Georgia Trend Daily – May 21, 2025
May 21, 2025 WSB Radio
Home Depot says it doesn’t expect to boost prices because of tariffs
Michelle Chapman reports that Home Depot doesn’t expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the goods on its shelves. Billy Bastek, executive vice president of merchandising, said during a conference call on Tuesday that Home Depot’s suppliers have shifted sourcing across several countries and that the company doesn’t expect any single country outside of the U.S. will represent more than 10% of its purchases 12 months from now.
May 21, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Perimeter Area: Revitalized Region
Jennifer Hafer reports, it was nearly a decade in the making, but the massive reconfiguration of the interchange at Interstate 285 and Georgia 400 is finally in the rearview mirror, and life is good inside the Perimeter district. Fortune 500 companies weathered the disruption of the complete redo of the interchange, new companies have moved in, and the area that for decades has been best known as an office hub now bustles with activity after 5 p.m. and on the weekends.
May 21, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s a freight ‘air pocket’? It could soon hit Georgia.
Emma Hurt and Adam Van Brimmer report, even as the nation’s third busiest container port recorded its best April in history, the ups and downs of the recent trade environment has trade observers watching for something that could soon hit the state — known as a cargo “air pocket.” That’s an industry term for a dip in shipping volumes followed by a resurgence, and the U.S. is just starting to enter one prompted by the whipsawing of recent tariff policy.
May 21, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
After 25 Years Away, Georgia’s Top Japan Connector Is an Expat Again in Tokyo
Trevor Williams reports, for half of the 50 years that Georgia has had a trade and investment office in Tokyo, Jessica Cork has been back in the U.S., raising four children and nurturing a career built on her language and communication skills. But even working from afar and in the private sector, perhaps no single person has done more to advance the state’s relationship with Japan than Ms. Cork, now an executive at zipper manufacturer YKK.
May 21, 2025 WABE
Data centers use a lot of water. Georgia counties and conservationists are looking for solutions
Marisa Mecke reports that water courses through a series of little outdoor ponds at the Douglas County water treatment plant, where it’s filtered before heading to sinks and toilets, schools, homes, restaurants and hospitals. “Our water comes from the Dog River Reservoir,” said Gil Shearouse, the executive director of the Douglasville-Douglas County Water & Sewer Authority.
May 21, 2025 Appen Media
Firm tests waters for air mobility hub at Alpharetta site
Jon Wilcox reports that it may sound like science fiction, but a developer told the Alpharetta City Council May 19 that his company’s vision for a next-generation air mobility hub – a veriport – is real. A vertiport is a landing site for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, which are predicted to become a reality in the next few years.
May 21, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Turner Center named a Blue Star Museum
Staff reports that the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts has recently been be identified nationally as a Blue Star Museum. Through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, and in collaboration with the Department of Defense and museums across America, the Turner Center continues to offer free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including the National Guard and Reserve.
May 21, 2025 Griffin Daily News
Jet fuel sales supporting Griffin-Spalding County Airport; should greatly increase when new regional airport built
Larry Stanford reports that the Griffin-Spalding County Airport is pretty much breaking even on operations, but when the new regional airport opens, it is predicted that jet fuel sales will increase dramatically. Airport director Robert Mohl said operations has had “a little uptick” this year over last year, mainly due to a 4,000-gallon a month increase in jet sales, but that while they had the usual spring bump in avgas sales, it was not as much of a bump as last year.
May 21, 2025 The Current
New law curbs Chatham County Commission’s influence as CAT board deadline nears
Craig Nelson reports that a measure finally signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp last week, the nine members of the current board must vacate their seats by June 30. A new, 11-member board will replace it the following day. The new law overhauling the turmoil-ridden CAT board mandated by the new law, House Bill 756, weakens the grip of the Chatham County Commission and its chairman, Chester Ellis, on the board.
May 21, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Election Office Blames ‘Human Error’ for Voter Card Mishap
Annie Mayne reports that the Cobb County Elections Office says it was “human error” that led to some residents receiving precinct cards addressed to voters who don’t live with them. The elections office was legally required to notify Cobb voters whose polling places are changing ahead of remaining 2025 elections, according to the county.
May 21, 2025 Walton Tribune
McKillip enters GOP race for State Senate District 46
Chris Bridges reports that former state representative and current lawyer and businessman Doug McKillip has announced that he will run for State Senate District 46 next year. The Republican Primary will take place in May of 2026. The seat is currently held by Bill Cowsert, who has announced he is running for attorney general.
May 21, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Advocates warn that proposed Medicaid cuts threaten Georgia’s safety net programs
Jill Nolin reports that advocates are bracing for potential cuts to Georgia’s safety net programs under the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” moving through Congress, though it remains to be seen what changes to programs like Medicaid will end up in the final version. As is, the federal measure would cut more than $600 billion over the next decade from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans and people with disabilities.
May 21, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brian Kemp asks GOP Senate donors for more time to find a consensus candidate
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, as the Republican field for U.S. Senate grows, Gov. Brian Kemp is urging his top donors to “keep your powder dry” and give him and President Donald Trump more breathing room to settle on a candidate who can defeat Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. The governor and the president met on May 10 in Washington to discuss uniting behind a consensus candidate to take on Ossoff.
