Georgia Trend Daily – May 8, 2024
May 8, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Construction of new tower at Athens airport could coincide with new passenger service
Jim Thompson reports, if current timelines and aspirations hold, attracting commercial passenger air service to Athens-Ben Epps Airport could roughly coincide with the opening of a new control tower. At a recent meeting, members of the Athens-Ben Epps Airport Authority learned that a new control tower to be constructed with federal dollars could open within a year and a half to two years.
May 8, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Auburn University’s Executive MBA Program: Investing in The Future
Julia Roberts reports, Catherine Budzynski has always enjoyed expanding her knowledge and skill set. As an ambitious leader who seeks out challenges, she saw getting her MBA as a great way to grow her capabilities and achieve her career goals faster.
May 8, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta ranks No. 1 for customer satisfaction in two segments of J.D. Power study
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Delta Air Lines garnered the No. 1 spot for airline customer satisfaction in first or business class and in premium economy, according to a new J.D. Power study released Wednesday. Atlanta-based Delta got the highest score in the two categories among several North American carriers ranked in the study, one of the best-known consumer rankings in the air travel industry.
May 8, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
NWGA Housing Authority Awarded $1.8 Million In Federal Grants
John Bailey reports that the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority will receive $1,870,115 in federal funds through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FY 2024 Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant Awards. U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff announced Tuesday they secured a total of $80,049,510 in federal housing investments for Georgia.
May 8, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Tybee Black History Trail markers dedicated. ‘We’re learning about the people who lived here’
Destini Ambus reports that physical markers on the Tybee Black History trail were dedicated Tuesday morning, nearly a year after the ribbon cutting was held to launch the virtual trail. Residents, local officials and activists gathered under the hot Tybee Island morning sun at the recently placed markers for the dedication.
May 8, 2024 The Current
Battle over private dock on Cumberland Island heads back to court
Mary Landers reports that a legal battle over a private dock on Cumberland Island is headed back to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia to re-examine whether federal officials approved the structure without proper public notice and input.
May 8, 2024 State Affairs
Rural communities hopeful Kemp change to state soil amendment law will curb stink
Tammy Joyner reports, after seven years and millions of dollars in restoration, Heritage GA opened its door last month to those seeking solitude and a chance to commune with nature. But the constant presence of trucks hauling a noxious concoction of waste byproducts from poultry processing plants threatens to ruin those plans.
May 8, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb Candidates Tackle Home Rule and Transit Tax at Forum
Jake Busch reports, what are your thoughts on Cobb County’s “home rule” map? And how about that 30-year transit tax? Those were more or less the two major questions candidates for the District 2 seat on the Cobb Board of Commissioners dug into during a Monday night forum.
May 8, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Kemp vetoes bills that would have halted tax exemptions, others with ‘unintended’ consequences
Maya Homan reports that Georgia’s state lawmakers have finished their work for the year, but at the state capitol, the real drama wasn’t quite yet over on Tuesday. May 7, which marked exactly 40 days since the end of the 2024 legislative session, was the deadline this year for Gov. Brian Kemp to sign bills into laws.
May 8, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Governor vetoes tax breaks for data centers, homestead exemption bump and higher ed assistance
Jill Nolin and Ross Williams report, the governor has vetoed a bill that would have suspended a tax break for data centers for two years, saying it would undermine the business community. The bill was pitched as a pause that would allow the state to assess the impact these massive energy consumers have on the grid.
May 8, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Kemp signs $36.1 billion state budget
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp signed what he called an “historic” $36.1 billion state budget Tuesday containing healthy raises for state employees and public school teachers. The fiscal 2025 budget, which takes effect July 1, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring, including record spending on education and mental health and significant increases for public safety.
May 8, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia Supreme Court justice gets GOP help in election bid
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that Georgia conservatives are launching a rescue mission for Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson ahead of a May 21 election that pits him against former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow. House Speaker Jon Burns, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King as well as several lawmakers are among the Republicans boosting Pinson.
