Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 10, 2024

Oct. 10, 2024 Savannah Morning News

Gov. Brian Kemp visits CEMA, provides update on Hurricane Milton ahead of landfall in Florida

Evan Lasseter reports, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp visited the Chatham Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Wednesday afternoon and provided an update on the state’s storm response and preparation on the heels of Hurricane Helene and hours before Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Kemp issued a state of emergency for counties that may feel impacts such as storm surge or tropical-storm force winds from Milton ― Chatham County is among them.

Oct. 10, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!

Economic Development Around the State

Christy Simo reports on the state’s booming economy: Georgia saw another year of new jobs and expansions. During fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024) there were nearly 430 facility expansions and new locations supported by the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce division, which resulted in more than $20.3 billion in investment and 26,900 new private-sector jobs.

Oct. 10, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Here’s how Delta performed in the third quarter, CrowdStrike outage and all

Kelly Yamanouchi reports, Delta Air Lines’ July meltdown triggered by the CrowdStrike outage took a chunk out of the carrier’s third quarter results, but Delta still managed to post a $1.27 billion profit during a busy summer season. In the July-September quarter, Delta brought in $15.7 billion in revenue, up 1% from the third quarter last year.

Oct. 10, 2024 Georgia.gov

Gov. Kemp Hosts Final Roundtable on Litigation Reform

Staff reports that Gov. Kemp hosted leaders from Georgia businesses and policymakers today for a roundtable discussion on civil litigation and its impact on the state’s economic wellbeing. This was the final of three roundtable events announced by Governor Kemp for this Fall.

Oct. 10, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Hurricane Helene caused damage to Georgia farming. Farmers need more than crop insurance

Kala Hunter reports, between and around Valdosta and Augusta – two of Georgia’s hardest hit cities from Hurricane Helene – there is a 30-mile-wide path of destruction to agriculture and farmland. Georgia farmers were gearing up to harvest millions of dollars worth of fall crops such as cotton, blueberries, bell peppers and squash.

Oct. 10, 2024 Milledgeville Union-Recorder

CGTC awarded $3.66 million to expand nursing workforce

Staff reports that Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) has been awarded $3.66 million through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This grant, provided as part of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP), will be distributed over four years to strengthen the nursing workforce in acute and long-term care settings across rural and underserved communities.

 

Oct. 10, 2024 All On Georgia

Food Lion Donates $1.5 Million to Support Disaster Relief After Hurricane Helene

Staff reports, Food Lion is donating $1.5 million to support the communities impacted by Hurricane Helene as part of its commitment to the towns and cities it serves. Through Oct. 30, customers can join this effort to support their neighbors by donating at the register. The Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Food Lion, will distribute the funds to partner feeding organizations to address recovery and rebuilding efforts as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Oct. 10, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com

French Warehouse Robotics Firm Doubles Down on Atlanta With Headquarters, Showroom 

Trevor Williams reports, French warehouse automation innovator Exotec is doubling down on Atlanta, opening a new North American headquarters after reaching key sales and employment milestones in the market. The company’s Skypod system, in which autonomous robots pick product bins from tall metal warehouse racks and deliver them to human operators for final sorting and fulfillment, has struck a nerve among corporations, the company said.

Oct. 10, 2024 Saporta Report

Mobile solar microgrid sees deployment amidst Hurricane Helene recovery efforts

Mark Lannaman reports, a mobile solar microgrid has been aiding in recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene, a powerful hurricane that rocked the Southeast in late September. The Mobile Solar Power Station — an array of solar panels transported via a small trailer that can be unloaded anywhere —  debuted at the annual sustainability celebration Ray Day last year; nearly a year later, the Georgia-built microgrid was deployed to help Georgians for just this kind of scenario.

Oct. 10, 2024 Capitol Beat News

Board of Regents seeking to ban transgender women from college sports

Dave Williams reports that the University System of Georgia Board of Regents is asking two organizations that govern collegiate sports to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports. Tuesday’s unanimous vote came two years after the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) voted to require students to participate in high school sports based on their gender at birth.

Oct. 10, 2024 Georgia Recorder

Federal judge to consider more evidence whether to extend Georgia’s voter registration deadline

Jill Nolin reports, a federal judge has denied a request for the court to immediately intervene and extend Georgia’s deadline to register to vote after Hurricane Helene devastated a wide swath of the state. But Judge Eleanor L. Ross with the Atlanta-based Northern District of Georgia left the door open for a trio of voting rights groups to convince her an extension is needed.

Oct. 10, 2024 Valdosta Daily Times

Sen. Ossoff: Action needed on relief for farmers

Terry Richards reports, saying action was urgently needed to help storm-stricken farmers, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) said Wednesday Congress needs to step in with a disaster relief program. Speaking to press and political leadership in a Zoom call, Ossoff said 34 senators had agreed in a bipartisan effort to press for such relief to help an agricultural industry crippled by Hurricane Helene.

 

Oct. 10, 2024 Capitol Beat News

Judge rules Kemp doesn’t have to investigate State Election Board members

Dave Williams reports that a Fulton County Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force Gov. Brian Kemp to schedule an administrative hearing on whether to remove three members of the State Election Board. The ruling by Judge Ural Glanville sided with a legal opinion Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr released last month asserting that the plaintiffs in the case don’t have the legal authority to make such a demand.

Oct. 10, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia attorney general accuses TikTok of impeding investigation

Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr wants to read TikTok’s texts. Carr and attorneys general from 21 other states say they have “good reason to believe” the popular social media platform is breaking consumer protection laws that “have fueled the ongoing crisis in the mental health of children and teens.”