Georgia Trend Daily – April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024 The Brunswick News
Georgia Ports Authority, Wallenius Wilhelmsen sign terminal agreement in Brunswick
Taylor Cooper reports that a recently penned 20-year agreement between the Georgia Ports Authority and shipping and logistics giant Wallenius Wilhelmsen will give the company space at the Port of Brunswick to customize industrial vehicles and equipment coming into port before delivering them to dealers and customers, among other things.
April 25, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia Trend 40 Under 40 Nominations | Deadline April 26, 2024
Staff reports, each year Georgia Trend honors 40 of the state’s best and brightest under the age of 40. Whether you know someone who’s making a difference on the national stage or is a mover and shaker in his or her corner of the state, if they are under 40 years old as of October 1, 2024, we want to hear about them.
April 25, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Warnock: Georgia ports need more resources after Baltimore bridge wreck
Michael E. Kanell reports that U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Wednesday asked both Gov. Brian Kemp and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “to deploy all necessary additional resources” to Georgia’s ports to help them handle the shift of cargo from Baltimore following the bridge disaster that closed that port. In letters to the Corps and the governor, the senator, cited “a long history of bipartisan support for Georgia’s ports.
April 25, 2024 Cartersville Daily Tribune
Chemical Products to ‘permanently close’ Cartersville plant
Staff reports that economic leaders are reacting to the news Chemical Products Corp. will be closing its Cartersville plant. “CPC’s decision and announcement came as a surprise,” said Melinda Lemmon, executive director for the Cartersville-Bartow County Department of Economic Development.
April 25, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
2024 Economic Development Summit is May 8
Staff reports that Cobb Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Economic Development Summit will be 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on May 8 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway in the Cumberland area. The focus is on understanding and implementing AI into one’s business.
April 25, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Georgia county among 18 communities in global heat mapping project as Earth breaks records
Meris Lutz reports that an area of unincorporated Gwinnett County near Norcross is among 18 global communities selected to take part this summer in a program to map areas of extreme heat, the leading cause of weather-related death in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees the program.
April 25, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Federal Judge Denies Catoosa GOP’s Petition To Remove Four Candidates From Ballot
John Bailey reports that a federal judge declined to grant a petition by the Catoosa County Republican Party to restrict candidates they don’t feel represent the party’s values from the ballot. U.S. District Court Judge William Ray heard the Catoosa County GOP arguments on April 17 and this week entered an order declining to stop the elections process.
April 25, 2024 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Supporting Military Veterans, Service Members and Spouses
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, accompanied by First Lady Marty Kemp, members of the General Assembly, and state and local leaders, signed a series of bills focused on improving recruitment and supporting veterans, military service members and their spouses as they look to utilize their skills and abilities to fulfill the numerous opportunities available throughout the state.
April 25, 2024 State Affairs
‘It is nothing short of insane:’ Bill to criminalize squatting signed by governor
Jill Jordan Sieder reports that on Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation criminalizing squatting, the illegal practice of entering and residing on someone else’s property without their consent. The Georgia Squatter Reform Act makes squatting a misdemeanor criminal offense, punishable by up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both.
April 25, 2024 New York Times
Homeless Georgians Could Face Hurdles to Voting Under New Legislation
Nick Corasaniti reports after more than 40 years of struggling with drug addiction and homelessness, Barry Dupree has a distinct memory of a milestone in his recovery: casting a ballot in the 2020 election. “I felt like a human being, I felt like I was part of the world,” Mr. Dupree, 64, said.
April 25, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Supporters of paid family leave for state workers applaud new Georgia law
Stanley Dunlap reports that parents working in state government and public schools will be able to take up to six weeks of paid parental leave under a new Georgia law. Beginning July 1, eligible government employees will have the opportunity to take up to 240 hours of paid parental leave within a year of the birth of their child, or within a year after adoption or taking in a minor through foster care.
April 25, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Kemp signs bills to combat human trafficking
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp signed three bills Wednesday aimed at human trafficking in Georgia. “We are taking three important steps forward to make sure Georgia is a safe haven for survivors … turning Georgia into a national leader for victims’ rights and putting criminals behind bars,” Kemp said during a bill signing ceremony at the state Capitol.
April 25, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Anti-camping laws in Georgia tested by U.S. Supreme Court homeless case
Matt Kempner reports that ordinances in a small West Coast city could scramble the lives of homeless people in Georgia and the powers of community officials to control where they sleep. Dozens of local governments here — from Gwinnett County, Roswell and Marietta to the northern and southern ends of Georgia — have laws banning sleeping outdoors that appear similar to those in faraway Grants Pass, Oregon.
