Georgia Trend Daily – July 8, 2024
July 8, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia ranks among top 10 states for remote work, Desky study says
Miguel Legoas reports that since the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become much more common. Assuming this becomes a standard, how would Georgia fare with this new model? Pretty well, according to Desky. The platform for work data and supplies conducted a study on the best states for working from home, and they determined Georgia is one of the best.
July 8, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Fireside Chat: PCG’s Entrepreneur Panel
Susana Hills reports, the Atlanta Business League awarded Tharon Johnson of Paramount Consulting Group (PCG) their 2024 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Read our coverage in the July 2024 issue: Intersection: Georgia Trend July 2024.
July 8, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Adaptability key to Atlanta law firm’s 100-year success
Rosie Manins reports, in the 100 years since attorneys William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle opened their tax-focused law firm in Atlanta, it has survived the Great Depression, World War II, the 2008 financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic. Now known as Eversheds Sutherland, the firm is a global powerhouse with new challenges ahead.
July 8, 2024 Georgia Ports Authority
GPA announces CCO, CFO roles
Staff reports that the Georgia Ports Authority announces the appointments of Flavio Batista as Chief Commercial Officer and Rob Dooley as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2024. The appointments reflect a succession plan put in place in 2023 for the June 30, 2024 retirement of Chief Financial Officer Michaela Thompson and for the current Chief Commercial Officer Cliff Pyron to step into a GPA advisor role.
July 8, 2024 WABE
With mine permits on the horizon, feds fight for water rights at the Okefenokee Swamp
Marisa Mecke reports, the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which covers over 400,000 acres, or 600 square miles, is currently in the running to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Many are worried about what may be coming: Twin Pines Minerals, LLC proposed a titanium dioxide mine right at the edge of the swamp.
July 8, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Energy Company Eyes Gordon Co. Farm Property For New Plant
Blake Silvers reports, an energy component company that recently gained a foothold in nearby Adairsville now has its sights set on a parcel in Gordon County. Representatives of Sunmax Tech are seeking annexation and zoning of the 155-acre former Payne Farm property just south of the Tom B. David Airport runway to develop a manufacturing facility.
July 8, 2024 Albany Herald, UGA Today
Blank Foundation helps fund UGA mobile vet clinic
Amy H. Carter reports that the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation has pledged $750,000 in support of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine’s shelter medicine program. The gift will allow the college to acquire a mobile veterinary clinic to train students and promote companion animal welfare throughout the state.
July 8, 2024 GPB
Taxpayer dollars at work: Warnock visits CDC, Ossoff protecting election workers
Ambria Burton reports, for the week ending July 5, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting election workers ahead of this year’s elections, visiting the CDC to discuss maternal mortality and federal funding’s impact on public health, improving affordable housing in rural areas, and helping Georgia farmers export more pecans.
July 8, 2024 The Brunswick News
Room to grow: Ossoff seeks money to expand Trident facility
Gordon Jackson reports, the command responsible for maintaining ballistic missile submarines at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay needs to expand. Trident Refit Facility is preparing for the arrival of the new fleet of Columbia-class submarines in 2028, while still maintaining a fleet of Ohio-class, ballistic missile submarines.
July 8, 2024 11 Alive
Yes, Georgia landlords are banned from charging three months’ rent as a security deposit
Jennifer Bellamy and Kelsey Stanger report, things may be getting more affordable in some areas in Georgia and some other states. As of May, prospective tenants saw a slight drop in rent prices because the supply of units in the Atlanta area was outpacing demand due to construction.
July 8, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.
Ross Williams and Stanley Dunlap report, Georgians are logging into hot new apps intended to help find people in your area, but they’re not going to help you spark romance, hitch a ride, or order dinner. The age of technologically-assisted mass voter challenges is well upon us, and these tools could have a major impact on the 2024 elections.
July 8, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Artificial intelligence to affect broad range of public services
Dave Williams reports that Georgia lawmakers may or may not develop legislation this summer and fall to establish state standards for regulating emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology. But one certainty that became clear from the inaugural hearing of a state Senate study committee late last month is that AI will dramatically affect a wide range of government policy areas, from economic development to health care, education, public safety and transportation.
July 8, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Biden faces a volatile stretch as the first lady heads to Georgia
Greg Bluestein reports that President Joe Biden is entering one of the toughest stretches of his political career as he faces intensifying calls from Democrats to withdraw from the November race. The volatile week begins Monday when first lady Jill Biden — who has been adamant that her husband stay in the race — arrives in Columbus to rally supporters.
