Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 4, 2024
Nov. 4, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Announces New Disaster Relief Measure for Georgia Farmers
Staff reports, Gov. Kemp on Friday announced the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC) has unanimously approved a proposal redirecting $100 million to the Georgia Development Authority (GDA) for the purpose of providing disaster relief financial support for farmers and debris cleanup for timber producers impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Nov. 4, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government: Experts for the State
Amber Jones Barry reports, while the University of Georgia has long been associated with winning football, and in recent decades with rigorous academics, one of its biggest assets is an outreach program that that has a substantial and lasting impact in small towns like Homerville and Hawkinsville. Such communities, and even their government representatives, can attribute much of their success to the impact and expertise of the university and its faculty within the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
Nov. 4, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coca-Cola, Pepsi hit with lawsuit over recyclability of plastic bottles
Savannah Sicurella reports that Atlanta-based Coca-Cola and its rival PepsiCo are entangled in a lawsuit filed in California that alleges they misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles. Los Angeles County filed suit against the corporations Wednesday, claiming the two made consumers believe that purchasing their products in single-use plastic is an environmentally responsible choice, further alleging the companies knew the bottles cannot be recycled in a way that meaningfully reduces harm.
Nov. 4, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Colonial Oil signs agreement to sell Enmarket stores to Nouria out of Massachusetts
Joseph Schwartzburt reports, Enmarket stores will become part of the fast-growing Nouria convenience store chain. According to a press release posted to Newswire on Oct. 31, the northeast retailer signed a definitive agreement with Savannah-based Colonial Oil Group, Inc. to acquire Enmarket, the convenience retailer chain established by Robert Demere, scion of Colonial Oil’s founder, in 1963.
Nov. 4, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Seeding Sales: Export Challenge Winners Take Home $30K, Report Impact of Original Grants
Trevor Williams reports, what a difference $5,000 makes: That was the takeaway from the Atlanta Metro Export Challenge Pitch Day competition Wednesday, where three companies took home a combined $30,000 to further grow their international sales. Vying for a piece of that bigger pie, six firms — three in tech, two in life sciences and one in agribusiness — sought to show how they’d used the reimbursable seed grant as first-round winners.
Nov. 4, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Flurry of federal investments celebrated in Savannah ahead of Nov. 5 election
Evan Lasseter reports, this week was a big week for federal investments in Savannah, ranging from energy efficiency investments at Savannah Gardens to more greening up at the Ports of Savannah and Brunswick. The Biden Administration also sent a Senior White House Advisor to the hostess city this week to tour a traffic safety grant awarded in early September.
Nov. 4, 2024 The Brunswick News
DNR considering commercial oyster harvest zone in Glynn
Michael Hall reports, the Department of Natural Resources is considering opening a commercial oyster harvesting zone in Jointer Creek and wants the public’s input on the idea. The DNR’s Coastal Resources Division will host a public meeting at 5 p.m., Nov. 13, at the Susan Shipman Environmental Learning Center at One Conservation Way.
Nov. 4, 2024 GPB
‘Targeted disinformation’ warning: Beware of social media posts, Georgia Secretary of State says
Staff reports that Halloween night, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released a warning to voters: Social media posts may include disinformation from foreign sources. “Earlier today, our office became aware of a video purporting to show a Haitian immigrant with multiple Georgia ID’s claiming to have voted multiple times,” he wrote.
Nov. 4, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Georgians set early voting record with over 4 million ballots cast before Election Day
Kim Leoffler reports, over 4 million Georgians have already cast their ballots during early voting this year. That’s over half of all registered voters in the state.
Nov. 4, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Navigable Stream Study Committee Last Scheduled Public Meeting Nov. 13
Adam Carey reports, a special House Study Committee on Navigable Streams is scheduled to have their last public meeting on Nov. 18 in Newnan before making a recommendation to the full general assembly. The committee — organized to determine where people should have the right to boat, fish and hunt on Georgia’s streams — has thus far hinted at taking a narrow view of these rights, according to Joe Cook, Paddle Georgia coordinator and guidebook author.
Nov. 4, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Judge Extends Deadline to Return Absentee Ballots for 3,000 Cobb Voters
Hunter Riggall and Isabelle Manders report, the deadline for approximately 3,000 Cobb voters to return their absentee ballot has been extended by three days. In a Friday ruling, Cobb Superior Court Senior Judge Robert Flournoy ordered the deadline extended for a group of voters affected by a delay in mailing out ballots.
Nov. 4, 2024 New York Times
Georgia Judge Rejects Republican Lawsuit to Block Hand-Returned Mail Ballots
Kate Selig reports that a Georgia judge on Saturday rejected a Republican lawsuit aimed at blocking counties from opening election offices over the weekend to let voters return their absentee ballots in person.The lawsuit specifically targeted Fulton County, a deep-blue region that includes most of Atlanta.
Nov. 4, 2024 Washington Post
Atlanta’s northern suburbs are likely to decide who wins Georgia
Holly Bailey reports, whoever wins or makes significant voting gains in the counties of Forsyth, Cobb and Gwinnett is likely to win Georgia, a pivotal battleground state that could determine the race for the presidency.
Nov. 4, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Trump, Harris make closing arguments for remaining Georgia votes as decision day looms
Jill Nolin, Ross Willams and Stanley Dunlap report, this weekend brought another – and this time final – round of presidential campaign rallies to battleground Georgia as both camps used the little time left to fight for every vote while projecting confidence that the state’s 16 electoral college votes were within reach.
Nov. 4, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Metro Atlanta poll shows economy top concern
Dave Williams reports that the economy has replaced crime as the issue of top concern to metro Atlanta residents, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) reported Friday. According to the ARC’s annual public opinion survey, 32% of respondents rated the economy as the biggest problem facing the Atlanta region.
Nov. 4, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s presidential race up for grabs ahead of Election Day
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, the presidential candidates are gone. The campaign visits are almost over. It’s election eve in Georgia, and the race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump seems as tight as ever.
