Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 7, 2024
Aug. 7, 2024 The Brunswick News
‘We got lucky,’ as Debby mostly spares Isles
Michael Hall reports that Brunswick Public Works employee Kenneth McCray could have had a much more challenging job on his hands Tuesday morning as he picked up palm fronds and other light debris strewn by Tropical Storm Debby. Past storms like Matthew in 2016, Irma in 2017 and Idalia nearly a year ago, left more damage behind than their little sister Debby.
Aug. 7, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Broadband Boost Connects Rural Areas
Ben Young writes, Georgia’s broadband infrastructure is seeing dramatic improvements due to a combination of federal investment and bipartisan local leadership bringing the dollars home. The results could see Georgia enhancing its status as a technology hub, with more data centers, fiber manufacturing, fintech, cybersecurity and software firms.
Aug. 7, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Despite continued losses, Rivian’s Q2 could redefine EV maker’s future
Zachary Hansen reports that at first glance of its balance sheet, electric vehicle startup Rivian’s second quarter looks pretty ho-hum. The California-based automaker, which indefinitely paused plans to build a $5 billion factory in Georgia, continued trends from the past few quarters.
Aug. 7, 2024 WSB TV, WSB Radio
Morehouse College receives anonymous $20 million donation
Staff reports that Morehouse College has received an anonymous $20 million donation, the university announced Tuesday. The university said this donation will go towards expanding academic programs and hiring professors at the college.
Aug. 7, 2024 Saporta Report
Construction to begin on a more ‘open and inviting’ Woodruff Arts Center
Maria Saporta reports, the Woodruff Arts Center will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on the afternoon of Aug. 6 for the opening up of its front door on Peachtree and for the transformation of the Rich Auditorium into the Goizueta Stage for Youth & Families. Atlanta’s major cultural institution has launched a $67 million capital campaign for the project to enhance its campus and to maintain its facilities, which includes the High Museum of Art, the Alliance Theatre and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Aug. 7, 2024 Rough Draft Atlanta
Sundance representatives visit Atlanta as potential host city
Sammie Purcell reports, last week, representatives from the Sundance Film Festival toured the city of Atlanta, which was recently named as one of six finalists that could host the independent film festival from 2027 onward. Sundance announced a bidding process for a possible new city to call home earlier this year, with Atlanta officially submitting a Request for Proposal and entering the race in June.
Aug. 7, 2024 WABE
‘Full circle moment’: How Kim Jackson navigates LGBTQ legislation as Georgia’s only openly gay senator
Jasmine Robinson reports, four years after making history by being elected as Georgia’s first openly gay senator, Kim Jackson is continuing the work of advocating for the LGBTQ community. As both a legislator and an ordained Episcopal priest — another rarity among state lawmakers — Jackson has a goal of making life better for people for whom life has been hard.
Aug. 7, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia election board clears county officials to delay vote certification with information demands
Stanley Dunlap reports that the Georgia State Election Board pushed through proposed Right-wing Republican election rules Tuesday that have sparked fierce debates over giving county officials greater authority to refuse to certify voter tallies. Today, certification by local election boards is considered an administrative task that doesn’t allow members to delay as they investigate results provided to them by county officials.
Aug. 7, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia PSC hears eminent domain case
Dave Williams reports that a lawyer representing several Hancock County property owners asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) Tuesday to overturn a hearing officer’s recommendation to let Sandersville Railroad Co. condemn 43 acres through eminent domain. The freight rail line is seeking to use the state’s eminent domain power to acquire the land for the Hanson Spur, which would be used to ship locally mined granite, farm products and timber along a CSX line to markets.
Aug. 7, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Harris-Walz campaign to leverage VP pick’s military tie to Georgia
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, when Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Georgia Democrats quickly rallied around her pick. He has a Georgia connection. After enlisting in the National Guard in 1981, at age 17, Walz took his first plane ride to west Georgia where he trained at the military installation then known as Fort Benning.
