Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 25, 2025
Aug. 25, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Greg Dozier: Technical colleges paving the way for Georgia’s workforce future
Megan Jackson reports that Greg Dozier, commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), told the Marietta Rotary Club this week he wants to change lives by giving people the skills they need to succeed. The TCSG is tasked with overseeing Georgia’s 22 technical colleges.
Aug. 25, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Augusta | Richmond County: From Obstacles to Opportunity
Jennifer Hafer reports that Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson woke up at 3:47 a.m. on Sept. 27 and found his neighborhood unrecognizable. Hurricane Helene’s high winds and historic flooding had toppled trees and snapped power lines.
Aug. 25, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Home Depot clears U.S. antitrust hurdle for acquisition of distributor GMS
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Vinings-based Home Depot has cleared a key hurdle for a $5.5 billion acquisition of specialty building products distributor GMS Inc. The home improvement giant announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice ended its waiting period for antitrust clearance early.
Aug. 25, 2025 Rough Draft Atlanta
Invest Atlanta awards $250,000 in grants to five legacy businesses
Staff reports that Invest Atlanta’s Board of Directors has approved $250,000 in Small Business Improvement Grants to support five established local businesses with essential property improvements. Each business will receive $50,000 through Tax Allocation District (TAD) funding to modernize their facilities and enhance customer experiences while preserving their vital role in Atlanta’s cultural and economic fabric.
Aug. 25, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Why LaGrange residents are concerned about incoming data center Project Pegasus
Kala Hunter reports that LaGrange has been picked to host an $8 billion data center, called Project Pegasus, at the industrial park a few miles away from downtown. For the past several months, there have been damning reports about data centers being built in Georgia and throughout the U.S.
Aug. 25, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Marked by Golden Anniversaries, Japanese Consul General’s Tenure Coming to a Close
Trevor Williams reports that Japan’s top diplomat in Atlanta, who presided over multiple 50-year anniversary ceremonies during his three-year tenure, including a commemoration of the Consulate General of Japan’s opening, is set to leave at the end of September. Mio Maeda arrived in the city in October 2022, just as the pandemic-era tentativeness was wearing off, and the community was starting to once again embrace live gatherings.
Aug. 25, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Transportation board elects Tim Golden as secretary
Staff reports that Tim Golden was elected secretary of the State Transportation Board of Georgia at its monthly board meeting on Thursday. Joining him as newly elected leaders are Jamie Boswell, who was elected as chair; and Dennis McEntire, who was elected as vice chair.
Aug. 25, 2025 The Brunswick News
Replacement of Hercules outfall canal completed
Terry Dickson reports, two years later and about $5 million over the original budget, the replacement of the old Hercules outfall canal is complete. The 1,050-foot-long canal that carries water through the grounds of what was most recently Pinova Inc. is lined with articulated concrete and, on its upper end, a geosynthetic material, to carry the naturally occurring runoff from the neighborhoods west of the former chemical plant and the plant grounds itself. It formerly also handled the discharge of the plant’s cooling water.
Aug. 25, 2025 State Affairs
Lawmakers brace for budget clash as Vance, Ossof tour state
Beau Evans reports, One Big Beautiful Bill came to Georgia last week. From Atlanta to Columbus, high-profile officials including U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Vice President JD Vance gave their pitches for and against recent federal spending cuts — the impacts of which look to be a major driver of debate in the 2026 legislative session.
Aug. 25, 2025 WALB News
Georgia Sen. Ossoff introduces new bill aiming to strengthen technical education
Staff reports that U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff says he is working to ensure the state’s high school graduates can get a good job without going to a four-year college. In Clayton County, Ossoff was joined by state business and education leaders to announce the introduction of his new Skilled Workforce Act.
Aug. 25, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Voters head to the polls to pick new metro Atlanta state senator in low-turnout special election
Amber Roldan reports that seven candidates are vying to replace former state Sen. Brandon Beach as the lawmaker representing a northern Atlanta suburban district in the Georgia Senate. Early voting concluded Friday in the district, which covers much of Cherokee County and extends into north Fulton County, and just under 12,000 voters have already cast a ballot for a turnout rate of 8% in early voting.
Aug. 25, 2025 Capitol Beat News
No more buzzing and beeping in class; schools prepare for law against phones
Ty Tagami reports, next fall, every public elementary and middle school in Georgia will have to swim against the cultural tide by banishing cellphones. It will be a major undertaking: nearly every teen in America has one, and they have grown up with addictive social media flashing across their screens.
Aug. 25, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Donald Trump’s push to fire renowned Georgia economist test limits of power
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, a Georgia native who is the first Black woman on the Federal Reserve board is at the center of a pressure campaign by President Donald Trump and his allies that could have far-reaching implications. Trump is warning that he’ll seek to fire Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign her post, part of an effort to replace the leadership of the nation’s central bank.
