Georgia Trend Daily – June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024 Valdosta Daily Times
Plastics company bringing jobs to Lowndes
Terry Richards reports that Utililty Plastics LLC will invest about $20 million to open a facility in Valdosta’s Westside Business Park, a statement from the Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority said Thursday. The new site is expected to bring about 60 jobs to Lowndes County, the statement said.
June 3, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
2024 Most Respected Leader: Mike Plant, From Blades to Bricks
Brian A. Lee reports, what do you call the combination of tenacious commitment and infectious energy in the present and a vision of the future that turns the momentous into a sustained path of success? That’s special leadership, and the Atlanta Braves and the Cobb Chamber of Commerce are reaping the rewards, thanks to Mike Plant.
June 3, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Power restored on gates on Concourse B at Hartsfield-Jackson
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that power has been restored after an outage on a concourse at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport affected some gates Sunday afternoon, according to the airport. The power was out between gates B24 and B36 on Concourse B, according to the Atlanta airport just after 4:30 p.m.
June 3, 2024 WABE
Thousands of Atlanta residents and businesses still without water, two potential water breaks under investigation
Emily Wu Pearson reports that Sunday, two potential water breaks were being investigated after nearly two days of multiple water main breaks plaguing various parts of the metro Atlanta area. The Atlanta Watershed Department reported on X that a potential water main break is being investigated near 1190 Atlantic Dr. NW, which they say may result in a temporary disruption of water service for residences and businesses.
June 3, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Report to reveal Port of Savannah pollution levels, climate-warming emissions
John Deem reports, the Port of Savannah is developing its first-ever assessment of climate-impacting pollution from operations at what is now one of the nation’s busiest gateways for cargo containers. A report released in 2017 compared emissions at the port in 2002 and 2010 but did not address heat-trapping pollution that drives climate change.
June 3, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
UGA, Penn State research team to develop new model to predict measles outbreaks
Lauren Baggett reports, a research team led by faculty at the University of Georgia and Pennsylvania State University has received a $583,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a new model to predict measles outbreaks worldwide. This funding is part of a global effort to restore progress toward measles elimination lost during the pandemic.
June 3, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Barbados Elevates Global Profile as Atlanta Flight Promises Deeper Ties
Trevor Williams reports that as Barbados prepares to welcome a new nonstop flight from Atlanta in November, the eastern Caribbean island is taking on a larger global profile that belies its size. From becoming a node for African development finance to a host of the Cricket World Cup and a leading voice in the fight against climate change, the nation of fewer than 300,000 people is cultivating an outsized voice in international affairs, Consul General Rudy Grant said May 23 during a Global Atlanta Consular Conversation.
June 3, 2024 The Brunswick News
Coast Guard decommissions two cutters in St. Marys
Staff reports that two U.S. Coast Guard cutters were decommissioned Wednesday in St. Marys. The men and women who served aboard cutters Sea Dog and Sea Dragon were touted for their efforts over the years in protecting the nation by Capt. David Vicks, commanding officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay.
June 3, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Capitol Beat News
Former GA Rep. Calvin Smyre named to President Biden’s U.S. Intelligence Advisory Board
Dave Williams reports that President Joe Biden Friday appointed former state Rep. Calvin Smyre to an independent board that advises the White House on intelligence issues. Smyre, a Democrat from Columbus who served for 48 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, will join the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which offers the president objective, expert advice on the conduct of U.S. intelligence.
June 3, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Anavitarte to Serve on Farmland Preservation Study Committee
Staff reports that an area lawmaker has been appointed to serve on the state Senate Study Committee on the Preservation of Georgia’s Farmlands. Sen. Jason Anavitarte, R-Dallas, is one of seven selected by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to study the issue this year with an eye to proposing legislation or policy changes during the 2025 Georgia General Assembly session.
June 3, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Parties question Georgia voters on issues
Melissa Cruz reports, what’s on the mind of Georgia voters? Abortion, housing, and election integrity, to name a few issues. That’s according to the Democratic and Republican parties of Georgia, which put forth a series of questions on the statewide primary ballots last week.
June 3, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Cryptocurrency mining stirring concerns across rural Georgia as giant server farms buzz
Dave Williams reports that opposition is growing across Georgia to cryptocurrency mining, the process of creating Bitcoins and other forms of virtual currencies at giant server farm sites. Residents of Gilmer County in the North Georgia mountains recently beat back a proposed rezoning to allow a cryptocurrency server farm in that rural community.
June 3, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How Georgia political leaders reacted to Trump’s conviction
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that former President Donald Trump’s historic conviction for falsifying documents to cover up a sex scandal amid his 2016 presidential campaign is no doubt a political earthquake. But will the unanimous verdict rendered Thursday by a New York jury have a seismic impact on the outcome of the November election?
