Georgia Trend Daily – April 3, 2019
April 3, 2019 University of Georgia
Georgia’s pecan industry at crossroads
Clint Thompson reports that the pecan industry in the Southeast U.S. is at a crossroads, and the 2019 season could go a long way toward determining the financial future for many Georgia farmers, according to Lenny Wells, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension pecan specialist. The cost to produce pecans continues to increase every year. With new tariffs imposed on goods exported from the U.S. to China, prices producers received dropped significantly last year.
April 3, 2019 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Delta Flight Museum
Karen Kirkpatrick reports that aerospace is a huge industry in Georgia, and nobody represents it more globally than Delta Air Lines. With a hub at the world’s busiest airport – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International – it’s only fitting that the company’s museum should be located nearby.
April 3, 2019 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fleetcor Technologies to relocate to Buckhead from Gwinnett
Scott Trubey reports that a financial technology company in Gwinnett County is moving its headquarters to Buckhead. Fleetcor Technologies, which manages companies’ payments for fuel, tolls, lodging and other expenses, has signed a lease for 46,000 square feet of office space at Terminus 100, according to a Tuesday news release from the building’s owner, Cousins Properties.
April 3, 2019 Atlanta Business Chronicle
Canadian produce company to create 100 jobs in Atlanta with Southeast expansion
Jessica Saunders reports that a Canadian produce company is expanding to the Southeast with a new packing plant and distribution center in Atlanta. EarthFresh Farms of Burlington, Ontario specializes in supply the food service and retail sectors with premium potatoes, carrots and onions.
April 3, 2019 Augusta Chronicle
Play set to begin Wednesday in first Augusta National Women’s Amateur
David Westin reports that the first act in an unusual format that ends at the home of the Masters Tournament begins Wednesday in Columbia County. The inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur features the first two rounds at Champions Retreat Golf Club.
April 3, 2019 GlobalAtlanta.com
Former President of Kennesaw State to Head the Atlanta Council on International Relations
Phil Bolton reports that Dr. Daniel S. Papp, the former president of Kennesaw State University (KSU) has been chosen by the Atlanta Council on International Relations (ACIR) to assume the post of chairman of its board of advisors.
April 3, 2019 Gwinnett Daily Post
Ga. House yanks Gwinnett MARTA vote delay from Senate Bill 200
Curt Yeomans reports that a proposal that would have blocked Gwinnett County from holding another MARTA vote for seven years was yanked by the Georgia House of Representatives from legislation dealing with Georgia Department of Transportation contracts Tuesday. The proposal from the six Republicans in Gwinnett’s majority-Democrat House Delegation would have barred county leaders from calling for another vote on MARTA until after Jan. 1, 2026.
April 3, 2019 Saporta Report
Obama blocked Trump from offshore oil drilling; House votes to oppose drilling
David Pendered reports that President Obama’s administration blocked President Trump from expanding the area open to offshore oil drilling, including off Georgia’s coast, a federal judge has ruled. On a related front, the Georgia House approved Tuesday a resolution opposing the exploration and drilling for oil off Georgia’s coast.
April 3, 2019 Savannah Morning News
Coastal delegation pens offshore plea to governor
Mary Landers reports, in In a letter dated March 20, the bipartisan coastal delegation to the General Assembly asked Gov. Brian Kemp to join them in expressing their opposition to seismic testing and offshore drilling to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The lawmakers, led by Sen. William Ligon, R-Brunswick, first noted Kemp’s public opposition to offshore drilling for Georgia, then made their request.
April 3, 2019 Mercer University
MUSM Faculty Members Receive $5.5 Million Federal Grant to Combat Maternal and Infant Mortality in Rural Georgia
Kyle Sears reports that two Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) faculty members have received a $5.5 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to combat maternal and infant mortality in a seven-county region of rural Georgia.
April 3, 2019 Georgia Health News
‘A big health care year’ under the Gold Dome
Andy Miller reports that the battles over hospital regulation and financial disclosure appeared to be finished last week at the Georgia Legislature. But on Tuesday, as the 2019 General Assembly session was wrapping up, these prickly issues proved they weren’t dead after all.
April 3, 2019 GPB
Georgia Bill To Raise Minimum Age for Marriage Heads To Governor’s Desk
Ross Terrell reports that Georgia lawmakers have agreed to raise the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 17 years old. The bill also requires 17-year-olds who want to get married provide proof they’ve been emancipated from their parents.
April 3, 2019 Rome News-Tribune
Education bills that have become law
John Popham reports that Tuesday was the final day of the Georgia General Assembly and also served as the deadline for several education bills with some passing both chambers and some having to wait until next year to be revisited. House Bill 602, the Rome Building Authority, and 603, which provided a pay increase for Floyd County Schools Board of Education members, both passed the House and Senate.
April 3, 2019 Brunswick News
Shore protection bill squeaks through House, goes to Kemp
Wes Wolfe reports that barring an unlikely veto from the governor, Georgia will have all-new jurisdictional lines dictating how it protects its coast. House Bill 445 — a Shore Protection Act revision years in the making — barely cleared its last hurdle Tuesday in the state House of Representatives, with a 93-75 vote.
April 3, 2019 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lawmakers give Cobb County a two-year extension on MARTA vote
David Wickert reports that Cobb County will have two more years to decide whether it wants to create a special transit district where votes could join MARTA. Just before midnight Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that gives Cobb County until 2021 to devise the boundaries of a special transit district where voters could decide to join MARTA.
