Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 19, 2024
Jan. 19, 2024 GPB
Atlanta’s Spelman College receives historic $100 million donation
Collin Kelley reports that Spelman College has announced a $100 million historic gift — the largest single donation ever to a historically Black college and university (HBCU). The donation is from businesswoman and philanthropist Ronda Stryker and her husband, William Johnston, Chairman of Greenleaf Trust.
Eternal Flame at Martin Luther King Center Atlanta – ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 21, 2016
Jan. 19, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Honoring a Legacy of Non-Violence
Kathleen Conway reports, this year would have been Martin Luther King’s 95th birthday. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change is commemorating the occasion by ensuring his legacy promotes positive social impact.
Jan. 19, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
That was the year it was: Georgia ends 2023 with jobs dip in December
Michael E. Kanell reports, the state finished the year with a small December job loss, but recorded solid gains for the year as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.4%, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. After a strong November, the economy shed about 1,600 jobs last month, but finished the year with a 98,100 gain.
Jan. 19, 2024 Bainbridge Post-Searchlight
City council meeting packs crowd as residents and PETA voice concerns over primate breeding facility
Ethan Reddish reports that the Bainbridge City Council Chambers were packed full for Tuesday night’s meeting. All had gathered to hear People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals argue against the incoming primate breeding facility being built by Safer Human Medicine, as well as to voice their own concerns.
Jan. 19, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Announces 85 Appointments to State Boards, Authorities, and Commissions
Staff reports, Gov. Kemp on Thursday announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 85 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions.
Jan. 19, 2024 The Current
Researchers ask to expand study of Brunswick pollutants’ effects on residents
Mary Landers reports that a study of chemical exposure in Brunswick had already revealed elevated blood levels of pollutants including PCBs. But at a community meeting Tuesday Emory toxicologist Prinn Panuwet still drew applause for his succinct summary of the study’s importance.
Jan. 19, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Ragsdale Announces Location for $50 Million Event Center
Annie Mayne reports that the $50 million event building approved by the Cobb County Board of Education last March is set to be built on Glover Street next to the district’s headquarters, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced during the school board’s Thursday night meeting. The 8,000-seat building is being designed to host events such as science fairs, art presentations, and graduation ceremonies, and will sit on over 10 acres of property the district has acquired over decades.
Jan. 19, 2024 Albany Herald, UGA/CAES
Questions surround future of H-2A visa program in Georgia
Emily Cabrera reports, an essential part of the U.S. agricultural industry, the H-2A program offers a lifeline for farmers facing seasonal labor shortages. The program enables them to hire migrant workers on a temporary basis when attempts to hire domestic workers are unsuccessful.
Jan. 19, 2024 Union-Recorder
State: CSH demo ‘not consistent’ with Ga. standards for treatment of historic properties
Gil Pound reports that the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ Historic Preservation Division (HPD) has said the impending demolition of four former Central State Hospital buildings “is not consistent” with the state’s standards for how it treats historic properties. Preservation advocates thinking HPD’s findings will save the four structures — the Jones Building (built in 1927), Walker Building (circa 1884), Green Building (circa 1949), and wash house building — should not necessarily celebrate yet though.
Jan. 19, 2024 LaGrange Daily News
Paper ballots? Group asks county to move on from Dominion
Tommy Murphy reports, on Tuesday night, a group of citizens addressed the Troup County Board of Commissioners asking that the county stop using Dominion Voting Systems and switch to paper balloting. The speakers were led off by LaGrange resident Keenan Knight, who presented several reasons to return to paper ballots.
Jan. 19, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Opponents of sales tax on period products ready to push Georgia lawmakers to end levy
Jill Nolin reports that a national tax policy group last year ditched the phrase “feminine hygiene products” and adopted “menstrual discharge collection devices” as its go-to term for tampons and other period products. The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board took up the issue in response to major retailers who operate in multiple states, where questions have at times emerged over why male hygiene products were being taxed.
Jan. 19, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Tax credit to help kids aging out of foster care raises nearly $10 million
Dave Williams reports that a nonprofit formed to help administer a new state tax credit to support foster children aging out of the system raised nearly $10 million during its first year. Legislation the General Assembly passed unanimously last year authorized $20 million for the tax credit.
Jan. 19, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia Senate renews push on antisemitism bills
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that a stalled effort to make antisemitism a hate crime in Georgia is about to get a fresh push in the Legislature. The Georgia Senate plans to revive House Bill 30 next week. Critics blocked the measure last year, arguing it could infringe on free speech rights.
