Georgia Trend Daily – May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024 Savannah Morning News
‘There are mangroves in Georgia!’ Climate change lures tropical trees to state’s coast
John Deem reports that even seemingly small discoveries can illustrate the outsized impact of a warming planet. That was the case recently when three curious nature explorers confirmed that a prominent tropical plant species had made its way to Georgia’s coast.
Attracting Manufacturers: County Administrator Michael Fouts, at the Coweta County Probate Court. | Photo credit: Nathan Leduc
May 29, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Newnan | Coweta County: Town and Country
Kristen Soles McCrackin reports, founded in 1825, Coweta County was at one time one of the wealthiest communities in the country due to its manufacturing industry. That same industry is helping it thrive today.
May 29, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Norfolk Southern’s board names new chair after shakeup
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern has named a new chairman of its board after its prior leader was voted off the board amid a fight for control between the company and an activist investor group. Claude Mongeau, former CEO of Canadian National Railway Co., will become Norfolk Southern’s board chair effective immediately.
May 29, 2024 Dalton Daily Citizen
New mural depicting U.S. troops in Vietnam proving popular
Mark Millican reports, even before a mural depicting American troops on patrol in Vietnam during the war was finished, Robert Chambers said motorists were stopping to get a closer view of the wall at Dalton Funeral Home. “People were turning into the parking lot and circling the building,” said Chambers, who co-owns the funeral home with Tim Rowe.
May 29, 2024 Gwinnett Daily Post
ARC funds $280,000 for traffic study in Gateway85 CID
Staff reports that the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has announced a significant allocation of $280,000 from its million-dollar budget to fund a comprehensive study aimed at enhancing safety, beautification, and transportation infrastructure along Jimmy Carter Boulevard in the Gateway85 Community Improvement District (CID). Gwinnett County will contribute an additional $120,000 towards the endeavor.
May 29, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia regulator blasted for calling state’s energy the nation’s ‘cleanest’
John Deem reports, as the U.S. Supreme Court considered hearing a case about how members of the Georgia Public Service Commission are elected this past week, a long-time member of the panel offered a dubious assessment of the energy portfolio he and his colleagues regulate. “Where we are today in the state of Georgia as energy goes, we have the cleanest and most reliable of any state in the nation,” Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald wrote in an emailed response to questions from E&E News, an online national publication covering the energy industry.
May 29, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Funds for clean school buses coming to hundreds of districts, White House says
Shauneen Miranda reports, as part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses. Georgia school districts in line for the most funding in the state include Clayton County with $8.7 million and Douglas County with $5 million.
May 29, 2024 Clayton News Daily
Eviction Mediation Helps Nearly 500 Renters In Clayton County
Anthony Rhoades reports, in a little more than a year, an eviction mediation program has helped nearly 500 renters, according to information from Clayton County Chief Magistrate Judge Keisha Wright-Hill. More than 600 cases went into eviction mediation from February 2023 to April 24 with about 475 being settled without having to go before a judge, Wright-Hill told Clayton County Board of Commissioners at a May 7 meeting.
May 29, 2024 State Affairs
Jaclyn Ford wants to be a voice for rural Georgia. Here’s how
Nava Rawls reports that Georgia House District 170 Rep. Penny Houston earlier this year announced her retirement following 26 years of service. Peach State native Jaclyn Ford of Alapaha ran for the seat, touting “conservative farm values.”
May 29, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia’s new nuclear reactors are becoming political footballs
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that today, Gov. Brian Kemp and a host of other state officials are set to visit the new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle to celebrate a milestone. The oft-delayed and far-over budget commercial reactors are the first newly built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades.
