Georgia Trend Daily – March 13, 2024
March 13, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Another fraught Georgia election season after predictable 2024 presidential primary
Stanley Dunlap reports that Georgia voters on Tuesday helped cement Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees for the 2024 election. The presidential preference primary wrapped up Tuesday with the incumbent president securing enough delegates in Georgia and a couple other states hosting primaries to clinch the Democratic Party’s nomination at the national convention.
March 13, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Economic Development Around the State
Christy Simo reports, Italian electric car manufacturer Imola Automotive USA is establishing a manufacturing plant on 195 acres in Fort Valley. The company plans to break ground by the third quarter of 2024 and open within 20 months, eventually employing 7,500 people.
March 13, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Prices are cooling a bit in Atlanta as inflation ebbs, government says
Michael E. Kanell reports that inflation in metro Atlanta cooled slightly in the past two months, although the rate of increase — like the national average — remains above the Federal Reserve’s target, according to government statistics released Tuesday. The consumer price index (CPI), calculated from a weighted series of commodities and services, was up 3.3% from a year ago for the region, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
March 13, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia governor affirms commitment to planned Rivian EV plant as legislators grow skeptical over delay
Jill Nolin reports that Gov. Brian Kemp reupped his commitment Tuesday to the economic development deal struck more than two years ago with electric vehicle start-up Rivian. “We honor our commitments in our state, and we’re going to do that in regards to this site, and we’re expecting the company to honor their commitments as well,” Kemp told reporters at the state Capitol.
March 13, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Residents Flood Commission with Criticism Over Stormwater Fee
Jake Busch reports that a group of upset residents told the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday it has no right to impose a new stormwater fee on property owners, as the board is proposing to do. However, Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid said the fee “would make our stormwater receipts equitable to stormwater impact.”
March 13, 2024 WSB Radio
Georgia’s Secretary of State says voting went smoothly across the state Tuesday
Staff reports, Georgia’s Secretary of State said on Tuesday voting went smoothly across the state. There were only a few minor hiccups locally, which were easily handled.
March 13, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Resolution To Rename Federal Building In Rome After Late Judge Harold Murphy Passes U.S. House
John Bailey reports that legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to name the federal building in Rome after its most longstanding tenant — the late U.S. District Court Judge Harold L. Murphy — passed on a floor vote of the U.S. House of Representatives Monday. “This bill honors a man who devoted his life to the service and protection of our nation, Judge Harold Murphy,” Greene stated in her introduction to the bill on the House floor Monday.
March 13, 2024 11 Alive
Georgia lawmakers announce $157 million grant for ‘The Stitch’ project to cap interstate with usable space
Staff, Jesse Nussman and Tresia Bowles report that Georgia elected representatives, including Sens. Jon Ossoff, Rev. Raphael Warnock and Rep. Nikema Williams, said on Tuesday that an ambitious project to place greenspace over the I-75/85 Connector has received a major boost thanks to over $150 million in a federal grant. The project, named “The Stitch,” will receive $157 million to initiate Phase 1 of construction.
March 13, 2024 State Affairs
Redistricting: New seats, intriguing matchups and former politicians return to the fray
Jill Jordan Sieder reports, a federal court-approved redistricting process last year gave Georgia new congressional and state district electoral maps that created one new majority Black seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, five new majority-Black districts in the state House, and two in the state Senate. Because of the way the districts were configured, political observers anticipate that Georgia Republicans will preserve their 9-5 majority in the U.S. House, while Democrats will see a net gain of only two seats in the state House, where Republicans outnumber Democrats 102-78.
March 13, 2024 Dalton Daily Citizen, CNHI News
Georgia bill would require IDs for website access
James Swift reports that the latest iteration of a Georgia House bill looks to follow the lead of states like Mississippi and Virginia and require users of certain websites to submit personal identification — such as a driver’s license — before accessing them. House Bill 910 cleared a House vote 165-1 on Feb. 29, with a Senate reading taking place on March 4.
March 13, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Sports betting gets first airing in Georgia House
Dave Williams reports that legislation legalizing sports betting in Georgia that the state Senate passed last month got its first hearing Tuesday in the state House of Representatives. Under Senate Bill 386, the Georgia Lottery Corp. would oversee sports betting, awarding licenses to 16 sports betting providers, Sen. Clint Dixon, R-Buford, the bill’s chief sponsor, told members of the House Higher Education Committee.
March 13, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Senate switches focus to home assessments
James Salzer reports that Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns’ proposal to double the state homestead exemption on property taxes would do nothing for most of the state and save little for those who could use it, Senate leaders said Monday. So Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee took another bill that had already passed the House and turned it into Senate Bill 349, a measure to cap how much home assessments can go up each year at 3%.
