Georgia Trend Daily – June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024 WSB Radio
Some professionals say Georgia’s film industry is on the decline
Staff reports that Georgia’s film industry has started to slow down. The sluggish start to 2024 comes on the heels of last year’s writers’ and actors’ strike. It’s estimated there are nearly 40% fewer productions in Georgia this year compared to last year.
June 11, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Economic Development Around the State
Christy Simo reports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was named once again as the world’s busiest. Last year it welcomed 104.7 million passengers, including 12.8 million international travelers.
June 11, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dutch royals christen giant cold storage facility south of Atlanta
Zachary Hansen reports that orange-wrapped pallets of products are easy to spot inside a vast warehouse that just opened Monday in Henry County. Since the newly christened facility is owned by Dutch logistics company NewCold, the color choice is meaningful.
June 11, 2024 Dalton Daily Citizen
Grant will fund community garden near Westwood School
Charles Oliver reports that the city of Dalton has received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop an urban community garden on city-owned property on Trammell Street near Westwood School. “We were able to make a case to the Department of Agriculture that various outreach efforts could be undertaken throughout the year through a gardening coordinator,” City Administrator Andrew Parker said at a recent City Council meeting.
June 11, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Building them up: Women inmates at Clarke County Jail learn to become carpenters
Wayne Ford reports, four women incarcerated in the Athens-Clarke County Jail used their time this year to learn carpentry skills. Each of the women this week received a certificate of graduation for a construction course they received through a new program at the jail that was arranged by Sheriff John Q. Williams and state Rep. Spencer Frye, executive director of Athens Area Habitat for Humanity.
June 11, 2024 GPB
Bail Project, blaming state law, ceases operations in Georgia
Peter Biello reports that a charitable bail fund says it’s shutting down its Georgia operations because of a new state law. The Bail Project says because of Senate Bill 63, which adds new restrictions on charitable bail funds and new crimes that require cash bail, it’s stopping its work, effective Monday.
June 11, 2024 Albany Herald
Albany leadership hosts ‘community cafe’ to discuss a shared vision for addressing poverty in community
Lucille Lannigan reports that city, county, state and community-based leaders joined Albany-Dougherty County residents at the Albany Civic Center Saturday morning for a town hall meeting to discuss local poverty. Albany Ward I Commissioner Jon Howard invited presenters from Georgia Cities Solution, a Georgia Municipal Association nonprofit; the Georgia Family Connection; Family Literacy Connection, and United Way of Southwest Georgia, to share community data on poverty, youth health and financial hardship.
June 11, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb Commission to Vote on Calling Transit Tax Referendum
Hunter Riggall reports that Cobb commissioners are set to vote Tuesday on calling a November referendum in which voters would consider a 30-year, 1% sales tax to fund public transportation. If passed by the commission, citizens countywide will vote Nov. 5 to decide whether to impose the tax.
June 11, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Georgia lawmakers tour Palmetto USPS Facility blamed for mail delays
Kim Loeffler reports, a group of Georgia Congressmen toured the USPS Facility in Palmetto Monday that has been blamed for much of the delivery delays we’ve seen across North Georgia for months. Representatives Mike Collins, Austin Scott, and Andrew Clyde said customers should start seeing significant improvements in the next six to eight weeks.
June 11, 2024 State Affairs
Drug dealers, drag racers and squatters, beware: New Georgia laws are gunning for you
Tammy Joyner reports that those squatters in your neighborhood could soon get the boot. Homeowners associations must now give you time to fix a covenant breach — such as painting your house the wrong color — before taking legal action.
June 11, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia’s battleground state status spurs partisan elections board skirmishes
Stanley Dunlap reports, the Fulton County and Cherokee County election boards are the latest venues for Republican grievances challenging the legitimacy of vote tabulations and the partisan makeup of local boards. The latest election board drama is part of the lingering fallout from the controversial 2020 presidential election in which Joe Biden upset Republican Donald Trump by fewer than 12,000 votes in Georgia.
June 11, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Republicans Dugan, Jack square off in 3rd Congressional District debate
Dave Williams reports that the two Republicans who made the June 18 primary runoff in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District agreed on more issues than they disagreed on during a debate Sunday sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club. Former state Sen. Mike Dugan and Brian Jack, an aide to former President Donald Trump, agreed on the need to secure America’s southern border, change the way the U.S. is sending military aid to Ukraine, and curb spending on student loans.
June 11, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Rivals draw contrasts on ‘lawfare’ in Georgia congressional race
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that Brian Jack barnstormed across Georgia’s 3rd District with other Donald Trump loyalists on Monday, a rare policy difference between him and his runoff opponent emerged. At stops before large, cheering crowds in Fayetteville and Concord, Jack backed federal efforts to “defund” local prosecutors who brought criminal charges against the former president and his allies.
