Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 28, 2025
Oct. 28, 2025 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp to Lead State Delegation at SEUS-Japan
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp are continuing an international economic development mission that will close with the 2025 Southeastern U.S.- Japan Conference (SEUS-Japan) in Tokyo. In addition to the conference, the delegation will meet with existing industries in Japan.
Oct. 28, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with…Pat McHugh
Rachel Wallenstein reports that Pat McHugh is CEO of Scientific Games, which provides lottery products and technologies to customers across six continents. It serves nearly every U.S. lottery, which includes 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Oct. 28, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Carter’s to cut 150 stores, 300 office jobs. Tariffs are a big reason why.
Amy Wenk reports that Atlanta-based baby and children’s apparel maker Carter’s plans to cut 300 jobs, or 15% of its office workforce, and slash retail locations as the company contends with cost increases from new tariffs. The company said Monday it expects to close about 150 stores in North America over the next three years as the leases expire.
Oct. 28, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times
Perdue inducted into the National Agricultural Hall of Fame
Staff reports that Sonny Perdue — former Georgia governor, former U.S. Agriculture secretary and current chancellor of the state’s University System — was inducted into the National Agriculture Hall of Fame Thursday in Kansas City, Kansas. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler J Harper announced Perdue’s induction Monday.
Oct. 28, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Inside Savannah Police Department’s HOPE Unit and its homeless outreach mission
Ansley Franco reports, this morning after a fall chill crept onto the coastal city’s streets, Savannah Police Department (SPD) officer Corporal Janessa Stalter grabbed a few jackets, loaded them into her patrol vehicle and set out to find Kenneth. Stalter arrived at a local business and asked the owner for Kenneth, who emerged from his place of work moments later.
Oct. 28, 2025 WABE
Government contractors in Atlanta navigate uncertainty as federal shutdown
Marlon Hyde reports, as the government shutdown enters its fourth week, local Atlanta businesses that work with federal agencies are navigating staffing and economic uncertainty. Tracey Grace is the founder of IBEX IT Business Experts, which trains workers on new IT technologies for federal agencies.
Oct. 28, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Metro Atlanta transit payment system refresh coming soon
Ty Tagami reports that people who take a train from the suburbs to downtown Atlanta for a ball game or a concert will soon encounter new fare gates updated for the smartphone era. MARTA announced Monday that it is installing new contactless fare equipment.
Oct. 28, 2025 Rough Draft Atlanta
Spruill announces $10,000 winner of AMPLIFY mural contest
Cathy Cobb reports that the Spruill Gallery on Oct. 25 revealed the winner of its sixth annual AMPLIFY competition, Atlanta printmaker and muralist Chloe Alexander, who created “A Charm of Buntings.” The winning design features a progression of an indigo bunting in flight against a brightly colored botanical background.
Oct. 28, 2025 The Current
Chatham County absentee ballots go missing in mail
Craig Nelson reports that Chatham County’s voter registration office said Friday that some absentee ballots issued for next month’s elections were lost in the mail, adding that it was “actively working” to remedy what the office’s supervisor termed a “technical error.” The public acknowledgement comes 12 days before elections that are expected, due to low voter turnout, to be decided by razor-thin margins.
Oct. 28, 2025 Macon Melody
Rep. Bishop: End shutdown, save health credits
Casey Choung reports that U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, Democrat of Georgia, used a Friday stop in Macon to call for an end to the federal government shutdown and to urge congressional Republicans to immediately extend tax credits offered through the Affordable Care Act. The congressman, appearing at the Buck Melton Community Center in the afternoon hours, was flanked by Macon-Bibb County commissioners Stanley Stewart and Elaine Lucas as he spoke to a handful of Maconites.
Oct. 28, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown
Shauneen Miranda reports that funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will not get their federal grant funding come Nov. 1, according to the National Head Start Association.
Oct. 28, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
AJC poll: Republican support for Trump remains strong in Georgia
Greg Bluestein reports that it’s been nearly a year since President Donald Trump put Georgia back in his win column, and a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows his support among Republicans hasn’t budged. Neither has the fierce opposition to him.
