Georgia Trend Daily – July 14, 2026
July 14, 2026 GPB
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta leads multi-site clinical trial for peanut allergy
Ellen Eldridge reports that Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is leading a multi-site study to test a new way of potentially treating peanut allergy with an approach called a microneedle stamp, which has been used in other types of research in the past, most commonly with vaccines, Chief of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s and principal investigator on the study Dr. Brian Vickery said. The stamp was developed by Moonlight Therapeutics, Inc., an Atlanta-based biotech company whose cofounders completed postdoctoral work at Georgia Tech before receiving clearance in late 2025 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be tested in humans for the first time.
July 14, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Ups, Downs and In-betweens
Kenna Simmons reports, a new lawsuit seeks to keep future local elections partisan, as they have been across the state until now. After Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law making some races in five Metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston filed a state lawsuit claiming the law is unconstitutional because it treats the five counties differently from the rest of Georgia’s counties.
July 14, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Customs facility breaks ground at Fulton County airport
Carson Bonner reports that Fulton County officials broke ground Thursday on a customs facility at Fulton County Executive Airport, a project county leaders say will make the general aviation airport more competitive for international business travel. It’s also part of a broader expansion of the airport on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.
July 14, 2026 Marietta Daily Journal
Mableton approves new property tax to fund police
Jack Lindner reports, in a 6-1 vote, Mableton’s council approved the new millage rate of 4.5 mills to help fund the city’s new Public Safety Special Services Tax District. The millage rate is the first property tax levied by the three-year-old city. Councilwoman Debora Herndon was the lone “no” vote.
July 14, 2026 Albany Herald
Dawson proposes borrowing up to $420,000 to stay afloat as finances unravel
Kathryn Crockett reports, the city of Dawson is operating with a structural budget deficit of at least $300,000, according to its proposed Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget, which projects $5.88 million in recurring revenue against $6.18 million in planned spending. On a monthly basis, the city estimates recurring operating revenue of about $448,000 while carrying approximately $441,703 in recurring payroll, insurance, retirement, utility, vendor and solid waste obligations before accounting for many other routine operating expenses, leaving little room for unexpected costs or declining collections.
July 14, 2026 Union-Recorder
Sparta police chief now working double duty as chief of Wrens PD
Billy Hobbs reports that Tommie Walker Jr. is a man who apparently loves his job as Sparta police chief so much that he has now decided to do the same thing in Wrens. He is now serving both cities as top cop simultaneously.
July 14, 2026 Augusta Chronicle
Augusta University expands degree opportunities for Ft. Gordon soldiers
Staff reports that Augusta University and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon recently renewed a long-standing partnership to help service members earn graduate degrees by receiving academic credit for military training. AU President Russell T. Keen and Maj. Gen. Ryan M. Janovic signed a new memorandum of understanding on July 7 at the Georgia Cyber Center.
July 14, 2026 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Former Fort Benning family private housing ‘nightmare’ revealed in Ossoff investigation
Kala Hunter reports, at 38, First Class Sgt. Jeffrey Morris is likely no longer deployable by the U.S. Army because he’s being evaluated for a systemic mastocytosis and arnockgic curticaria, brought on by exposure to toxic mold. His wife Leighann Morris was one of dozens who Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff’s team spoke with as part of a years-long investigation at three different military installations in Georgia — Fort Stewart, Fort Gordon and Fort Benning.
July 14, 2026 Athens Banner-Herald
New Georgia governor race polls show tight race. Who will win?
Miguel Legoas reports, two polls were conducted near the end of June, each with over 1,000 individuals polled and both showing tight races. Wick, an Atlanta market intelligence platform, has Jackson ahead with 43.2%, Bottoms at 42.7%, and 14.1% undecided.
July 14, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Warnock: New federal housing law designed to ‘stop the spread’ of corporate-owned homes
Alander Rocha reports that U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Monday touted a new federal law that went into effect over the weekend that is aimed at making homeownership more attainable. Speaking in southwest Atlanta in front of a home that is corporate owned, Warnock was joined by city leaders and a local resident struggling to find an affordable home for sale.
July 14, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Warnock and Dickens tout bipartisan federal housing law amid affordability concerns
Ty Tagami reports, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock met with other Democratic officials, including Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, in front of a corporate-owned house in southwest Atlanta Monday to celebrate a new federal law that seeks to give renters more hope in their quest to own a home. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law at midnight Friday without the signature of President Donald Trump, who was protesting the lack of action on an unrelated bill.
July 14, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Burt Jones on backing Rick Jackson: ‘We’ll see’
Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy report, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones still isn’t ready to rally behind billionaire Rick Jackson’s bid for governor. In his first interview since his bitter defeat in the GOP runoff, Jones wouldn’t say whether he would even vote for Jackson in November and warned that the party’s nominee must repair a fractured GOP foundation before turning to the broader electorate.
