Georgia Trend Daily – July 31, 2024
July 31, 2024 GPB
Tropical system aims toward Georgia as state awaits first cyclone of the hurricane season
Benjamin Payne reports, the first tropical disturbance of 2024 to include Georgia in its possible trajectory has materialized in the Atlantic Ocean, which federal forecasters said Tuesday has a 60% chance of forming into a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane within seven days.
July 31, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with… Van Johnson
Karen Kirkpatrick reports, Van Johnson has been mayor since 2020, after serving four terms as alderman for the City Council’s 1st District. He’s leading the city during a time of rapid change, as the region prepares to welcome thousands of new people who will work at the nearby Hyundai plant and its suppliers.
July 31, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hyundai pursues adding hybrid car production to Georgia EV plant
Zachary Hansen, Adam Van Brimmer and Drew Kann report that electric vehicles may not be the only cars coming off assembly lines at Hyundai Motor Group’s sprawling factory near Savannah. The Korean automaker recently asked state environmental regulators to amend permits to allow for gasoline storage and fuel filling equipment at the 3,000-acre factory site in Bryan County, documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution show.
July 31, 2024 Georgia Ports Authority
Georgia Ports marks slight decline in container volumes; achieves record RoRo volumes
Staff reports, at he Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Board meeting, President and CEO Griff Lynch reported GPA handled 5.25 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in fiscal year 2024, which ended June 30, 2024. The performance constitutes a decrease of 2.3 percent or 123,000 TEUs compared to the previous year.
July 31, 2024 Capitol Beat News
‘Low-intensity’ residential growth biggest threat to Georgia farming
Dave Williams reports that single-family residential subdivisions built on large lots are gobbling up Georgia’s farmland at an alarming rate, the head of a nonprofit land preservation group said Tuesday. The Peach State lost about 2.6 million acres of farmland and 2 million acres of forest between 1974 and 2016, Katherine Moore, president of the Georgia Conservancy, told members of a state Senate study committee meeting on the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro.
July 31, 2024 Saporta Report
CAP’s Stitch project moving forward as Connector park in Midtown put on hold
Maria Saporta reports, three proposals to cap over Atlanta’s highways — the Stitch, the Connector and HUB404 — are now down to two. With Chick-fil-A Chairman Dan Cathy recently announcing a pause on plans to build the Atlanta Connector Park, the spotlight now is shining brightly on the Stitch — a project to bridge over the Downtown Connector.
July 31, 2024 The Current
Brunswick residents join scientists to test water quality near Superfund sites
Serra Sowers reports, using gloves and a long pole, Terry Walker lowers a plastic test bottle into the water at Glynn Overlook Park and retrieves it. He pours the sample into small vials and bottles to separate the water and begin a pH reading and titration to measure oxygen.
July 31, 2024 The Brunswick News
Live Oak Fiber to hold town hall with island residents
Taylor Cooper reports, Live Oak Fiber, the company installing high-speed internet cable in Glynn County, announced Friday it will hold a town hall on St. Simons Island next week to discuss “recent construction disruptions.” “We want to reiterate our deep regret for the troubles caused to residents and visitors there,” the company said.
July 31, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Trump and Vance holding Atlanta rally on Saturday, days after VP Harris appeared in Georgia
Melissa Cruz reports that former President Donald Trump is returning to Atlanta for a campaign rally. His campaign recently announced that Trump and his vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance will hold a rally on Saturday, August 3 at the Georgia State Convocation Center, the same location that Kamala Harris hosted a rally on Tuesday.
July 31, 2024 WABE
Kamala Harris at Atlanta campaign rally: ‘Path to the White House runs right through this state’
Sam Gringlas reports, four weeks after President Joe Biden arrived in Georgia for a debate that unraveled his reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris brought her newly-minted campaign to Atlanta as she looked to turn the burst of energy from a fresh ticket into a force of volunteers and donors that can last through November.
July 31, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia election board walks back rules approved at meeting flagged by state AG
John McCosh reports, the nonprofit government watchdog group that sued to overturn votes taken at a Georgia State Election Board meeting earlier this month, held despite warnings from the Georgia Attorney General, says it will continue to monitor the board’s actions after the panel rescinded its earlier vote during a virtual meeting Tuesday afternoon.
July 31, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Discrimination lawsuit against Atlanta VC firm has far-reaching impacts
Mirtha Donastorg reports, a year ago Friday, the American Alliance of Equal Rights sued Fearless Fund and its foundation over a $20,000 small business grant program to Black women entrepreneurs, alleging it was discriminatory. The man behind the Alliance, conservative activist Edward Blum, had just successfully challenged affirmative action in college admissions at the U.S. Supreme Court and then set his sights on Simone’s VC firm.
