Georgia Trend Daily – May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Georgia Chamber CEO: Companies Need Time to Adjust to Trump’s New Trade Reality
Trevor Williams reports, along the railroads and highways of Georgia and the broader U.S., shipping containers and tractor-trailers are moving, overflowing with goods as a result of inventory stockpiling amid an ongoing trade war. “The supply chain right now is as full as it’s right after COVID,” Georgia Chamber of Commerce CEO Chris Clark said during a briefing April 16.
May 1, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Small Size, Big Values
LeeAnn Dance reports that the U.S. experienced a post-COVID small business boom, and Georgia is helping to lead the surge. The U.S. Small Business Administration says it received a record 20 million applications for funding from entrepreneurs from 2021 to 2024 – the highest ever for any four-year period.
May 1, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Back-to-school shopping could cost more, maker of Carter’s, OshKosh says
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that parents and kids might be dreaming of summer vacations, but executives with children’s apparel and accessories maker Carter’s are warning back-to-school shopping might come with a bigger hit to consumers’ wallets. That‘s in large part because of tariffs.
May 1, 2025 Augusta Chronicle
Big plans for big data: Columbia County could be new site for massive technology park
Joe Hotchkiss reports that Columbia County is a step closer to creating a nearly 2,000-acre technology park that could accommodate more than 8 million square feet of data centers. The county’s planning commission is scheduled to consider a request Thursday, May 1 from the Economic Development Authority of Columbia County to rezone two pieces of property totaling 1,945.05 acres behind White Oak Business Park, between Harlem and Appling, a recent application showed.
May 1, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Vietnamese Americans gather at Georgia senior center to mark 50th anniversary of fall of Saigon
Ross Williams reports, in Vietnam, April 30, 1975, is celebrated as Reunification Day, when North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, uniting the nation under socialist rule. But to members of the Vietnamese diaspora who fled South Vietnam after its fall, April 30 is marked as the Fall of Saigon, a day to lament the end of South Vietnam and to remember the people who died fighting for the nation.
May 1, 2025 GPB
Still more to learn about human exposure to toxic contaminants in Brunswick
Sofi Gratas reports that scientists from the Emory University School of Public Health in Atlanta say some people in coastal Brunswick have been exposed at above average levels to pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs. Four Superfund sites in Glynn County are likely the source, places where industry left toxic chemicals behind in the environment.
May 1, 2025 The Current
Glynn sheriff applies for partnership with ICE in county jail
Jake Shore and Jabari Gibbs report, Glynn County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to work with federal immigration authorities as part of a program that lets deputies serve warrants on immigrants in the jail. As of April 29, Sheriff Neal Jump’s agency has a pending application to participate in the “Warrant Service Officer” initiative under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 287(g) program, according to ICE.
May 1, 2025 The Brunswick News
Former pastor to ramp up campaign for governor in South, Coastal Georgia
Michael Hall reports that the Rev. Oljimi “Olu” Brown’s name may not be the first on people’s minds among Democratic candidates seeking to be Georgia’s next governor, but it may soon become more familiar to residents of South and Coastal Georgia. Brown announced his candidacy for the seat in August and since has been on a mission to listen to Georgians not just in Atlanta, but everywhere.
May 1, 2025 State Affairs
Lawmakers eye stronger AI oversight in next session
Beau Evans reports, workers at agencies in charge of key taxpayer services — from school funding awards to food assistance payments to Medicaid reimbursements and unemployment benefits — have already begun training on how to incorporate AI into their systems. Questions remain about the extent of AI’s integration into state government and the risks it poses for introducing bias and compromising privacy.
May 1, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Ossoff bill targets sexual assaults on federal prison staff
Dave Williams reports that the U.S. Senate has passed legislation introduced by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., aimed at improving safety and security inside the federal prison system. The Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which senators passed by unanimous consent Thursday night, would require the Justice Department to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for addressing inmate-on-staff sexual assault.
May 1, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s not just Donald Trump. Georgia voters disapprove of Elon Musk, too
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Elon Musk’s aggressive push to slash the federal bureaucracy as head of President Donald Trump‘s Department of Government Efficiency initiative is facing a backlash — and not just from Georgia Democrats. A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows 56% of Georgia voters disapprove of Musk’s prominent role in the Trump administration, including more than 60% of independents and about one in seven Republicans.
