.
Dec. 8, 2023 Athens Banner-Herald
Unemployment claims declined last week
Staff reports that initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 2,719 in the week ending November 25, down from 4,834 the week before, the Labor Department said.
Dec. 8, 2023 Savannah Morning News
What the new Georgia Ports Authority partnership facility means for Port Wentworth
Destini Ambus reports, 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. 8, 2023 Macon Telegraph, GPB
Georgia’s 2 coal-fired power plants among the most deadly in the nation, study says
Grant Blankenship reports that a new study of smokestack emissions from coal-fired power plants nationwide ranks two Georgia facilities among the most deadly in the nation. The multi-university study titled “Mortality Risk from United States Coal Electricity Generation,” which includes Georgia Tech, paired pollution data from 480 U.S. coal-fired power plants with atmospheric models and compared that to deaths of elderly Medicare recipients over 20 years.
Dec. 8, 2023 GlobalAtlanta.com
India: Georgia’s Fastest Growing Trading Partner
Trevor Williams reports, as uncertain geopolitics continue to shift manufacturing patterns in Asia, Georgia’s trade numbers are starting to reflect India’s rise as an alternative to China. In the last fiscal year, total trade with India through the Port of Savannah grew by 43,333 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, to 279,149 containers, an 18 percent increase.
Dec. 8, 2023 WSB Radio
Georgia has the unhappiest employees in the nation, according to new survey
Staff reports that Georgia has come in at #1 in a rather undesirable contest: Employees in the Peach State are the unhappiest of any employees in the country, according to new research. SelectSoftware Reviews conducted a nationwide survey evaluating each state based on wages, quit rates, commute times, working hours, injuries, paid time off and state positivity levels.
Dec. 8, 2023 GPB
Pediatric hospital in Macon adds more space for kids in mental health crisis
Ellen Eldridge reports that suicide is one of the leading causes of death for Georgia children between ages 10 through 17. While attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, and adjustment disorders accounted for the most visits and mental health insurance spending between January 2019 and August 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death in 2021 for Georgians between 10 and 34 years old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dec. 8, 2023 CNHI News
‘Flame of Hope’ awarded to Georgians for advocacy in behavioral, developmental health
Asia Ashley reports that more than a handful of Georgians were recognized at the state Capitol as advocates who “fan the flames of hope” for behavioral health and disabilities support. The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities chose seven recipients of the “Flame of Hope” awards out of 160 nominations from community leaders, board members, staff, affiliated organizations and providers.
Dec. 8, 2023 Georgia Recorder
Lawmakers close redistricting session; judge to decide if GOP-crafted maps comply with order
Ross Williams, Jill Nolin and Stanley Dunlap report, depending on who is asked, a newly redrawn congressional map is either an open act of defiance or exactly what federal Judge Steve Jones instructed lawmakers to do when he struck down Georgia’s political maps for diluting the voting strength of Black voters. That map, along with two revised legislative maps, will soon land on Jones’ desk for him to decide, although an appeal is expected either way.
Dec. 8, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kemp tapped for national campaign role ahead of 2024 election
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, when Gov. Brian Kemp needed an outside boost during his reelection campaign in 2022, the Republican Governors Association stepped up. Now Kemp is stepping up his involvement in the GOP group. He was elected Thursday to serve as the organization’s vice chair in 2024 when 11 gubernatorial races are up for grabs, including a competitive contest in neighboring North Carolina.
