Georgia Trend Daily – June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Summer Skiing and Ice Hotels: Atlanta-Copenhagen Flight Unlocks Northern Europe for Southerners
Trevor Williams reports, it takes a village to raise a flight. That’s the approach of Scandinavian Airlines, or SAS, which entered the Atlanta market this week with its inaugural nonstop touching down from Copenhagen Monday.
June 20, 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 20, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Conventioneers ‘make do’ as delays plague Savannah center’s expansion
Adam Van Brimmer reports, one of the first conference bookings for an expanded Savannah Convention Center came from the National Beta Club’s Bobby Hart. He and his organization’s school-age members frequent the “Hostess City” for meetings and conferences.
June 20, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Stone Mountain ranked 4th best place to view the summer solstice sunrise
Staff reports that the summer solstice will take place on June 20 this year. The word “solstice” roughly translates to “when the sun stands still,” and the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the official beginning of summer. Mixbook conducted a survey to determine the top 10 best locations in the country to watch the sunrise on the summer solstice, and one of those places is right in our backyard — Stone Mountain Park. Known for its unobstructed views of sunrises and sunsets, the mountain offers a spectacular vantage point.
June 20, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
If Cobb’s Commission Map is Thrown Out, Do Richardson’s Votes Stand?
Hunter Riggall reports, were it not for Jerica Richardson, the Cobb County Board of Commissioners wouldn’t have voted last week to place a 30-year transit tax referendum on the November ballot. Nor could it have approved, in May, a 114-home subdivision in south Cobb, or, last summer, passed the millage rate which determines property taxes.
June 20, 2024 Albany Herald
How is the Biden administration investing in rural America? U.S. Dept. of Labor Secretary visits Albany State to talk opportunities, impact
Lucille Lannigan reports, the Biden Administration is investing billions of dollars into rural infrastructure through acts like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. But in a region facing high poverty and population loss, southwest Georgians may wonder how they are benefitting from these investments. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., was joined by U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su Tuesday at Albany State University to discuss these issues.
June 20, 2024 Georgia Recorder
New Georgia law bans firearms purchase tracking
Amanda Hernandez reports that states continued to diverge on gun policy this year, with especially intense debate in the swing states that will decide November’s election. Republican legislators in Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina have sought to make it easier for people to procure guns and to carry them in more places.
June 20, 2024 WABE
As Juneteenth is celebrated, DEI is rolled back in Georgia and beyond
Jasmine Robinson reports, over the last couple of years, Georgia has targeted DEI efforts. In 2022, Gov. Brian Kemp signed the “divisive concepts” law restricting discussions of race in K-12 classrooms. In 2023, the University System of Georgia banned DEI training for new hires.
June 20, 2024 GPB, The Current
Georgia Senate study committees to look at firearm safety, AI, correction facilities, more
Ambria Burton reports that the 2024 Georgia General Assembly Senate Study Committees are in session starting this week. Study committees, like bills, are proposed during the legislative session but as resolutions the sponsor believes need further examining during the offseason.
June 20, 2024 State Affairs
House study committee to look at pros, cons of semester and quarter systems
Isaac Morgan reports, twenty-five years after the University System of Georgia changed course and moved from a quarterly schedule to a semester system, lawmakers are looking at whether the switch has lived up to its promise. The semester system, which most U.S. colleges and universities use, typically consists of two major sessions in the academic year — fall and spring — as well as two breaks between semesters.
June 20, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia not spending enough on veterans’ services
Dave Williams reports that the state is seriously underfunding mental health and housing services for veterans, professionals in the field told Georgia lawmakers Tuesday. The state’s two veterans homes in Milledgeville and Augusta currently are serving about 400 veterans, far below the estimated need of 1,975.
June 20, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Winners and losers of Georgia’s runoff elections
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report that it can be tricky to draw too many conclusions from low-turnout elections such as Georgia’s runoffs held on Tuesday. But several district themes emerged as the results came in from the legislative and nonpartisan races around the state.
