Georgia Trend Daily – March 26, 2026
March 26, 2025 WABE
UPS withdraws voluntary separation program for Central Region drivers after Teamsters challenge
Marlon Hyde reports, the United Parcel Service is looking to cut 30,000 jobs this year and offered to pay some workers to leave voluntarily. But after local unions filed grievances, the Atlanta-based company is withdrawing its voluntary separation program for drivers in 13 Central Region states.
March 26, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with… Christopher Twyman
Rachel Wallenstein reports, Chris Twyman is a litigation partner at Cox Byington Twyman LLP in Rome. A Georgia native, he is deeply involved in statewide legal leadership and public service.
March 26, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta extends flight change flexibility because of ATL airport security waits
Emma Hurt reports, Delta Air Lines is extending a travel waiver with flexibility for anyone flying in and out of Atlanta this week, solely because of the extended security wait times at its home base of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Passengers with itineraries touching Atlanta through March 30 are now able to rebook without penalty on new flights through April 6, the airline announced Wednesday.
March 26, 2026 Augusta Chronicle
Center of attention: $1 billion data farm approved by McDuffie County
Joe Hotchkiss reports, McDuffie County leaders have approved a zoning exception to bring a $1 billion data center to property near the Columbia County line. Named Project Azalea by the project’s developers, the center at full build-out is expected to cover about 1.5 million square feet on a 200-acre portion of property bordered by Randall Hunt Road.
March 26, 2026 The Brunswick News
Brunswick airport offers new passenger service
Gordon Jackson reports, until recently, passengers waiting for flights to Atlanta from the Brunswick Golden Isles Airport had few choices once they got past the security checkpoint into the waiting area before they board their planes. That changed Tuesday with the grand opening of Tipsy McFly’s Grab and Go Market.
March 26, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Environmental groups sue over Georgia Power’s energy expansion for data centers
Alander Rocha reports, a group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Georgia Public Service Commission, appealing the December approval of a massive expansion of power infrastructure for Georgia Power. The 42-page lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, alleges that the commission broke the law by approving nearly 10 gigawatts of new energy generation by not properly demonstrating a need for it, which the lawsuit argues is at the expense of customers.
March 26, 2026 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Warnock negotiates bill to cap out-of-pocket insulin cost.
Jordyn Paul-Slater reports that U.S. Sens. Rev. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), John Kennedy (R-LA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act of 2026 on Wednesday. This bill caps out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 per month for private insurance holders nationwide and helps decrease insulin costs for uninsured diabetics to $35 or lower, according to the news release.
March 26, 2026 WSB Radio
Georgia lawmakers approve Rio’s Law requiring autism training for first responders
Staff reports, Georgia lawmakers unanimously approved legislation mandating training for first responders on how to interact with people with autism. Rio’s Law is named in honor of Layla Luna’s autistic son, Rio.
March 26, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Rounding up: Georgia bill addresses demise of pennies
Mark Niesse reports, now that the government isn’t making pennies anymore, Georgia lawmakers are planning to round transactions to the nearest nickel. The penny proposal makes sense, said Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, R-Rome.
March 26, 2026 Macon Telegraph
Democratic governor candidate calls for universal childcare during Macon stop
Lucinda Warnke reports, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves called for Georgia to implement universal childcare and increase funding towards technical education during a stop in Macon. Esteves, who is a former educator and served on the Atlanta Board of Education, said Georgia students need more support early in their lives so that they’re prepared for school, and more avenues to help them transition to careers.
March 26, 2026 State Affairs
Bill targets fraud, uninsured drivers and rising premiums in Georgia
Beau Evans reports, first it was the courts; now it’s the costs. Lawmakers are inching closer to passing broad legislation to curb a sharp rise in insurance costs that have seen premiums spike in recent years, particularly for automobile coverage that has shot up more than 20% in Georgia since 2022.
March 26, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Bill banning protests near religious services in Georgia sparks First Amendment concerns
Ross Williams reports, the First Amendment provides protections for religious liberty and free speech, but what happens when those rights come into conflict? The Georgia Legislature is attempting to answer that question with a bill banning protests outside religious services.
March 26, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Georgia Senate Republicans approve more tax breaks for private school scholarship donors
Ty Tagami reports, the Georgia Senate wants to nearly double the tax breaks that go to donors who give to a program that pays for private school scholarships. The tax credit program for elementary, middle and high school scholarships has been capped at $120 million a year since 2023.
March 26, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How a Georgia literacy bill emerged as a central fight in session’s final days
Greg Bluestein reports, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is pushing to rescue one of his top priorities from the Capitol’s end-of-session maneuvering, warning that Georgia’s literacy crisis is too urgent to get hobbled by political bargaining. In an interview with “Politically Georgia,” Burns called his sweeping literacy bill the answer to “a crisis we can solve” and said he was growing impatient to see it pass the Senate, where Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and his allies are pushing their own alternative.
