Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 16, 2024
Aug. 16, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Delta Makes Strides Toward Offering Wi-Fi on All International Flights
Trevor Williams reports that Delta Air Lines Inc. has started rolling out free Wi-Fi on European flights this month, the first step in equipping its global fleet with the service by next year. Working with T-Mobile, the airline has already brought what it calls “streaming-quality” connectivity to 90 percent of its domestic fleet, about 700 planes.
Aug. 16, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia’s Great Green Escapes
Tharon Johnson writes, those of us who have been lucky enough to make our way around this state know that Georgia is special. While there are a great many things we take pride in, from our deep community bonds to our thriving economy to our sports teams, there are few things more immediately awe-inspiring than our rich tapestry of natural resources. Georgia is home to a large variety of ecological gifts, from the soaring Appalachian Mountains to the peaty Okefenokee Swamp to 100 miles of coastline.
Aug. 16, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chick-fil-A names new president and chief operating officer
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Chick-fil-A has named a new president and a new chief operating officer, expanding its leadership team after the retirement of one of its top executives last year. Susannah Frost, who is executive vice president of restaurant development and field operations for College Park-based Chick-fil-A, will step into the role of president Oct. 1
Aug. 16, 2024 Georgia Ports Authority
Georgia Ports welcomes heavy equipment processor to area
Staff reports that heavy equipment producers moving cargo through the Georgia Ports Authority have a new Savannah-area processing and logistics services option. “We are proud to welcome Aertssen Logistics to the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick,” said GPA President and CEO Griff Lynch.
Aug. 16, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Parker’s Kitchen parked on Inc. 5000 ‘America’s Fastest Growing Companies’ list again
Miguel Legoas reports that one of the south’s favorite convenience stores has landed a significant achievement. Parker’s Kitchen has scored a place on Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest growing companies in America for a seventh year.
Aug. 16, 2024 The Current
Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion
Amira McKee reports, since construction began in January 2023, Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America and six other Hyundai affiliate factories are rising ahead of schedule from 3,000 acres of clear-cut land just south of I-16. Hyundai officials say their goal is to bring their first electric vehicle off the assembly line by the end of the year — in time to make the Hyundai vehicles built there eligible for buyer incentives in the Biden Administration’s 2024 Inflation Reduction Act.
Aug. 16, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Environmental groups seeking delay in Georgia Power turbines project
Dave Williams reports that lawyers for environmental groups made a final plea to Georgia energy regulators Thursday to delay Georgia Power’s plan to build three new “dual-fuel” turbines at Plant Yates near Newnan. The Atlanta-based utility is seeking certification from the state Public Service Commission to build the new turbines, which would run mostly on natural gas but switch to ultra low-sulfur diesel fuel when and if gas is unavailable, typically on cold winter mornings.
Aug. 16, 2024 GPB
Westside Atlanta federal soil cleanup reaches halfway point
Amanda Andrews reports that the Environmental Protection Agency has reached a halfway point in removing toxic soil from a Superfund site in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhoods. The agency is crediting community engagement in English Avenue and Vine City for their progress on remediation.
Aug. 16, 2024 Saporta Report
Atlanta celebrates 50 years of neighborhood advisors
Delaney Tarr reports, Atlanta leaders gathered in the atrium of City Hall on August 13 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an integral part of the community: The Neighborhood Planning Unit Project. The advisory committees spread across the city have long been essential tools for civic engagement and an easy way for the Atlanta government to gain local input.
Aug. 16, 2024 WABE
Georgia’s alleged treatment of jailed pregnant women and the deadly consequences garners national attention
Chamian Cruz reports, a growing number of women who were pregnant while serving time in a Georgia jail are coming forward about being denied medical and mental health care, and the profound consequences that had on them and their babies. The women’s testimonies are part of an ongoing investigation into the abuse of pregnant women in jails and prisons nationwide led by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Human Rights.
Aug. 16, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Georgia Secretary of State criticizes Election Board’s ‘new activist rulemaking’
Staff reports that Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, on Thursday expressed opposition to proposed changes to election procedures currently under consideration by the State Election Board, particularly rejecting a suggestion to count ballots by hand at polling places on election night. The State Election Board advanced a proposal in July that would require three separate poll workers to count ballots at voting precincts on election night to ensure that they match the number of ballots recorded by voting machines.
Aug. 16, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Ga. House Study Committee Takes Up Fishing Rights Discussion
Dave Williams reports, state agency regulations may be a better way of settling the legally complex issue of public fishing rights in Georgia than new legislation, a former director of the state Environmental Protection Division said Thursday. “If rulemaking is done well, people have a chance to be heard,” Jud Turner, the only non-legislator appointed to a Georgia House study committee on fishing rights, said during the panel’s first meeting.
Aug. 16, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams blasts VP candidate Vance for distorting her abortion comments
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, tucked into a 2021 speech that JD Vance delivered to a conservative think tank, the Ohio Republican made a curious reference to Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. In the speech, first reported by the Christian Science Monitor, former President Donald Trump’s future running mate brought up Abrams’ warning that anti-abortion legislation in Georgia would be “bad for business.”
