Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 1, 2025
Oct. 1, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Federal government approves half billion dollars in Hurricane Helene aid for Georgia
Ty Tagami report that farmers and other agricultural producers in Georgia will get federal financial aid to help with recovery from Hurricane Helene, the massive storm that wiped out crops and timberland more than a year ago. Georgia and U.S. agriculture officials announced Tuesday that the state will receive $531,236,000 from the U.S. government for a Hurricane Helene Block Grant Program.
Oct. 1, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia Trend 2025 40 Under 40
Staff reports, every year, Georgia Trend asks for you to nominate impressive, hardworking, community-minded people under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the state. And boy, do you deliver. Our team then has the tough task of narrowing down the nominations to 40 candidates that stand out above the rest.
Oct. 1, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tech startup AdPipe opens headquarters in South Downtown, raises $12M
Amy Wenk reports that video production software startup AdPipe has opened a headquarters in South Downtown, moving its operations from Athens. It now has a standalone office at Atlanta Tech Village‘s South Downtown outpost on the Historic Hotel Row.
Oct. 1, 2025 Georgia Ports Authority
Port of Savannah container volumes up 9 percent in August
Staff reports that the Port of Savannah handled 534,037 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in August, an increase of 44,000 TEUs, or 9 percent year-over-year, representing the third highest month in GPA history. Container volumes were 1,010,725 TEUs fiscal year-to-date through August, 3.2% higher than last year.
Oct. 1, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
State developing new historic preservation plan
Staff reports, in its role as Georgia’s State Historic Preservation Office, the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) is developing a new Statewide Historic Preservation Plan to guide and support efforts to preserve Georgia’s historic places. The National Park Service requires each State Historic Preservation Office to develop and implement a comprehensive Statewide Historic Preservation Plan.
Oct. 1, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald
Pathway to Prosperity: Two new homes built in pilot program seen as pathway to home ownership
Wayne Ford reports that the East Athens Development Corp. this week held an open house for two recently completed new homes that could one day provide families renting the houses with a “pathway to home ownership.” The event attracted numerous people who were also involved in or supported the pilot program “Pathway to Prosperity” that debuted on Fairview Street, in a neighborhood off Peter Street.
Oct. 1, 2025 Milledgeville Union-Recorder
Exchange Bank contributes $25,000 to Milledgeville Police through state program
Staff reports that Exchange Bank recently announced a $25,000 contribution to the Milledgeville Police Department to help equip and train the officers who work daily to keep our community safe. This donation was made possible through Georgia’s Law Enforcement Strategic Support (LESS) Crime Act program, established by the Georgia General Assembly in 2021.
Oct. 1, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Rome native’s remarkable life chronicled in new biography by Ken Fortenberry
Tom Mayer reports, a Rome native once described as “one of the most puzzling and fascinating figures in modern Georgia history” is the subject of a new biography. “Brilliant Oddball: Colonel Telamon Cuyler, The Most Mysterious Man in Georgia” (Media Development Company) by award-winning journalist Ken H. Fortenberry is now available in paperback and e-book formats.
Oct. 1, 2025 The Current
Ga. Supreme Court upholds citizens’ right to vote to repeal Sapelo zoning
Mary Landers reports, in a unanimous decision issued Tuesday, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the right of McIntosh County residents to vote directly to repeal a controversial zoning decision that would allow larger houses in a traditional Gullah-Geechee enclave on Sapelo Island. The zoning ordinance that county commissioners approved in September 2023 would allow the construction of houses of up to 3,000 square feet in the modest, 434-acre Hogg Hummock neighborhood.
Oct. 1, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Georgia voters have until Oct. 6 to register to vote for this year’s PSC, municipal elections
Maya Homan reports that Georgia voters have less than one week left to change or update their voter registration ahead of this fall’s statewide and municipal elections. Peach State residents can register to vote ahead of the Oct. 6 registration deadline by going online to the secretary of state’s website or by mailing a voter registration application to the secretary of state’s office.
Oct. 1, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Legislative efforts on behalf of mental health find traction
Mo Burge reports, during this past Georgia General Assembly session there were more than 80 bills concerning mental health up for consideration under the Gold Dome. A fraction of those made it out of the state House or Senate chambers and ultimately only 12 were signed into law.
Oct. 1, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Bruce returns to politics, citing need for veteran leadership
Jack Lindner reports, flanked by elected officials in former Gov. Roy Barnes’ law office Tuesday, former state Rep. Roger Bruce threw his hat in the ring for the state Senate seat vacated by Jason Esteves. Esteves, D-Atlanta, resigned from the Senate District 35 seat to run for governor this year.
Oct. 1, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Participation in Medicaid child dental care continues to decline in Georgia, audit finds
Alander Rocha reports that a state agency responsible for administering Medicaid in Georgia has failed to adopt or follow through on most of the recommendations made in an earlier audit that were meant to help more children, including those with disabilities, obtain dental care, according to a recent report. Despite a 2021 state audit that highlighted falling dental care utilization among a group of Georgia children enrolled in Medicaid, a recent follow-up review found that the situation has worsened.
Oct. 1, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Campaign for Georgia lieutenant governor gets another GOP contender
Ty Tagami reports, a half dozen state lawmakers are now running for Georgia lieutenant governor, as another Republican senator joins the race, hoping to outflank his opposition on the right. Sen. Greg Dolezal, R-Cumming, a conservative from the northern Atlanta suburbs, joins a cast of fellow conservative senators, all from outside the biggest metro area — plus an Atlanta Senate Democrat and a GOP state representative from Buford.
Oct. 1, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How the federal government shutdown is impacting Georgia politics
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, the federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m. after rival Senate votes to break the gridlock failed. Now both sides are preparing for an extended confrontation and a standoff that won’t soon end.
