Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 18, 2025
Sept. 18, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Delta cancels longtime international flight and travelers may need to rebook. See more
Vanessa Countryman reports that Delta Air Lines, headquartered in Atlanta, has announced it will permanently cancel its nonstop flight between New York-JFK and Brussels, Belgium, starting in January 2026, ending a route the airline has operated, off and on, since 1991. The good news for Georgia-based flyers is that Delta will continue flying to Brussels from Atlanta, the airline’s main hub.
Sept. 18, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
It’s Time for Leaders to Lead
Tharon Johnson writes, at a time when the news cycle is measured less in hours and more in rotations per minute, it’s easy to forget what happened months or even weeks ago, even though Congress passed one of the most consequential bills of this century on July 4. I am referring, of course, to the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill, which seems to be fading from public consciousness.
Sept. 18, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fed rate cut could help metro Atlanta’s housing market, but concerns remain
Amy Wenk reports, the prospect of lower mortgage rates could perk up a sluggish metro Atlanta housing market, but experts say growing concerns about the economy and job security could also keep would-be buyers on the fence. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter-point in a quest to stimulate a weakening labor market.
Sept. 18, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Mobile Phone Protection Meets Protectionism: Atlanta’s Cellairis Faces Headaches From Trade War
Trevor Williams reports that this year’s trade rollercoaster is creating headaches for Atlanta-based Cellairis, which has evolved in the last 25 years from a pure retailer of cell phone cases to a global company helping individuals and enterprises protect, repair and maintain their mobile devices. Cellairis has more than 2,000 employees distributed around the world, including 120 across its metro Atlanta retail and warehouse operations.
Sept. 18, 2025 Macon Telegraph
This is how much money GA could lose every day from the stalled Hyundai project
Sundi Rose reports, Georgia’s economic hopes for the Hyundai megaplant in Ellabell have changed substantially since the raid by the Department of Homeland Security in mid-September. The ICE raid triggered a multimillion-dollar economic blow, which has led to stalled construction and job creation.
Sept. 18, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Georgia Peanut Tour makes digging stop in Valdosta
Shane Thomas reports that the 37th Annual Georgia Peanut Tour made its first stop at Swilley Farms in Valdosta Wednesday morning. For more than 100 years, the Swilley family has tilled land in Lowndes County, and Danny Swilley proudly carries on that legacy alongside his two brothers and his father.
Sept. 18, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Troup County is pressing pause on data centers. Could the stop be permanent?
Kala Hunter reports, just 10 days after environmental scientists and policy experts raised alarm about data centers at an event in LaGrange, the Troup County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of a 90-day data center moratorium. Troup County Commission’s Tuesday meeting included a resolution to pause all applications relating to establishing, developing or expanding data centers within unincorporated Troup County.
Sept. 18, 2025 Savannah Morning News
“We are relying on South Korea”: SEDA president calls raid a “minor setback”
Latrice Williams reports, Trip Tollison, president and CEO of the Savannah Economic Development Authority, said there are talks about bringing back South Korean nationals who were detained and removed from the megasite on Sept 4. The details surrounding who the main players are in the discussion have not been released yet.
Sept. 18, 2025 State Affairs
Higher sales taxes? Georgia lawmakers weigh idea amid income tax debate
Beau Evans reports, sales taxes took center stage Wednesday as top lawmakers on a Senate panel whittled down how to eliminate Georgia’s personal income tax. Members of the Senate Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax heard from representatives of four states — Tennessee, Florida, Tennessee and Iowa — that have axed their income taxes, largely by relying on high sales taxes.
Sept. 18, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Kennedy leans on record of legislative leadership in run for lieutenant governor
Tom Mayer reports that Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore John F. Kennedy, a Republican who grew up in the small town of Adrian and now represents Macon, is running for lieutenant governor with a message built on legislative experience, conservative values and what he calls “putting hardworking Georgians first.” Kennedy, 60, announced his campaign earlier this year after Lt. Gov. Burt Jones declared a run for governor in 2026.
Sept. 18, 2025 Georgia Recorder
An overhauled CDC panel is set to issue guidance on COVID shot access and childhood vaccines
Maya Homan reports that a key advisory panel that oversees nationwide vaccine recommendations will meet this week at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta amid ongoing uncertainty about which Americans can access a wide slate of vaccines. The committee, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, will likely vote to shift eligibility requirements for immunizations against diseases including measles, hepatitis B and COVID-19.
Sept. 18, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Two major announcements shake up the race for governor in Georgia
Natalie Mendenhall reports, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced his candidacy for Georgia’s top job on Wednesday. His announcement came a day after former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, a former Republican turned Democrat, said he’s running for the position.
