Aug. 27, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Announces 26 Appointments to State Boards, Commissions, and Authorities
Staff reports that on Monday, Gov. Kemp announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 26 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions.
Aug. 27, 2024 Georgia Trend Daily
Leadership: Fire Captain Chuck Bray
Staff reports that more than 80 percent of first responders experience traumatic events while on the job and in DeKalb County there is a peer support program encouraging them to share their experiences and connecting them with additional mental health and addiction resources. DeKalb’s own Fire Captain Chuck Bray will embark on a 190 mile, 14-day walk across England to spread awareness of DeKalb’s successful peer support program for public safety officials and encourage public safety officials to get the treatment they need.
Aug. 27, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Environmental regulator reevaluating key permit for $7.6B Hyundai plant
Zachary Hanson and Drew Kann report that a federal regulator is reopening its assessment of the environmental impacts of Hyundai Motor Group’s $7.6 billion electric vehicle factory near Savannah, citing new information and a potential legal challenge for revisiting the case.
Aug. 27, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Local nonprofit offering storm recovery assistance to local, small businesses
Evan Lasseter reports that Savannah small businesses impacted by flooding from Tropical Storm Debby now have an opportunity for some financial relief. The local Small Business Assistance Corporation launched its storm recovery loan program Monday, offering up to $15,000 in relief for qualified businesses, according to an SBAC press release.
Aug. 27, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
The Varsity expanding to Watkinsville
Vanssa Countrymen reports that a former Burger King in Watkinsville is set to be converted into a new location for The Varsity. Located on Hog Mountain Rd., this new Varsity will be near will be near Butler’s Crossing, a shopping center in Oconee County anchored by a Publix.
Aug. 27, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Monroe County officials want library to move LGBTQ books or lose money. Community responds
Myracle Lewis reports that a Monroe County commissioner says he wants to defund the Monroe County Library if it doesn’t move LGBTQ+ themed books out of its children and young adult sections, and the issue prompted about 100 people to show up at the county’s commission meeting last week. District 3 Commissioner John Ambrose told The Telegraph he is willing to defund the public library in early 2025 if the books aren’t moved by the time new county chairman-elect Alan Gibbs takes office, who supports the notion.
Aug. 27, 2024 The Current
Early voting begins Sept. 9 for Sapelo election
Mary Landers reports that McIntosh County residents are scheduled to head to the polls Oct. 1 to vote on a single issue. The question on the ballot will be: “Shall the Action of the Board of Commissioners of McIntosh County, Georgia, amending the McIntosh County Code of Ordinances Appendix C Sec. 219 HH Hog Hammock District of the McIntosh County Ordinance be repealed?”
Auf. 27, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Commissioner Invokes ‘Bloods and Crips’ as Map Feud Rage
Annie Mayne reports that an explosive county commission meeting Monday, where one commissioner referred to Cobb Countians as “political Bloods and Crips” and another said they didn’t trust the county attorney, commissioners debated the best way to move forward with redistricting. At issue is whether the commission should approve an agenda item drafted by the county attorney’s office, which would accept the recent ruling of Cobb Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill.
Aug. 27, 2024 KFF Health News, Rome News-Tribune
Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Closed Hospitals in Ga.
Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead report, at the shuttered Atlanta Medical Center, a “Stronger Together” mural sends a hopeful message near a summer spray of hydrangeas. The campus was mostly quiet on a recent weekend, since AMC closed almost two years ago.
Aug. 27, 2024 WABE
Harris, Walz plan bus tour across South Georgia
Sam Gringlass reports that Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will launch a bus tour across South Georgia on Wednesday, concluding with a Thursday night Harris rally around Savannah. The campaign swing comes days after Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for president in Chicago and as the ticket looks to translate the energy of a whirlwind few weeks into a sustainable force that can propel the campaign through November.
Aug. 27, 2024 New York Times
Democrats Sue Georgia Election Board, Warning of ‘Chaos’
Nick Corasaniti reports, Democrats sued the Georgia state election board on Monday, arguing that measures approved by the board this month seeking to alter the election certification process in the state were illegal and could create chaos on Election Day. The lawsuit claims that the board intended to give local election officials a broad license to “hunt for purported election irregularities of any kind, potentially delaying certification and displacing longstanding (and court-supervised) processes for addressing fraud.”
Aug. 27, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Judge says four independent and third-party presidential candidates should not be on Georgia ballot
Jill Nolin reports that three independent and third-party presidential candidates were dealt a setback in their quest to appear on the ballot in Georgia this November. A state administrative law judge ruled Monday afternoon that the candidates or their electors were not eligible under Georgia law. Those decisions are not final, though.
Aug. 27, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Democrats urge Kemp to remove State Election Board
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp sought advice Monday from the state attorney general regarding calls to remove three GOP members of the State Election Board for approving late changes to state elections laws. Critics, including the bipartisan Democracy Defense Project, say the last-minute changes could disrupt the November elections.
Aug. 27, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s presidential ballot may shrink. It’s a win for Democrats
Adam Van Bimmer, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that at one point, it looked like Georgia’s presidential ballot would have seven people on it. After Monday, that could be down to just three. Chief Judge Michael Malihi of the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings recommended four candidates — socialist Claudia De la Cruz, Georgia Green Party nominee Jill Stein as well as independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West — should all not appear on the ballot for various reasons, the AJC’s Caleb Groves reports.
