Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 26, 2024
Feb. 26, 2024 Albany Herald
Southwest Georgia communities awarded Rural Energy grants
Staff reports that Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D-Ga., the ranking Democrat leading the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, announced this week three businesses in Calhoun, Lee and Thomas counties have been awarded a total of $874,727 in grants to small businesses through the Rural Energy for America Program.
Feb. 26, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Bainbridge | Decatur County: Working in Synergy
K.K. Snyder reports, community leaders in Bainbridge and Decatur County are quick to rattle off news of all the incoming industry and the successes of expanding industries. The price tag on projects there continues to rise, with a record $1.2 billion project announced last year.
Feb. 26, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta and Aeromexico defend their joint venture, object to DOT move
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Delta Air Lines and its partner carrier Aeromexico on Friday afternoon filed a strongly worded objection to a U.S. Department of Transportation move that threatens their joint venture. The two airlines said some U.S.-Mexico flights are at risk of being canceled if the DOT moves forward with an earlier, tentative decision to dismiss Delta and Aeromexico’s application to renew antitrust immunity that’s allowed for a close cross-border partnership.
Feb. 26, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
INEOS Grenadier Off-Road Vehicles Entering North America Through Georgia
Trevor Williams reports, a European chemical giant’s foray into rugged vehicles will roll through Georgia en route to markets in the U.S. Built in Hambach, France, by INEOS, a British chemical multinational with $21 billion in revenues in 2022, the Grenadier off-roader will be shipped out of Belgium, across the Atlantic and through the Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick as deliveries begin later this year.
Feb. 26, 2024 GPB
Delta’s special total solar eclipse flight sold out in 24 hours
Diba Mohtasham reports that a total solar eclipse — when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the sun — will be visible across North and Central America on April 8. Some airplane passengers will have the chance to experience the eclipse in the sky April 8, Delta Air Lines announced.
Feb. 26, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Georgia Historical Society Dedicates New Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker in Brunswick
Staff reports that the Georgia Historical Society unveiled a new Georgia Civil Rights Trail historical marker recognizing the “Quiet Conflict,” a nickname given by documentary filmmakers to the 1960s desegregation efforts in Brunswick. On Feb. 23, GHS dedicated the new marker in partnership with Georgia-Pacific LLC and the City of Brunswick Historic Preservation Board.
Feb. 26, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Using AI ‘deepfakes’ now a crime
Maya Homan reports, with less than three weeks to go until the Presidential Preference Primary, Georgia lawmakers in the state House are tackling a new facet of election misinformation: AI-generated photos and videos, also known as “deepfakes.” House Bill 986, which passed with a 148-22 vote, would criminalize the dissemination of deepfake videos within 90 days of an election by creating a felony offense of fraudulent election interference.
Feb. 26, 2024 WABE
Lawmakers back a wave of controversial library regulations in the Senate this week
Juma Sei reports that Republican lawmakers in the Georgia Gold Dome backed a contentious trio of library laws this week that have parents, legislators and professional librarians divided. One of the bills, Senate Bill 154, would allow school librarians to be criminally prosecuted for distributing material deemed “harmful to minors,” as currently defined in Georgia law.
Feb. 26, 2024 State Affairs
Bills to expand hospitals, de-escalate traffic stops and inject religion into public education on the move
Tammy Joyner and Jill Jordan Sieder report that conservative lawmakers in the Senate presented a slew of bills igniting culture wars and First Amendment concerns this week. Meanwhile, bipartisan bills passed in the House would make interactions between motorists, law enforcement and some judges less stressful.
Feb. 26, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia Power hikes prompt legislation to restore consumer advocate for PSC electricity rate cases
Stanley Dunlap reports that two House and Senate Legislative committees have unanimously backed proposals that would shift the responsibilities of Georgia’s utilities regulators. The Senate Regulated Industries Committee passed Senate Bill 457 late last week, which would create a consumer’s utility counsel to advocate for the public in electric rate cases.
Feb. 26, 2024 Capitol Beat News
PSC to resume hearings on Georgia Power request for more generating capacity
Dave Williams reports that Georgia Power executives gave state energy regulators chapter and verse last month on why the company needs a huge increase in electrical generating capacity to serve its 2.7 million customers. Soon, environmental and consumer advocates will get their turn.
Feb. 26, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
‘That mug shot is No. 1′: Trump says Fulton County charges boost his Black support
Greg Bluestein reports that former President Donald Trump tried to rally Black voters on the eve of the South Carolina primary by linking the 91 felony charges he faces in Fulton County and other jurisdictions to systemic racism in the criminal justice system. He told an audience of hundreds at the Black Conservative Federation on Friday that his booking photo at the Fulton County Jail has boosted his appeal with Black voters, adding that he sees some who wear T-shirts emblazoned with the photo.
