Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 12, 2024
Dec. 12, 2024 Capitol Beat News
State tax revenues up slightly in November
Dave Williams reports, Georgia tax collections rose by 2.3% last month compared with November of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Wednesday. The revenue agency brought in $2.38 billion in November, an increase of $52.9 million over the same month last year.
Dec. 12, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia Needs a Reset
Tharon Johnson writes, Georgia is one of the most incredible states in the nation. I’ve spent my entire life here and seen everything this place has to offer, from its natural wonders to its kind, supportive people that you can find in any corner of the state. I have been lucky enough to visit many other parts of the world, but my heart has always stayed right here in Georgia.
Dec. 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Future unclear for Atlanta HQ of UK technology firm in financial trouble
Mirtha Donastorg reports, just two months ago, London-based digital financial company Stenn Technologies was lauding its expansion across the pond after establishing its U.S. headquarters in Midtown’s Colony Square. But now, the future of the company is unclear as the British parent company faces insolvency and media reports of fraud and money laundering swirl.
Dec. 12, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
AGCO Exec With Focus on the Americas Retires
Trevor Williams reports, an AGCO Corp. executive who has focused heavily on South America during his 19-year tenure at the Fortune 500 tractor company is set to retire at year’s end. Bob Crain, senior vice president and general manager of grain and protein for the Duluth-based company, will step down after 30 years of experience in the agricultural equipment industry.
Dec. 12, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Richmond Academy grad who created Chick-Fil-A’s spicy chicken sandwich to speak at AU graduation
Jennifer Miller reports that next time you’re craving Chick-Fil-A, consider trying the Spicy Chick-Fil-A sandwich, or if it’s something sweet you want, a Peppermint Chip Milkshake. Both were created by one of Augusta’s own.
Dec. 12, 2024 The Current
St. Marys Riverkeeper looks to nature for solutions to climate impacts
Mary Landers reports, at about 130 miles long, the St. Marys River is small enough that it’s a perfect laboratory to address the impacts of climate change across its watershed. With a recently announced $716,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the St. Marys Riverkeeper is developing a plan to do that by identifying the communities near the river most vulnerable to climate change.
Dec. 12, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Are 3D-printed guns, ‘ghost guns,’ illegal in Georgia? Here’s what the law says
Miguel Legoas reports that a certain weapon is under a national spotlight for its potential involvement in a high-profile murder. A suspect was recently arrested in the shooting death of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson.
Dec. 12, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Warnock pushes to finalize plan blocking medical debt from credit reports
Jill Nolin reports that Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is pressing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to finalize a change that would keep most medical debt off credit reports. Warnock joined Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is the outgoing chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, to pen a letter emphasizing the importance of finishing the job on a suite of changes first proposed in June.
Dec. 12, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia laws impacting homeless voters, creating election boards to take effect in 2025
Maya Homan reports, as the 2024 election season comes to a close, state lawmakers across Georgia are turning their attention to the start of a new biennium, which will begin during the 2025 legislative session on Jan. 13. The upcoming session may include continued focus on elections, as the State Election Board seeks clarity from the legislature on proposed rule changes introduced ahead of the Nov. 5 general election.
Dec. 12, 2024 State Affairs
Nation’s largest Black caucus heads into upcoming Georgia legislative session with new leadership
Tammy Joyner reports that Sen. Nikki Merritt is the new chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. The Grayson Democrat was elected to the post during this week’s 34th Biennial Institute for Georgia Legislators.
Dec. 12, 2024 GPB
Georgia political leaders lay out priorities for 2025 session at the Biennial Institute in Athens
Sarah Kallis reports that new and returning state lawmakers gathered in Athens this week to learn more about the legislative process and state policy. The Biennial Institute, at the University of Georgia, is a three-day event.
Dec. 12, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Debate over Georgia’s tort laws pits pro-business forces against defenders of public’s court access
Ross Williams reports, bad news – Georgia is officially a hellhole. That’s the verdict from the American Tort Reform Association, which ranks states and localities for its annual “Judicial Hellholes” list of places where they say the courts unfairly favor plaintiffs in civil cases.
Dec. 12, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia voters show strong confidence in 2024 elections
Dave Williams reports, a poll of Georgia voters conducted after last month’s elections showed a high level of confidence in the voting process. According to the survey of 1,541 Georgians who voted in the presidential election, 98% said they didn’t experience any problems casting a ballot.
Dec. 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jon Ossoff says he will give Donald Trump’s nominees ‘a fair shake’
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, in a few weeks, Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff will be in the exceedingly rare position of not only voting on the confirmation of his former Republican opponent in the 2020 race, but also two other GOP candidates from the wild election cycle that upended Georgia politics. Ossoff told us he’s planning to keep an open mind during the hearings next year over Donald Trump’s nomination of former U.S. Sen. David Perdue as ambassador to China, former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins as Veterans Affairs secretary and ex-U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to head the Small Business Administration.
