Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 15, 2025
Sept. 15, 2025 The Brunswick News
New citizens sworn in in poignant ceremony
Gordon Jackson reports that Ben Erza Sanjaya immigrated from Indonesia to accept a job as a software engineer with a bigger goal in mind. His wait ended Friday when he stood among 29 immigrants who were sworn in as new United States citizens in a ceremony at the courthouse in the Frank M. Scarlett Federal Building in Brunswick.
Building for What’s Next:
Tracy Styf, executive director of the Town Center CID, at the Noonday Creek Trail. Photo credit: Daemon Baizan.
Sept. 15, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
An All-Star Lineup
Tom Oder reports, there were some players who never took the field in this summer’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park, but they collectively hit a home run that soared out of the stadium, over The Battery and into Cobb County where it created a memorable experience for out-of-town fans. Cobb business owners and residents know how those visitors felt – it’s something they experience every day.
Sept. 15, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Foreign firms weighing U.S., Georgia projects chilled by Hyundai ICE raid
Zachary Hansen, Mirtha Donastorg and Kelly Yamaouchi report, Joyson Japheth and two other Indian entrepreneurs recently set up a call center company in Georgia, where specialized employees from India will need to travel stateside to train new American hires. But the recent immigration raid on Hyundai’s electric vehicle factory site near Savannah has Japheth questioning whether those training missions would endanger his Indian employees.
Sept. 15, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Panama pitches itself in Atlanta as hemispheric hub for global business and logistics
Trevor Williams reports that Panama is just a four-hour flight away from Atlanta, a logistics powerhouse whose fate is tied directly to Georgia’s via vital Pacific trade routes that reach the East Coast through its storied canal. Despite its importance, however, promoters of the Central American nation often face blank stares: Audiences are often more likely to know Panama for its famous boxers and former dictators than for business opportunities.
Sept. 15, 2025 Georgia Ports Authority
Georgia Ports welcomes new MEDLOG flagship cold chain facility to Savannah
Staff reports that a new cold storage facility 30 minutes from the port has added nearly 300,000 square feet of space in Coastal Georgia for protein exports and other temperature-controlled cargo. MEDLOG, a leading global provider of logistics and supply chain solutions, held a grand opening at its new Savannah-area cold storage facility Sept. 10, 2025, attended by customers, government leaders, business partners and senior company executives.
Sept. 15, 2025 WSB Radio
Rivian kicks off construction of $5 billion EV plant in Georgia
Staff reports that thousands of new jobs are one step closer to reality as electric vehicle maker Rivian begins construction of its massive new factory east of Atlanta. The $5 billion project spans 2,000 acres along I-20 in Walton and Morgan counties and is expected to create 7,500 jobs.
Sept. 15, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb EMC board reelected, term limits extended
Abby Cope and Hunter Riggall report that Cobb EMC members voted Saturday to keep the Board of Directors unchanged and extend board term limits by an extra term. At its 87th annual meeting at Jim Miller Park, members reelected Bryan Boyd, who fended off two challengers.
Sept. 15, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Iconic home of Lady Chablis is being sold to global real estate group
Destini Ambus reports, throughout most of the ’90s, Club One was like the gay tabernacle of Georgia and the South Carolina Lowcountry. It was the place where the LGBTQ+ community celebrated life with weddings, commitment ceremonies and funerals when funeral homes would not touch the bodies of people who had died from AIDS.
Sept. 15, 2025 Macon Telegraph
GA has nearly the worst vaccine rate in the US, federal data shows. Here’s where it ranks and why
Sundi Rose reports, when it comes to vaccines, Georgia’s rates are in sharp decline and the state falls well below national averages and public health thresholds. In fact, the state ranks near the bottom nationally for vaccination rates, coming in at 48th out of 51 states, according to a new WalletHub study.
Sept. 15, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald
Protecting pups: Georgia law impacts the sale of dogs and cats in parking lots and flea markets
Wayne Ford reports, a new law that took effect this year bans the sale of pets in public places, including store and shopping center parking lots. “We have a pet overpopulation crisis,” said Sherrie Hines, a University of Georgia Law School professor, who assisted in the drafting of the bill through an animal welfare program in the law school called PAWS or Practicum in Animal Welfare Skills.
Sept. 15, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Early voting is underway for Georgia Senate runoff between Shigley, Dickerson
Ross Williams reports, it’s the final countdown for Democrat Debra Shigley and Republican Jason Dickerson in their mission to represent a suburban Atlanta state Senate district. Early voting begins Saturday in parts of Fulton and Cherokee counties ahead of the Sept. 23 election, when residents will select a successor for former state Sen. Brandon Beach, an Alpharetta Republican now serving as U.S. Treasurer.
Sept. 15, 2025 GPB
Lawmakers Huddle: A year later, Georgia lawmakers recall helping communities after Hurricane Helene
Donna Lowry reports, natural disasters often remind elected officials of their most essential role: being there for their communities in times of crisis. Hurricane Helene tested that responsibility, pushing lawmakers to provide support, guidance, and even basic needs to their constituents.
Sept. 15, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Georgia farmers, foresters still awaiting disaster relief a year after Helene
Dave Williams reports that it’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Helene tore through a large swath of South Georgia during the last week of September, killing 37 and causing widespread flooding and power outages. While blocked roads have long been cleared and power restored, Georgia farmers and foresters are still waiting for a full measure of disaster relief to replant crops and trees lost to the storm.
Sept. 15, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brian Kemp faces pressure over upcoming COVID-19 vaccine guidelines
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Gov. Brian Kemp has mostly gone along with President Donald Trump’s second term policy priorities, including deploying the Georgia National Guard to aid his crackdown on crime and illegal immigration. But the Kemp administration raised questions last week about whether it would go its own way when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, depending on the outcome of a high-stakes meeting in Atlanta this week.
