Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 20, 2024
Dec. 20, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia unemployment rate up slightly in November
Dave Williams reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate rose slightly last month but still remains lower than the national jobless rate, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Georgia unemployment for November stood at 3.7%, up from 3.6% in October and half a percentage point below the national rate.
Dec. 20, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with… John Yates
Karen Kirkpatrick reports, John Yates has been with the law firm Morris, Manning & Martin since 1987, when he launched the firm’s technology practice. He co-founded the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), serves as chair of the Downtown Atlanta Rotary Club, is chair of the Woodruff Arts Center’s Corporate Campaign and co-chair with his wife, Ellen, of the 2025 Annual Gala at Zoo Atlanta.
Dec. 20, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s economy stumbles in November with a loss of jobs
Michael E. Kanell reports, despite what has apparently been solid holiday spending, Georgia’s hiring engine sputtered last month, producing the most sluggish November hiring since 2010, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. After nine consecutive months of growth, the state lost about 2,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.7% from 3.6% in October, officials said.
Dec. 20, 2024 The Brunswick News
If it rolls, floats or flies, it probably comes through Brunswick’s port
Michael Hall reports that the Port of Brunswick may become the nation’s busiest roll on-roll off port when statistics are release in January 2025. Until then, it remains the nation’s second busiest and continues to grow as more and more cargo that rolls onto and off of what are essentially massive floating parking garages is imported and exported items through local international terminals.
Dec. 20, 2024 Gainesville Times
Ivesters donate $100,000 to set up scholarship for first-generation students at Brenau University
Ben Anderson reports that the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation has donated $100,000 to Brenau University to establish a scholarship for first-generation students, the university said in a news release Thursday. The scholarship is for students who demonstrate financial need, are in good academic standing and are from Hall County or graduated from a high school here.
Dec. 20, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Georgia DNR awards $1,000 conservation grants to Colham Ferry school
Melissa Cummings reports that a Watkinsville teacher’s proposal to have her students collect environmental data on a creek in Oconee County earned her school a $1,000 grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The agency announced Thursday that Lyndsay Goeckeritz, a fourth-grade teacher at Colham Ferry Elementary, has received the 2024-25 Conservation Teacher of the Year grant.
Dec. 20, 2024 Savannah Morning News
State grant helps Liberty County Development Authority further plans for second trade hub
Destini Ambus reports that Liberty County, located about 45 minutes south of Savannah, was so named because it was the home of two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Liberty County Development Authority CEO Brynn Grant said, to her, it means that Liberty County is a revolutionary place, home to revolutionary thinkers.
Dec. 20, 2024 WABE
Renovated ‘Atlanta Motel’ reopens as housing for chronically homeless
Stephannie Stokes reports that Atlanta is opening another housing complex for those who are homeless — the third such opening this year. The latest reimagines the 1960s-era Atlanta Motel, which had sat deteriorating along Moreland Avenue right off I-20 in east Atlanta.
Dec. 20, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Who’s Qualified for the Special Commission Elections?
Annie Mayne reports that qualifying in the special election for two seats on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners ends Friday at noon, but four candidates have already officially thrown their hats in the ring. The District 2 and District 4 seats on the commission will be filled in a special election on April 29. Both seats are now held by Democrats: Commissioners Jerica Richardson and Monique Sheffield, respectively.
Dec. 20, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Ossoff Procures Funding For Rome Police Department Drug Dog
David Crowder reports that federal resources are on the way for the Rome Police Department to fund a fully trained drug, tracking and apprehension dog. “You’re going to get a new drug dog on the force,” U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said about the $21,368 allocated to the police department.
Dec. 20, 2024 KFF Health News, Marietta Daily Journal
Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency to Investigate Georgia’s Medicaid Work Rule
Andy Miller, Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead report, three Democratic senators asked the country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog this week to investigate the costs of a Georgia program that requires some people to work to receive Medicaid coverage. The program, called “Georgia Pathways to Coverage,” is the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement.
Dec. 20, 2024 Clayton News-Daily
Senate Passes Water Infrastructure Bill
Staff reports that U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, announced Thursday that the Senate passed legislation to upgrade water infrastructure in Henry and Clayton counties. Ossoff introduced the Georgia Stormwater Management Act to upgrade water infrastructure for families and businesses in Clayton and Henry counties.
Dec. 20, 2024 State Affairs
House AI study committee unveils recommendations
Tammy Joyner reports that the House Technology and Infrastructure Innovation Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence met Thursday to put the “final bow” on a set of recommendations governing how the state government in Georgia should use and monitor artificial intelligence. The seven-member bipartisan AI subcommittee’s virtual meeting comes several weeks after the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence released its final report which contains about two dozen recommendations.
Dec. 20, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia court ruling is another blow to Fani Willis in a year of setbacks
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could hardly have had a worse year. Her racketeering case against “Young Slime Life” members unraveled, ending the longest criminal trial in Georgia history.
