July 25, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Brazilian-Owned Food Giant Is Investing $400M in Northwest Georgia Trevor Williams reports that a Brazilian-owned chicken giant is set to build its latest facility in the northwest corner of Georgia, investing $400 million and creating 630 jobs in LaFayette. Pilgrim’s, which was acquired by Brazil’s JBS in 2009, will add the new workers by 2027, bringing its headcount across the…
July 24, 2025 Savannah Morning News Georgia’s peach farmers experiment with new varieties designed to adapt to warmer winters Jillian Magtoto reports that farmers like Lawton Pearson in Fort Valley are now covering their bases with new varieties of peaches that can withstand warmer winters and fewer cool days overall while also holding onto their traditional peaches. The more varieties…
July 23, 2025 Macon Telegraph Coca-Cola to sell classic Coke with cane sugar in US following Trump request. Here’s when Sundi Rose reports that Coca-Cola, one of Georgia’s oldest and most significant companies, has made national headlines with an announcement stating it will debut a new version of the original Coke in the fall, made with real U.S. cane sugar….
July 22, 2025 WSB Radio Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist not worried about Atlanta’s population decrease Staff reports that slightly more people from within the US left metro Atlanta than moved to it during a 12-month period. But Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist Dr. Jerry Parrish says two other areas increased. “International migration, and then the net natural increase,…
July 21, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Trump’s 50 Percent Tariff Threat: A Chance to Bolster Brazil’s Brand in Georgia? Trevor Williams reports, since he emerged on the scene in 2016, President Donald Trump has largely kept Brazil out of the U.S. trade crosshairs. For one, it’s one of few Latin American countries with which the U.S. has a goods surplus. July…
July 18, 2025 Gainesville Times King’s Hawaiian expansion to create 135 jobs Jeff Gill reports that a $54 million planned expansion of the King’s Hawaiian bakery in Oakwood is expected to create 135 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday, July 17. The project involves a new production line at the 150,000-square-foot King’s Hawaiian plant in the Oakwood South Industrial Park off H.F….
July 17, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia maintains highest bond ratings Dave Williams reports that the “Big Three” bond rating companies again have given Georgia the highest rating of AAA, praising the state’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and record of economic growth and job creation. “The ‘AAA’ long-term rating reflects our view of Georgia’s demonstrated resilient budgetary performance across credit…
July 16, 2025 Macon Telegraph Polls are closed in Georgia’s Public Service Commission runoff. Results here. Jeremy Chisenhall and Margaret Walker report that Peter Hubbard, an energy consultant and expert, has won the Democratic nomination for District 3 of the Georgia Public Service Commission. Hubbard defeated fellow Democrat Keisha Waites by about 16 percentage points in Tuesday’s primary election runoff,…
July 15, 2025 Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Council for the Arts: More Than $1.3 Million in Grants Announced Across 49 Counties Staff reports that the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) team specialized in supporting arts and culture, Georgia Council for the Arts, today announced that more than $1.3 million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to…
At 44, life changed in an instant for Tiffany Batiste, a high-achieving mother of two. A senior manager at an Atlanta sales organization and an Ironman athlete in training, she was used to pushing limits. But one afternoon, something felt off. “I was standing in the kitchen eating shrimp with my left hand, and my grip slipped,” she recalls. “My…
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