Georgia Trend Daily – April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024 WABE
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson again named world’s busiest airport with over 100 million passengers
Kenny Murry reports that Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has once again been named the busiest airport worldwide. According to Airport Council International (ACI), the facility saw approximately 104.7 million passengers come through its terminals in 2023.
April 16, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Economic Development Around the State
Christy Simo reports, Georgia exports broke records for the third straight year. The $49.7 billion in exports last year represent a 5% increase over 2022. Small businesses – those with less than 500 employees – make up 87% of the state’s export value.
April 16, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When it comes to relocations, Georgia gets more than it gives
Michael E. Kanell reports, Georgia has been consistently on the plus side, the number of movers-in greater than the departures. Last year, the state had the metro area with the third-largest growth in the nation (Atlanta) and the county with the country’s fourth-highest percentage growth (Jackson), according to recent calculations by the U.S. Census Bureau.
April 16, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Atrium, Harbin Merger Finalized After FTC Review
John Bailey reports that Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic finalized the merger between the two entities Monday after a Federal Trade Commission review. The merger between the Harbin Clinic multi-specialty physician group and Atrium Health Floyd, part of the North Carolina-based Advocate Health system, has been in the works over the past year and a half.
April 16, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Kemp Touts Tax Cuts and Economic Growth at Cobb Chamber
Jake Busch reports, next door to Truist Park Monday, Gov. Brian Kemp did his own victory lap in a speech to the Cobb Chamber of Commerce recapping the legislative session. Before a packed room at the Coca-Cola Roxy, Kemp reflected on the 2024 legislative session by highlighting everything from income tax cuts to the MLB All-Star Game and FIFA World Cup coming to the area — the All-Star Game will be played at Truist Park — in 2025 and 2026, respectively.
April 16, 2024 The Brunswick News
Pigmental Studios announce $200 million complex in St. Marys
Gordon Jackson reports that Pigmental Studios signed an agreement last fall to purchase a 67-acre tract at what is now called St. Marys Commerce Park. Now, the studio that has produced animation hits such as “Despicable Me” and “Household Pests” has announced plans for a $200 million studio complex at the site near downtown St. Marys.
April 16, 2024 Albany Herald
Albany State University receives $150,000 Home Depot Campus Improvement Grant
Staff reports that Albany State University has been named the top winner in its cluster for the $150,000 Home Depot Retool Your School Campus Improvement Grant challenge. Also, Ivory Lucas, executive director of facilities, planning, design and construction at ASU, has been named a Legacy Honoree by The Home Depot for his work over the years on various Retool Your School projects on campus.
April 16, 2024 The Current
Tybee Island hopes new tools quiet Orange Crush weekend
Craig Nelson reports, will this weekend mark the beginning of the end of Orange Crush on Tybee Island? If some local officials and lawmakers have their way, it seems so, thanks to a law passed by the state legislature on March 5 and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp last week.
April 16, 2024 Cherokee Tribune
Georgia Senate District 32 Candidates Discuss the Issues With Voters
Ethan Johnson reports that State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, R-east Cobb, and Republican challenger Ben Fremer met voters April 9 at a forum at the historic Cherokee County Courthouse in Canton. The event was hosted by the Cherokee County Republican Women, the Cherokee County Republican Party and the Cherokee County Republican Coalition.
April 16, 2024 State Affairs
Barbershop talks and hip-hop summits: Georgia Black legislators’ group has big plans to build coalitions, boost voter rolls
Tammy Joyner reports that the nation’s largest gathering of Black lawmakers is slated to meet in Atlanta this summer to discuss ways to boost voter participation nationwide ahead of the upcoming fall elections. The meeting will be the precursor to a series of events the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus plans to hold heading into the November presidential election.
April 16, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Black voters key to electing Biden in 2020. Money woes make some question their support in 2024.
Casey Quinlan reports that the economy is top of mind for caregiver and driver Jennifer Garner as the U.S. heads toward the November presidential election. Garner, 46, lives in Cleveland and can bring in about $800 a week working extra hours at both jobs. But between debt payments on $56,000 in student loans and $1,300 in rent — among other monthly bills — the money doesn’t go far enough.
April 16, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
High Court Hears Cobb Commission Map Case Wednesday
Jake Busch reports that the fight over which map will govern the Cobb Board of Commissioners is headed for a climax in the state’s highest court this week. Will the “home rule” map pushed by Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid stand, or will the map signed by Gov. Brian Kemp be restored, as a Cobb Superior Court judge ruled it should?
April 16, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Marjorie Taylor Greene hesitates in call for speaker’s ouster
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a plan Monday to send more military aid to Ukraine and Israel, defying far-right Republicans who have vowed to punish him for trying to help Ukraine. The success of Johnson’s plan could hinge on a small group of House members that include U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
