Georgia Trend Daily – July 2, 2024
July 2, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Georgia Ports Land Fourth Weekly India Service
Trevor Williams reports that shipping carrier Ocean Network Express has commenced a new route linking Georgia with India’s western coast, enabling tighter connections between the growing port and one of its up-and-coming markets. The ONE Modern called on the Savannah port June 18, bringing its weekly direct India services to four.
July 2, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Financial Education
Ben Young writes, starting this school year, Georgia students will be required to take a half-credit financial literacy (Finlit) course during the last two years of high school. Frankly, many adults could also benefit from this.
July 2, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta esports organization strikes deal with internet giant
Savannah Sicurella reports, Atlanta esports and gaming marketing company Cxmmunity Media has partnered with broadband giant Xfinity to further connect students with educational and career opportunities in gaming. The partnership enables Cxmmunity Media, pronounced “Community,” to expand “The Kickback,” its flagship event held in Atlanta that combines educational panels with gaming tournaments and musical performances.
July 2, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Data center proposed for site off Gordon Highway could create up to 220 jobs
Jennifer Miller reports, documents submitted to the Augusta city planners suggest an effort is underway to build a data center on 165 acres off Gordon Highway. It would include an initial $2 billion investment and could create up to 220 jobs for the Augusta area.
July 2, 2024 Albany Herald
Albany CVB issues summer ‘passport’ to boost local attractions, businesses
Alan Mauldin reports, this summer families can pick their own adventures by visiting attractions, attending events, eating at restaurants and patronizing Albany businesses, with the chance to win a gift basket and be in the running for a big prize. The Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau has issued the 2024 Summer Passport Challenge, with some 250 qualifying destinations, events and shopping opportunities listed on the passport card.
July 2, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Savannah’s latest heat wave likely linked to climate change, data shows
John Deem reports that June’s combination of heat and humidity made coastal Georgia feel more like a tropical jungle at times. But the stifling spell of days with heat indexes at or near 110 degrees also offered a glimpse into the likely impact of heat-trapping pollution on local weather patterns, according to analyses from Climate Central.
July 2, 2024 WABE
As climate deadlines loom, Georgia companies and governments push for faster action
Emily Jones reports, with much fanfare and celebration, Georgia Power just marked a major milestone: two new nuclear reactors near Augusta, Georgia, are now generating enough electricity to power a million homes, without using fossil fuels or emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide. The new Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors are the first built in the US in decades.
July 2, 2024 The Current
Yamacraw residents wait as Savannah housing area continues to deteriorate
Julia Gentin reports, in June 2020, the Housing Authority of Savannah announced its decision to demolish Yamacraw Village, a decrepit public housing development in downtown Savannah’s oldest Black neighborhood. Four years later, Yamacraw, by most estimates, is in more disrepair, less safe and the estimated 130 tenants who remain still are unsure of what their futures hold.
July 2, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia teacher pay raises among flurry of new state laws taking effect July 1
Stanley Dunlap reports, after the Georgia legislative session ends in the waning days of winter is when bills lawmakers passed become laws but it isn’t until the summer sizzles July 1 when many of those laws take effect. This Monday’s batch of new laws features big changes to cash bail requirements as well as raises for teachers, police officers, other state employees, as well as extended parental leave.
July 2, 2024 State Affairs
Georgia launches statewide retail, cyber crime unit amid battle with Internet trade group over ways to curb online thefts
Tammy Joyner reports that while updates to Georgia’s law governing retail and cyber crimes are in legal limbo, a statewide unit created to combat those illegal activities is now in place. The Organized Retail and Cyber Crime Unit launched Monday.
July 2, 2024 Georgia Recorder
New Georgia law that makes swatting calls a felony takes effect
Kate Verity reports that Georgia Senate Bill 421, one of many pieces of legislation going into effect July 1, aims to increase punishment for those behind so-called swatting calls in order to deter future harrowing law enforcement false alarms in Georgia. With new potential to face steeper consequences, Georgia lawmakers intend to counter the increased number of swatting calls seen in recent years.
July 2, 2024 Capitol Beat News
State removes limits on donations to tax credits helping kids aging out of foster care
Dave Williams reports that limits on donations to a state tax credit that supports foster children aging out of the system were eliminated effective Monday. The General Assembly created the foster-care tax credit last year with a $20 million cap. In its first year, the program raised almost $11.6 million.
July 2, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Georgia’s Black leaders stand by Biden despite shaky debate
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, President Joe Biden can’t recapture Georgia, let alone the White House, without soaring support from Black voters. After his debate debacle, most of the state’s highest profile Black leaders are circling the wagons and expressing confidence in his ability to win reelection.
