Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 11, 2026

Feb. 11, 2026 Georgia.gov

January Net Tax Revenues Down 0.6%

Staff reports, the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in the month of January totaled $3.03 billion, for a decrease of $18.1 million, or 0.6%, compared to January 2025, when net tax collections totaled $3.05 billion for the month.  Year-to-date, net tax revenue collections through seven months totaled roughly $19.75 billion, for an increase of 345.6 million, or 1.8%, compared to FY 2025, when net tax collections totaled almost $19.41 billion.

Feb. 11, 2026 Georgia Trend Exclusive!

Economic Development Around the State

Christy Simo reports, Brazilian transportation safety company Grupo Vialume is investing $4.4 million to establish its U.S. manufacturing operations in Miller County. The family-owned company will create 150 new jobs over the next seven years at the facility, which will produce plastic raised pavement markers and precision-engineered reflective lenses for road safety.

Feb. 11, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Homegrown AI ‘unicorn’ with a high-tech Beltline HQ announces new CEO

Zachary Hansen reports, artificial intelligence startup OneTrust has spent the past decade growing at a breakneck pace. It took only three years to become a “unicorn,” eclipsing a $1 billion valuation.

Feb. 11, 2026 GlobalAtlanta.com

Dutch Chamber Recognizes Community Business Leaders at Awards Dinner

Trevor Williams reports the Dutch practice of blending commerce with culture and camaraderie is alive and well in the Southeast U.S., thanks in part to awardees honored in Atlanta last Wednesday. At a private dinner, the Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast recognized a Dutch trailblazer and an investor — one company and one individual, both present in Georgia.

Feb. 11, 2026 Saporta Report

City of Atlanta acquires Tatum Lakes to create public park and preserve

Delaney Tarr reports that the City of Atlanta announced its acquisition of Tatum Lakes Nature Preserve this week, marking a major step in transforming the 50-acre urban forest dotted with lakes and wetlands into a publicly accessible park. Tatum Lakes is situated in Southwest Atlanta’s Adamsville neighborhood, with around four acres of lakes and wetlands surrounded by a mature oak-pine-hickory forest.

Feb. 11, 2026 Augusta Chronicle

Environmental groups fight Georgia Power’s data center expansion

Erica Van Buren reports that environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, last month filed a joint petition looking to put the brakes on a Georgia Power plan to expand its power-generating capacity to serve an expected influx of data centers. The petition targets the Georgia Public Service Commission, following a unanimous approval by the five-member elected body in December that gave Georgia Power the go-ahead to expand capacity to generate electricity with more power stations.

Feb. 11, 2026 The Brunswick News

Board raises concerns over election law changes

Gordon Jackson reports that the Glynn County Board of Elections and Registration is drafting a resolution that takes aim at proposed election law changes in Georgia. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to draft a letter to state lawmakers and elections officials expressing concerns about the Republican Party’s plans to overhaul election laws.

Feb. 11, 2026 Marietta Daily Journal

Cobb Elections Board urges delay of new ballot law

Jack Lindner reports that the Cobb County Board of Elections is calling for state lawmakers to push the start date on a law it says could have a major impact on this year’s midterm elections. Cobb is facing multiple rounds of elections in 2026 including May’s special election to fill the U.S. House District 14 seat — previously held by Marjorie Taylor Greene — and the November General Election.

Feb. 11, 2026 Walton Tribune, Covington News

Feds paid over $128.5 million for new ICE facility, deed shows

Evan Newton reports that financial details surrounding the sale of a warehouse in Social Circle to the United States government have been made available. According to a deed obtained by reporters, the U.S. government paid $128,555,500 to PNK S1, LLC to purchase a 235-acre lot at 1365 East Hightower Trail.

Feb. 11, 2026 GPB

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins comments on DHS purchase of Social Circle warehouse for ICE detention center

Sarah Kallis reports that the Department of Homeland Security has completed the purchase of a warehouse in Social Circle, Ga., east of Atlanta, to set up a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, who represents Social Circle in Congress, has been a vocal supporter of ICE.

Feb. 11, 2026 Gainesville Times

What U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde has said about ICE plans for ‘small processing facility’ in Oakwood

Jeff Gill reports that U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde said Tuesday, Feb. 10, he has “received confirmation” that plans are underway to convert an Oakwood warehouse into a “small ICE processing facility.”  “My staff and I will remain in contact with (Department of Homeland Security) and ICE officials to gather more information as the project moves forward,” he said in an email to The Times.

Feb. 11, 2026 State Affairs

‘No one should have that power’: HOA crackdown underway in Senate

Beau Evans reports, the big trouble started in November for Sen. Freddie Powell Sims, D-Dawson. In the two decades she has owned a condominium in downtown Atlanta, Sims said she never missed a monthly payment for dues collected by her homeowners’ association — until a fire broke out in her 21-story complex in 2024.

Feb. 11, 2026 Georgia Recorder

FBI raid in Fulton County relied on previously investigated 2020 election claims

Alander Rocha and Maya Homan report that a federal court has released an affidavit used by the FBI to justify a January raid on Fulton County’s election warehouse, raising new questions about the investigation. The document, which was under seal until Tuesday, cited irregularities in the 2020 election that federal authorities claim necessitated the seizure of the documents, though critics say the claims have already been adjudicated or debunked in the six years since the election took place.

Feb. 11, 2026 Capitol Beat News

Georgia Senate converts nurse legislation into transgender bill

Ty Tagami reports, Senate Republicans commandeered legislation involving nurses Tuesday and refashioned the measure as a ban on transgender services for youth. The move under Georgia’s Gold Dome triggered an hour of by-now familiar debate, with Democrats opposed and Republicans in favor.

Feb. 11, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Republicans report more cash than Democrats in races for two top Georgia offices

Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, the infamous Republican Party boss Mark Hanna once declared in 1896 just two things are important in politics: “The first is money. And I can’t remember the second.” That cynical view has been disproven again and again in Georgia, where plenty of Davids have toppled deep-pocketed Goliaths over the years. And yet, money still matters.