Georgia Trend Daily – May 9, 2024
May 9, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
German Sensor Company Invests $1.2M in Gwinnett
Trevor Williams reports that a German provider of optical sensor technology is investing $1.2 million to move its U.S. headquarters from Michigan to Gwinnett County. Leuze electronic Inc. plans to hire 17 people at its facility on Northmont Parkway in unincorporated Duluth, where a grand opening celebration was held March 13.
May 9, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Homelessness is a Crisis for Us All
Tharon Johnson writes, what do we owe our fellow man? That’s one of the most basic questions we grow up pondering, especially as it relates to people who aren’t in our immediate circles. The answer to that question varies wildly depending on one’s personal and political beliefs.
May 9, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After disastrous 2023, a ‘bumper’ crop of Georgia peaches is coming
Drew Kann reports, in the 130 years Lawton Pearson’s family has been growing peaches in Middle Georgia, few harvests have been as disappointing as last year’s, when his crop — and most others in the state — were almost entirely wiped out by two March cold snaps. Trees covered with quarter-sized fruit and delicate pink flowers were blasted by last year’s freezes, leaving the promise of an ample harvest to rot, prompting the federal government to declare a disaster across the heart of Georgia’s peach country.
May 9, 2024 Saporta Report
Carlos Pagoaga named new president of Coca-Cola Foundation
Maria Saporta reports, Coca-Cola Co. recently announced a change in leadership at the Coca-Cola Foundation, naming Carlos Pagoaga as the new president. Pagoaga, a 34-year veteran of the company, will also become vice president of global community affairs.
May 9, 2024 WABE
Atlanta launches fund aimed at reducing power bills, energy burden
Emily Jones reports that the City of Atlanta is starting a new fund to help low-income residents lower their energy bills. The Community Energy Trust Fund initiative is part of the city’s broader efforts to address climate change. The fund will pay for clean energy projects and efforts to reduce Atlantans’ energy bills through steps like improved energy efficiency.
May 9, 2024 Rome News-Tribune, Calhoun Times
GNTC, Atrium Health Floyd Pact Aims to Fill Healthcare Gap
Staff reports that Atrium Health Floyd and Georgia Northwestern Technical College have signed an agreement designed to boost enrollment programs for respiratory therapists, radiologic technologists and certified nursing assistants in Northwest Georgia. According to the agreement signed Wednesday, Atrium Health Floyd will commit approximately $1.1 million to be disbursed over five years to increase the programs at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome.
May 9, 2024 Clayton News-Daily
Ossoff Announces Federal Funding For Local Affordable Housing
Staff reports that the Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity is getting $500,000 in federal money to help build affordable housing in Lovejoy, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff said during a visit to the local community Monday. Ossoff visited the Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity’s Hannah Springs Development on Rockspray Court in Lovejoy to make the announcement.
May 9, 2024 Albany Herald
Its audit not completed for a second year, Dougherty County misses out on $558,000 in transportation funds
Carlton Fletcher reports that Dougherty County missed out on more than a half-million dollars in road improvement funds because, for the second consecutive year, county officials did not complete an annual audit required by the state of Georgia. But the county’s interim administrator said the issue is not one of omission, instead is the result of a glut in past-due audits being completed by a shrinking number of accounting firms.
May 9, 2024 Valdosta Daily Times
TSPLOST: Paving the way for road projects
Terry Richad reports that a major choice facing South Georgia voters in the general primary election May 21 doesn’t involve candidates or elected offices; it involves spending millions of dollars on transportation. TSPLOST — Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, also known as the Transportation Investment Act — is a means for the electorate to enact a regional sales tax for transportation projects. It involves a 1% tax over 10 years.
May 9, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald, Savannah Morning News
‘A step back for voters’ rights’: Civil, voting rights groups react to new Georgia election law
Maya Homan reports that voting rights groups in Georgia swiftly condemned a new elections bill Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law on Tuesday that, among other things, would allow mass voter challenges to persist, eliminate the use of QR codes on ballots and creates new procedures for homeless Georgians looking to exercise their right to vote.
May 9, 2024 GPB
Bid to oust Speaker Johnson fails but GOP turmoil remains
Barbara Sprunt and Eric McDaniel report that the House voted overwhelmingly to set aside a motion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to call a vote to remove Mike Johnson as speaker of the House. The vote was 359-43 with seven members voting present. 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voted to table the motion.
May 9, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Kemp Signs Controversial Election Law Changes
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp has wrapped up the annual bill-signing season by putting his signature to a package of election law changes backed by Republicans but criticized by Democrats and voting-rights advocates. Kemp signed the three bills on Tuesday, the deadline for the governor to either sign or veto legislation the General Assembly passed this year.
May 9, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG AM: Anyone home? Senate candidate says rival is lying about residence
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that two Republican rivals for a north Georgia Senate seat sent out dueling press releases this week over one of the strangest tiffs we’ve seen in state politics lately. The spat could help dictate the outcome of a bitter race between Drew Echols, the owner of Jaemor Farms, and Josh Clark, a former state legislator who ran for U.S. Senate in 2022.
