Georgia Trend Daily – July 10, 2026
July 10, 2026 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Leads Economic Development Mission to Scotland and Ireland
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp announced that he and First Lady Marty Kemp are leading an international mission this week to foster economic relationships in Scotland and Ireland, including a meeting with Executive Chair Euisun Chung and other senior leadership from Hyundai Motor Group and Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Prime Minister of Ireland.
July 10, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Keep Georgia Green and Clean
Ben Young writes, with all the activity centered around Downtown Atlanta this month, I’m reminded of the sustainability efforts supported by the FIFA World Cup matches. Thousands of volunteers are on hand, encouraging fans to recycle and limit plastic waste.
July 10, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mercedes-Benz opens $34M ‘playground for engineers’ in Atlanta
Zachary Hansen reports, Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday debuted its Atlanta Technology Center in west Midtown, a facility designed to consolidate the automaker’s North American back-end and testing operations in one place. The $34 million facility in Atlanta’s Northyards industrial district spans 60,000 square feet and will grow to include about 160 employees.
July 10, 2026 Georgia Ports Authority
Kevin Price starts as President of Georgia Ports
Staff reports that Kevin Price has officially stepped into his position as President of the Georgia Ports Authority on July 1, 2026. “I’m excited for our employees and all our stakeholders because Kevin is the perfect candidate to take GPA and our Team to the next level,” said CEO Griff Lynch.
July 10, 2026 Augusta Chronicle
Fort Gordon’s new garrison commander to oversee giant building project
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a strategic communications expert with combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan will be Fort Gordon’s new garrison commander. Col. Nancy K. Harris will receive the command’s colors, symbolically representing the leadership change, at 1 p.m. Thursday at the fort’s Cyber Conference and Catering Center.
July 10, 2026 WABE
Georgia Chancellor and former Gov. Sonny Perdue reflects on upcoming retirement and higher ed in the state
Meimei Xu reports that University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue said he’s not planning to pursue further public office after his retirement from the role at the end of the year, ending a long career spanning around four decades in various public offices, including two terms as Georgia governor and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in President Donald Trump’s first term.
July 10, 2026 The Current
Update: McIntosh to consider new Sapelo zoning revisions
Mary Landers reports that the McIntosh County Commission will hold a special called meeting 4 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2026 at the Old Darien City Hall, 106 Washington St., Darien. At the meeting, the commission will consider sending a revised, updated zoning ordinance for Hog Hammock to the McIntosh County Zoning Board for a public hearing and recommendation at the Aug. 4, 2026 meeting.
July 10, 2026 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
State regulators to investigate if Georgia Power customers pay data center costs
Margaret Walker reports that Georgia regulators voted Tuesday to move forward with an investigation into whether Georgia Power’s largest customers, including data centers, are shifting fuel costs onto households and small businesses. The Georgia Public Service Commission’s investigation will examine how customers on Georgia Power’s Real Time Pricing rate, a structure used almost exclusively by the company’s largest industrial customers, contribute to the company’s fuel costs.
July 10, 2026 GPB
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says election audit found errors only in hand-marked ballots
Chase McGee reports, on Thursday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released results from a risk-limiting audit of the June 16 runoff, which he says showed the flaws of hand-marked paper ballots. The secretary of state’s office audited all 1,111,856 ballots cast in the runoff.
July 10, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Legislative panel to confront Georgia’s ‘broken’ post-conviction system
Maya Homan reports that a legislative study committee aimed at improving the appeals process for those convicted of crimes in Georgia will hold its first meeting Friday to address a system that Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Nels Peterson labeled “broken” and “a mess” in an opinion issued earlier this year. The case centered around Joshua Sanders, an Alabama man who was convicted in 2023 of killing two Georgia women in Vidalia.
July 10, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Gas tax break takes another bite out of state revenue
Ty Tagami reports that Georgia tax revenues fell in June, driven by a gas tax suspension and helped along by increased income tax refunds.Net tax revenues for the month fell 6.8% compared with June 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Revenue.
July 10, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Governor’s race puts Georgia’s struggling foster care system in the spotlight
Riley Bunch reports, more than 10 years ago, a wealthy businessman pushed Georgia lawmakers to partially privatize the state’s embattled foster care system — and grounded his case in his own past. Rick Jackson had entered foster care in Atlanta at age 13, he told lawmakers in a tearful public testimony.
