Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 17, 2024
Oct. 17, 2024 WABE
USDA announces estimated $207.7 million in relief assistance to Georgia farmers
Kendall Murray reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering relief assistance to Georgia farmers who are still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, with estimated indemnities in the state predicted at $207.7 million. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told WABE that the department has been working quickly to provide resources to those in Georgia and other states in the southeast that have been affect by tropical storm damage.
Oct. 17, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
This Accessible & Affordable MBA Boosts Soft Skills & Sharpens Your Professional Edge
Julie Roberts reports, how do you distinguish yourself from other candidates in today’s high demand, fast paced workforce? New research suggests understanding what employers value most may be the key to landing that coveted role.
Oct. 17, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Federal loan announced for Georgia plant seeking to help stop EV fires
Drew Kann reports that fires from electric vehicle batteries are rare, but when they do occur, the same energy-dense materials that allow a car to run for hundreds of miles on a single charge can create white-hot infernos that are difficult to extinguish. Now, a company seeking to make materials for preventing such runaway conflagrations at a new factory in southeast Georgia is set to get funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Oct. 17, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
How a Tech Trade Mission Is Leading British Firms Toward ‘Soft Landing’ in Atlanta
Trevor Williams reports, amid all the fundraising fuss of Venture Atlanta, international firms are used to carving out niche meetings to make their voices heard in the growing Southeast U.S. tech hub. But those whose home countries have a presence in Atlanta have an secret weapon: boots on the ground helping them capitalize on existing relationships and forge new ones.
Oct. 17, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Turning Waste Into Business: Synthica Breaks Ground In Floyd
John Bailey reports that when beer goes bad, what do you do with it? One answer: turn it into renewable energy via natural gas. “What if that beer itself was recycled?” Synthica Energy CEO Sam Schutte asked. “We get the beer out of the cans, turn it into natural gas, and recycle the aluminum.”
Oct. 17, 2024 Gainesville Times
Two companies, including a U.S. headquarters, to fill warehouse space in Flowery Branch
Jeff Gill reports that two companies, including one aiming to be U.S. headquarters, are planning moves to warehouses off Thurmon Tanner Parkway near Interstate 985 in Flowery Branch. Mimaki USA, which makes wide-format printers, is leasing 107,000 square feet of space, and ETI Solid State Lighting Inc., which makes and distributes lighting products, has bought an 111,000-square-foot building north of Phil Niekro Boulevard, which is near I-985’s Exit 12.
Oct. 17, 2024 The Brunswick News
Jekyll Island board approves lease for Pier Road restaurant
Taylor Cooper reports that the Jekyll Island Authority Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday to sign a lease with Jake and Sharon Clark for 9 Pier Road, the last of three Pier Road commercial spaces the JIA was looking to fill in the historic district. At the board’s last meeting, they voted to approve the Clarks’ proposal for a restaurant concept called Founder’s Social at 9 Pier Road.
Oct. 17, 2024 GPB
Sapelo Island’s Gullah Geechee vow to continue fight against rezoning, after judge nixes referendum
Benjamin Payne reports that voters in Southeast Georgia’s McIntosh County had been scheduled to vote this month on a referendum to undo zoning changes passed in September 2023, which allow bigger houses to be built on Sapelo Island’s Hogg Hummock neighborhood. That was until a state judge recently canceled the ballot initiative, siding with attorneys for the county who argued that the referendum violated Georgia’s constitution.
Oct. 17, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia’s early voter turnout has shattered records. View the turnout in your county
Maya Homan reports, voting in the Peach State is in full swing, with fewer than 3 weeks left until election day. Over 300,000 Georgia residents cast their ballot on Tuesday, the first day of early voting, a record-shattering turnout.
Oct. 17, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Slate of Georgia state election board rules swept aside by Fulton judge
Stanley Dunlap reports that a Fulton County judge Wednesday struck down several controversial Georgia State Election Board rules that were set to take effect for the Nov. 5 general election. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A Cox Jr. ruled that the State Election Boards’ seven new rules for ballot counting, poll watcher access and election certification were illegal and unconstitutional, following a hearing on a pair of lawsuits challenging the rules.
Oct. 17, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Poll shows Trump still leading Harris in Georgia
Dave Williams reports that former President Donald Trump continues to lead Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia, according to a new poll. A survey of 1,328 likely Georgia voters Quinnipiac University conducted Oct. 10-14 found Trump with 52% of the vote to 45% for Harris, well above the poll’s margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.7%.
Oct. 17, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brad Raffensperger’s good week: Big voter turnout, favorable court rulings
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office presided over a record-breaking start to Georgia’s three week early voting period that, by all accounts, has gone smoothly. As early voting started on Tuesday, Judge Robert McBurney issued a pair of rulings that favored the viewpoint of the secretary of state’s office.
