Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 25, 2024
Nov. 25, 2024 Albany Herald
Hurricanes, high input costs and low sales prices put Georgia pecan farmers in precarious position
Lucille Lannigan reports that it’s been an arduous year for Georgia pecan growers. Back-to-back hurricanes hit the eastern part of the state, while the southwestern sector grappled with weather extremes.
Nov. 25, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Big-City Arts
Amritha Alladi Joseph reports, for the last 60 years, Dalton’s Creative Arts Guild has cultivated an arts scene that rivals those of much larger cities, and that’s largely due to the fact that the textile tycoons who settled in Georgia from the Northeast and Midwest brought their wives, who were interested in the fine arts.
Nov. 25, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
SEC fines UPS $45 million, saying it improperly valued freight business
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that UPS has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which alleges the Sandy Springs-based shipper improperly valued one of its businesses. The SEC alleges UPS misrepresented its earnings because of improper valuation of its UPS Freight unit, which it agreed to sell in 2021.
Nov. 25, 2024 WSB-Radio
State mourns passing of Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson
Staff reports that Georgia Labor Department Commissioner Bruce Thompson has died at the age of 59. Thompson announced earlier this year that he had pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver.
Nov. 25, 2024 Macon Telegraph
‘An exciting opportunity.’ New jobs coming with aerospace plant build in Warner Robins
Becky Purser reports, a KIHOMAC aerospace manufacturing plant is expected to add 75 new full-time manufacturing and engineering jobs in Warner Robins. The 130,000-square-foot, state of the art facility is a new build in the Robins International Industrial Park off U.S. 41, which is overseen by a joint development authority of Peach County and the city of Warner Robins.
Nov. 25, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Pivotal November for Korean Car Makers in Georgia Includes Key Anniversary, Two Electric Model Launches
Trevor Williams reports, November has proven to be a pivotal month for Korean car makers in Georgia, bringing announcements of two new electric models coming to production lines on opposite sides of the state, as well as a key anniversary for Kia.
Nov. 25, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Some tough nuts to crack: UGA dedicates research to creating more sustainable peanuts, pecans
Erica Van Buren reports, pecans and peanuts are ingredient staples in many Thanksgiving desserts. But they’re also big business in Georgia.
Nov. 25, 2024 WABE
Atlanta misses out on affordable housing money with Gulch deal
Jim Burress reports that the Centennial Yards Company’s 304-unit apartment tower at the Gulch development in downtown Atlanta was supposed to include 61 affordable housing units as part of the developer’s agreement with the city. But the city’s inclusionary zoning guidelines give companies the option to pay the city directly instead of developing the units themselves.
Nov. 25, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
This magical Georgia town is picked as a top Thanksgiving destination in the USA
Vanessa Countryman reports that Helen, a town in Georgia, has been voted as the top Thanksgiving road trip destination for families in Georgia. Helen has also earned a spot in the top 5 destinations in the country.
Nov. 25, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Small Business Grant Program gets $50K Funding Boost
Annie Mayne reports, local small businesses will continue to reap the rewards of a grant program, thanks to a funding boost from the Development Authority of Cobb County. The authority voted 7-0 to approve $50,000 for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Grant program run by Cobb County’s Economic Development Department.
Nov. 25, 2024 GPB
Georgia nonprofit helps deer hunters provide enough meat for 500,000 people in need this season
Chase McGee reports that it’s deer season in Georgia, and while some hunters have already filled their freezers, many around the state are struggling with food insecurity. That’s why the Georgia Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program is working with 50 deer processors statewide, compensating them for turning hunter-donated game into venison that local aid organizations can distribute.
Nov. 25, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Legislative policy watchdog sues Georgia conservative nonprofit in lobbyist filing dispute
Ross Williams reports, the Frontline Policy Council is an conservative Christian nonprofit that holds a lot of sway around the Georgia Capitol. But Frontline’s president and founder Cole Muzio general and counsel Chelsea Thompson have come under fire for allegedly lobbying Georgia elected officials without properly registering with the state, according to a complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center last week.
Nov. 25, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
Sam Whitehead reports, Lloyd Mills was tired of being stuck in a small, drab hospital room. In February, the 32-year-old with autism, cerebral palsy, and kidney disease was brought to Grady Memorial Hospital from the group home where he had been living because he was having auditory hallucinations and suicidal thoughts, he said.
Nov. 25, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Community solar supporters gearing up to push third-party provider bill
Dave Williams reports, solar power advocates in Georgia are renewing a push for legislation that would let Georgia Power customers buy electricity from third-party providers of solar energy. A bill that would open the door to so-called “community” solar projects in the Peach State failed to gain traction in the General Assembly during this year’s legislative session.
Nov. 25, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Criticism grows of Jon Ossoff’s vote to restrict ammunition for Israel
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Anat Sultan-Dadon has become one of the most respected diplomats in Atlanta since she was appointed Israel’s consul general in 2019. She’s worked to cultivate relationships across the party spectrum, forging bonds with both senior Republicans and Democrats.
