Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 28, 2023
Sept. 28, 2023 Georgia Recorder
Georgia coal ash pond neighbors channel frustrations through proposed EPA crackdown in Alabama
Stanley Dunlap reports that Juliette resident Gloria Hammond has watched as families moved away from their homes located next to what was once the largest coal-fired power plant in the country. On Wednesday, Hammond urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to follow through with its rejection of Alabama’s proposed coal ash disposal rules.
Sept. 28, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching Up With… John Hope Bryant
Karen Kirkpatrick reports, Bryant founded Operation Hope, a nonprofit focused on increasing the financial literacy and economic clout of underserved people, in 1992. Since then, the organization has served more than 4 million people and directed more than $3.2 billion in economic activity into disenfranchised communities.
Sept. 28, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
SK Battery ushered EV sector into Georgia. Now it is cutting some jobs
Michael E. Kanell reports that SK Battery America in Jackson County, among the foundational manufacturers in Georgia’s electric vehicle ecosystem, is laying off workers after years of rapid expansion. SK Battery declined to say Tuesday evening how many positions are involved, but the company has confirmed that a group of workers have been laid off in Commerce, about 70 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, where the subsidiary of South Korea-based SK Innovation has two lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities.
Sept. 28, 2023 Marietta Daily Journal
Biotech firm scales back design for Marietta headquarters
Hunter Riggall reports that a Marietta-based biotechnology firm has informed the city that it plans to reduce the size of the headquarters it wants to build on Franklin Gateway. The company, MiRus, plans to build its new headquarters on a 6.7-acre site at the corner of Franklin Gateway and South Marietta Parkway, formerly home to a flea market.
Sept. 28, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Private nursing school, medical facility proposed for Pooler. Here are the details
Destini Ambus reports that a 26,000 square-foot private nursing school and medical facility could be in Pooler’s future, pending city council approval. Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday recommended for approval a request for the Galen College of Nursing.
Sept. 28, 2023 WABE
State program trains Georgia’s growing green workforce
Emily Jones reports, the Hyundai plant is just one of a string of factories Georgia has attracted in the last few years that will make EVs and parts, solar panels and more. Quick Start, a state-funded program and part of the technical college system, is part of the incentive program that draws these manufacturers to the state.
Sept. 28, 2023 Capitol Beat News
John Fuchko named sole finalist for Dalton State College president
Dave Williams reports that the University System of Georgia Board of Regents Wednesday named John Fuchko III sole finalist to become the next president of Dalton State College. Fuchko has served as Dalton’s interim president since June, when Margaret Venable retired after eight years as the school’s first female president.
Sept. 28, 2023 Cartersville Daily Tribune
Cartersville Farmers Market wraps up season No.1 in state
Marie Nesmith reports that heading into its final Saturday of the 2023 season, the Cartersville Farmers Market is ranked No. 1 in the state. Garnering 984 votes, the downtown staple captured first place for Georgia and $100 in the America’s Farmers Market Celebration online contest.
Sept. 28, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Low-cost solar program Georgia BRIGHT applications open for Savannah residents
Evan Lasseter reports, as Savannah chases its goal for using 100% renewable energy citywide by 2035, it is kicking off a new solar program geared toward the city’s low- and middle-income households. Applications opened Tuesday to participate in Georgia BRIGHT, a statewide program which allows for affordable leasing of solar for Savannahians with gross annual household incomes of $100,000 or less per year.
Sept. 28, 2023 The Current
Sapelo residents petition for zoning repeal
Mary Landers reports that community groups in McIntosh County have organized a petition to give voters a chance to repeal a controversial zoning change on Sapelo Island’s Hogg Hummock. The area is inhabited by descendants of formerly enslaved West Africans and is the last Saltwater/Gullah Geechee community on a Georgia barrier island.
Sept. 28, 2023 Valdosta Daily Times, CNHI News
Foster care reform: Officials discuss ways to minimize trauma, placements
Asia Ashley reports, a close, tight-knit family struggling with poverty knew they needed help. Nineteen-year-old Halle Mickel said when her family reached out to state agencies for assistance, they didn’t expect what came with their call for help.
Sept. 28, 2023 The Brunswick News
NOAA continues to evaluate new right whale rule
Hank Rowland reports that NOAA is continuing its evaluation of an expanded right whale rule that would cap the speed of vessels 35 to 65 feet in length during calving season off the East Coast to 11.5 mph, the same low velocity the agency requires of large ships.
Sept. 28, 2023 GPB
In Warner Robins, union members urge Congress to avoid government shutdown
Amanda Andrews reports that the looming government shutdown means millions of federal employees could lose their paychecks unless Congress passes a budget, but even if that happens, many will still have to go to work. In Georgia, the American Federation of Government Employees’ membership includes over 9,000 members in local 987 in Warner Robins, home to Robins Air Force Base.
Sept. 28, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Trump skips second GOP debate, trashes EV industry from Detroit
Adam Van Brimmer, Patricia Murphy, Greg Bluestein and Tia Mitchell report that Georgia’s manufacturing renaissance hinges in large part on the electric vehicle sector. Hyundai and Rivian EV manufacturing plants currently under construction in the state are the centerpieces of Gov. Brian Kemp’s vow to make Georgia the “electric mobility capital of America.” So count EVs among the growing list of issues where Kemp clashes with former President Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner in the 2024 presidential race.
