Georgia Trend Daily – June 4, 2024
June 4, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Unemployment claims in Georgia declined last week
Staff reports that initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 4,052 in the week ending May 25, down from 4,431 the week before, the Labor Department said.
June 4, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
At the TOUR Championship, there’s a hospitality product to fit every business need
Julia Roberts reports, staged in a city that is nothing short of championship caliber, the TOUR Championship has evolved its experience to stand in the upper echelon of sporting events while staying true to its roots as “Atlanta’s Own.” Alongside a full-scale renovation of East Lake Golf Club in its return to its ‘Golden Age’ when the likes of Bobby Jones and Alexa Stirling walked the fairways, the TOUR Championship unveiled a reimagined and expanded hosting experience set to raise the bar for the tournament in the world of sports.
June 4, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Appeals judges halt Atlanta DEI grant fund for Black female-led businesses
Mirtha Donastorg reports that an Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals panel halted an Atlanta venture capital fund’s small business grant program for Black women Monday, a major victory for conservative efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs in corporate America. In a 2-1 ruling, the judges said the Fearless Fund’s contest likely violates the federal Civil Rights Act of 1866 that prohibits the use of race in making contracts.
June 4, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Now 30 Years In, German Firm Expands Again in Peachtree City
Trevor Williams reports that a German medical device firm that has spent three decades growing in metro Atlanta is now expanding beyond its original footprint. Gerresheimer is more than doubling its employee count to nearly 700 and opening two new factory buildings in Peachtree City, one of them down the road from where it first set up shop in 1993.
June 4, 2024 The Covington News
Congressman Hank Johnson Announces $348K Grant For Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Staff reports, on May 29, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it has awarded Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in Clarkston with a $347,888 grant for their “Strengthening High School Initiatives in Future Technology” project.
June 4, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Wellstar Kennestone Named Level 1 Trauma Center
Staff reports that Wellstar Kennestone Hospital has received “the gold standard” rating for trauma care centers in the country, Wellstar Health System announced Friday. The system’s flagship facility was named a Level I Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons, a designation it also received from the Georgia Department of Public Health.
June 4, 2024 WSB Radio
New study names Georgia small town ‘most charming in North America’
Nicole Bennett reports that Betway Insider released its list of the most charming towns in North America this week – and Decatur, Georgia took the top spot. The online gambling agency reportedly analyzed a variety of metrics, from “positive sentiment through to the number of landmarks and museums,” researchers write.
June 4, 2024 The Brunswick News
Cobia harvest quota in Georgia could decrease under proposed rule
Staff reports, the recreational fishing quota for Atlantic cobia in Georgia could be reduced if a proposed addendum to a fisheries management rule governing Atlantic states becomes reality. The Coastal Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging anglers to voice their opinions on the proposed rule at a meeting this week in McIntosh County, an online meeting later this month and throughout the public comment period ending in early July.
June 4, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Conservation group seeks to halt Hyundai EV plant near Savannah with permit challenge
John Deem reports that a coastal Georgia conservation group on Monday informed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it will take legal action to stop work on Hyundai Motor Company’s soon-to-open electric-vehicle manufacturing facility near Savannah. In a letter of intent filed Monday, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) informed USACE that it is challenging the October 2022 approval of a permit that helped clear the way for the $7.6 million project in Bryan County.
June 4, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia families struggle to buy food during summer as state declines to extend enhanced benefits
Stanley Dunlap reports that a little extra money to buy groceries during a recent summer gave Augusta parent Tasha Marshall a rare chance to spice up the meals she cooked for her family by adding meat. Thousands of low-income families in Georgia began receiving emergency pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits that provided extra food assistance for days that schools were closed during the 2019-2020 school year.
June 4, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia lawmakers belittle Fauci during COVID-19 hearing
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, Dr. Anthony Fauci came under withering criticism Monday during a contentious U.S. House hearing. And the sharpest attacks against the government’s former top infectious disease official were leveled by a pair of Georgia Republicans.
