Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Thursday that Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc., a leading animal health company, will create 225 jobs and invest more than $120 million in Gwinnett, Clarke, and Hall counties. The company has located its North American headquarters in Duluth, creating 75 new jobs; is adding more than 100 new jobs at its manufacturing and R&D facility in Athens; and more than 50 jobs at the company’s Gainesville manufacturing facility.
Loran Smith writes, Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. has a ring of royalty, but even with his cogent brilliance as a U.S. senator from 1972 to 1997, Nunn functioned in a cocoon of modesty with a down-home demeanor that made him a powerful principal in the most exclusive club in the United States. If not kings, he walked with power brokers around the globe, but he never lost the common touch.
Christopher Quinn reports that Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the heart of Atlanta’s logistics industry, is a fair-weather friend to the region’s economy. When times are good, it’s an oversize driver of jobs and salaries. When there’s a slowdown, it can create an out-sized drag.
Staff reports that on Friday, February 8, Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (GA-PCOM) will begin the process of rolling out a new name: PCOM Georgia. “The new name more simply and accurately describes the College’s presence in the state and better speaks to the breadth and depth of the region the College serves,” Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) President and CEO Jay S. Feldstein, DO ’81, explained.
Megan Reed reports that the Northeast Georgia Health System will open an emergency department at the former Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega in July and will later open a new hospital in Lumpkin County, the health system announced Wednesday.
Mary Mayle reports, with a top-tier port, the world’s busiest airport and thousands of miles of highway and rail, Georgia has emerged as one of the most important states in the country for moving goods. And, just as Georgia’s importance as a logistics hub has grown, so has the annual Georgia Logistics Summit.
Maggie Lee reports that the authors of new bills in Georgia’s legislature say a decades-old state licensing law for new hospitals and certain new medical facilities keep patients further from care than they could be. So the two Republicans have just filed a rework of the tight system of state review required before anyone can open a new hospital, expand a hospital or open facilities including ambulatory surgery centers.
Trevor Williams reports, other cities like Miami might have the edge in recognition, but Atlanta’s ties with Latin America, especially on the technology front, are substantive and growing. Recognizing this — and strategizing around how to build on the momentum — was the subject of a late-January “Latinnovations” panel discussion organized by Global Atlanta.
Stephen Fowler reports that a federal appeals court says a lawsuit over the state’s outdated election system can continue. The 11th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling Thursday that said that it did not have the jurisdiction to hear the state’s assertion the two groups of plaintiffs had standing to file suit, and that the state was not immune from being sued in this particular case.
Felicia Sonmez reports that Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) will not seek reelection, his campaign announced Thursday, setting the stage for a battle in 2020 over his increasingly competitive district. “I have realized over this past year of change — both in politics and in my family — that the time has come for me to pass the baton and move to the next chapter, and so I have decided not to seek reelection in 2020,” Woodall said in a statement released by his campaign.
Greg Bluestein reports that Gov. Brian Kemp will soon have a chance to appoint supporters to dozens of additional posts – including a trio of coveted Board of Regents spots – after Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan challenged his predecessor’s lame-duck board appointments.
What began as a neighborhood effort has grown into a county-wide movement that connects learning and celebration through music. DeKalb-based nonprofit using music and STEM to inspire academic growth and confidence in underserved youth to host 6th Annual Holiday Toy…
Cornbread has officially been crowned the state bread of Georgia – and for two Atlanta-born sisters, that recognition is long overdue. Like many Southerners, Sheila Tiller-Tooks and Toshia Tiller can’t resist a slice of piping hot, buttery, moist cornbread. But…
