June 16, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Belgian Pharma Giant With Atlanta Base to Invest Billions in U.S. Factory Trevor Williams reports that a Belgian pharmaceutical company with its American base in Atlanta is teasing a transformative factory for biologics in the United States. UCB, which unveiled a jazzed-up headquarters in Cobb County during Belgian Princess Astrid’s Atlanta trade mission in 2023, plans to create 300 new jobs in the U.S….
June 13, 2025 Georgia Recorder Hundreds of CDC workers are reinstated but majority of fired public health staffers left in limbo Jill Nolin reports that fired workers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their supporters are pushing for more public health jobs to be restored after a portion of the center’s terminated workforce was reinstated this…
June 12, 2025 Capitol Beat News Regents confirm new leader for University of West Georgia Ty Tagami reports that the University System of Georgia Board of Regents held a final vote Wednesday to confirm Christopher “Mike” Johnson as president of the University of West Georgia. The chief of staff for the University of Houston (UH) and the UH system will…
June 11, 2025 Capitol Beat News New area code coming to southeastern Georgia Dave Williams reports that Georgia will be getting an 11th area code soon, with the new 565 area code being added as an overlay to the existing 912 area code in the southeastern part of the state, the Georgia Public Service Commission announced Tuesday. Once new phone…
Discover Atlanta is the official tourism and destination marketing organization for Atlanta. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ will begin on June 14, 2025, and the Final Match will take place on July 13, 2025. Atlanta will host six matches, including: Chelsea FC v. Club Leon: June 16, 2025 at 3 p.m. Inter Miami CF v. FC Porto: June 19, 2025 at…
June 10, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 1,700 people urge regulators to prevent powering Georgia data centers with coal Kala Hunter reports, over the past 18 years, coal power in Georgia has seen a precipitous decline. Between 2007 and 2013, coal power generation was cut in half, dropping from 66% of the Georgia Power energy mix to 32%. June 10, 2025…
June 9, 2025 Capitol Beat News Kemp visiting Canada to discuss future of trade relations amid tariff uncertainties Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp will lead a three-day trade mission to Canada amid an atmosphere of uncertainty prompted by a series of tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on the United States’ northern neighbor. Kemp, joined by Georgia First…
June 6, 2025 Newnan Times-Herald Severe storms possible across Georgia this weekend Staff reports that a multi-day threat of severe weather is forecast across Georgia beginning late Friday and continuing through Sunday, with the greatest risk expected Saturay afternoon and early evening. According to the Storm Prediction Center, most of north and central Georgia falls under a Slight Risk for…
June 5, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Saharan dust will collide with Canada wildfire smoke this week over Georgia. What to expect Vanessa Countryman reports that a mix of smoke and dust is blanketing parts of Georgia this week, as wildfire smoke in Canada and a wave of Saharan dust converge in the atmosphere over the southeastern U.S. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow forecast placed much…
We often say that young people are the leaders of tomorrow. It is a comforting phrase. It gives us hope. But what I have seen through Youth LEAD Georgia reminds me that leadership is not a far-off promise. It is already happening, right here, right now. Youth LEAD Georgia was born from a partnership between Chick-fil-A Inc., The Same House,…
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