Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 12, 2023
Oct. 12, 2023 Valdosta Daily Times
Walmart to build dairy processing facility in Valdosta
Kasmira Smith reports that multinational retailer Walmart announced Wednesday that it will build a milk processing facility in Valdosta. Officials predicted the construction will create more than 3,800 jobs and the facility itself will employ almost 400 people.
Oct. 12, 2023 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
AI will be what we make of it
Tharon Johnson writes, artificial intelligence, or AI, has become one of the most hotly debated and least understood topics in just the last few years. At its most basic level, AI is a technology “that mimics human intelligence to perform tasks and can iteratively improve” itself, according to Oracle, one of the largest computing companies in the world.
Oct. 12, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Delta reports $1.1 billion profit and record third-quarter revenue
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Delta Air Lines brought in a record $15.49 billion in third quarter revenue, but is nearing the end of a period of rapid growth during the rebound in travel from the COVID-19 pandemic. Atlanta-based Delta reported $1.1 billion in net income for the July-to-September quarter, up from its $695 million profit a year ago.
Oct. 12, 2023 GlobalAtlanta.com
Aeroméxico-Delta Partnership to Help Atlantans Reach Five Mexican Cities
Trevor Williams reports that Atlanta is set to gain deeper access to five Mexican cities through Delta Air Lines Inc.’s joint-venture partnership with Aeroméxico. Bolstered by the delivery of 50 new aircraft, the Mexican flag carrier is introducing 17 new routes from seven Mexican airports to nine U.S. destinations by next year, part of an effort to better connect “the largest trans-border air market in the world,” Delta said in a release.
Oct. 12, 2023 Capitol Beat News
Suniva to restart solar cell plant in Gwinnett County
Dave Williams reports that a U.S. solar cell manufacturer that went bankrupt six years ago amid competition from a glut of cheap Asian solar panels announced Wednesday it is restarting its manufacturing plant in Norcross. Suniva, which began as a Georgia Tech spinoff, secured a $110 million commitment earlier this year from Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC) to finance the upgrading, expansion, and restarting of the Gwinnett County plant.
Oct. 12, 2023 Albany Herald
State set to promote Georgia Peanut Bank Week
Staff reports that the Georgia Peanut Commission and Georgia Bankers Association will join forces Oct. 16-20 to promote the 47th annual Georgia Peanut Bank Week. Financial institutions and local banks across the state will offer a tribute to Georgia’s 4,000 peanut farm families and the sustainability they provide to Georgia’s state and local economies.
Oct. 12, 2023 Saporta Report
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sole nominee for ARC board chair
Maria Saporta reports, it is all but certain the Atlanta Regional Commission’s next board chair will be Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens — a first for an Atlanta mayor in the history of the regional planning agency. At ARC’s Oct. 11 regular board meeting, Chair Kerry Armstrong made it clear he would not be running for another term.
Oct. 12, 2023 Savannah Morning News
Tybee records exceptional loggerhead nesting season as Georgia records 3rd best year
Richard Burkhart reports, in late July as the sun began its evening decent toward the dunes, Tammy Smith was in her happy place, elbow deep in the smooth Tybee Island sand. The coordinator for the Tybee Island Sea Turtle Project wasn’t building a sandcastle, she was excavating a recently hatched sea turtle nest.
Oct. 12, 2023 Macon Telegraph
P&Z decisions delayed on Big House demolition plans, Mead Road waste transfer station
Fabian reports, the Big House Foundation is seeking to tear down a house at 2353 Vineville Ave. that was cobbled together in 1915 from the estate of the family of Catherine Brewer Benson, who was among the initial graduating class at Wesleyan College. Because her last name began with a “B,” she was the first to receive her diploma, and has the distinction of being the first woman in the world to earn a bachelor’s degree.
Oct. 12, 2023 Georgia Recorder
State lawmakers angling to wade into question of property rights along Georgia’s waterways
Jill Nolin reports that the Flint River flows rapidly over the rocky shoals that create an inviting habitat for the shoal bass, the state’s official riverine sportfish. But more recently, this river has been the spawning ground of a different sort.
Oct. 12, 2023 Capitol Beat News
Legislative panel adopts recommendations for dual enrollment program
Dave Williams reports that Georgia lawmakers should simplify the state’s dual enrollment program for high-school students wishing to get a jump on post-secondary education, do more to publicize the program and provide more funding, a legislative study committee recommended Wednesday.
Oct. 12, 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jolt: Georgia GOP lawmakers split on House speaker choice
Adam Van Brimmer, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Greg Bluestein report that chaos and uncertainty in the U.S. House continued Thursday as U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise cobbled together just enough votes to be designated as his party’s choice as the next speaker — but not enough in a divided Republican caucus to be formally elected to the post. That’s because several Republican lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, announced they won’t back the Louisiana legislator on the House floor, depriving Scalise of the 217 votes he needs to claim the speakership.
