Georgia Trend Daily – June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024 GPB
Delta Air Lines’ shareholders are the latest group asking the company to allow employees to organize
Amanda Andrews and Kristi York Wooten report, in February, over 100 members of Congress signed a letter to Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian urging the company to not interfere with employees’ efforts to form a union. Lawmakers want Delta to adopt a neutrality agreement ahead of any vote to unionize.
June 13, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia’s Nuclear Progress
Tharon Johnson writes, the modern world demands a tremendous amount of power. Between 1980 and 2022, electricity consumption more than tripled across the planet as the global population reached 8 billion and counting. The United States uses more electricity than any other country aside from China, which has a population more than four times higher than ours.
June 13, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Trilith CEO: As production slows, ‘everyone is eager’ for a rebound
Savannah Sicurella reports, in an office space above the Town at Trilith, Frank Patterson asks: “Do you know why my hair’s so gray?” He’s referring to the slowdown in film and television production over the past three months, the byproduct of studios waiting to see if the Hollywood crew and craft unions will decide to strike when their contract expires in July.
June 13, 2024 Georgia.gov
Governor and First Lady Kemp Reinforce Economic Partnerships in Korea
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp today announced they are leading a delegation of state officials on an international mission to the Republic of Korea that will focus on reinforcing strategic economic development partnerships. “The Republic of Korea was the very first country I visited when I became governor for a good reason – because of the incredible partners located there,” said Governor Brian Kemp.
June 13, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
GHC Expands BIMM Degree Program
Staff reports, Georgia Highlands College and the Georgia Institute of Technology have entered into a new agreement, where participating students will earn dual bachelor of science degrees in in Building Information Modeling Management from GHC and Construction Science and Management from Georgia Tech in as little as four to five years.
June 13, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Dutch King and Queen visit Savannah on working trip
Evan Lasseter reports, while motorcades carrying high profile officials are becoming familiar to Savannah, the one dashing around Savannah Tuesday carried Dutch royalty. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands visited Savannah on a working trip, meeting with city leaders, port officials and educators at Savannah State University for discussions on Georgia and Netherlands relations.
June 13 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Southern Company Gas to move HQ in Atlanta’s largest lease of 2024 so far
Zachary Hansen reports, Southern Company’s natural gas division is moving its Atlanta headquarters in the largest office lease signing so far this year. Southern Company Gas signed a 264,300 square-foot lease at Midtown Center II, an eight-story office building at 725 W Peachtree St., company spokesman Jeff Wilson confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
June 13, 2024 The Brunswick News
Shrimp season opens in state waters June 18
Michael Hall reports, Georgia’s shrimp season opens next week. Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Walter Rabon signed an administrative order Monday setting the opening date for commercial and recreational food shrimp harvest in state waters for 8 a.m., Tuesday, a release from the DNR’s Coastal Resources Division said.
June 13, 2024 GPB
Savannah spruces up street corners with graffiti-resistant vinyl wraps adorned with archival photos
Benjamin Payne reports, Savannah officials have rolled out a new beautification campaign to cut down on graffiti at busy downtown intersections, while simultaneously beautifying city streets with a blast from the past. It’s not usual for Savannah’s transportation crews to collaborate with the city’s municipal archivists, but the two departments have collaborated to wrap 16 traffic utility boxes with graffiti-resistant vinyl laminates, each bearing a historical image unique to that specific location.
June 13, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Hydrogen energy could power your flight in a few years. Here’s why it could take off in GA
Kala Hunter reports, U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina along with U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia wrote a bill that will move the aviation industry closer to a hydrogen-aviation reality. Together, they proposed the Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act, which requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to research and consult with industry partners to advance the new technology.
June 13, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia lawsuit asks if official’s duty to certify election results is ‘discretionary’
Melissa Cruz reports, a think tank created by former Trump administration officials is suing on behalf of a Republican elections official in Fulton County so she can refuse to certify election results. Lawyers from the pro-Trump “America First Policy Institute” filed the lawsuit on May 22 for Julie Adams, a member of the Fulton County elections board since February.
June 13, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia House speaker vows to pass new law protecting IVF
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that Georgia’s top lawmakers say they’ll support legislation next year to preserve in vitro fertilization amid court challenges and growing conservative pushback to the procedure. But major questions and significant challenges await Republicans if they push for legislation to enshrine protections for IVF in Georgia law.
