Georgia Trend Daily – July 12, 2024
July 12, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Cobb Population Increases, Regional Residential Growth Declines
Staff reports, more than 6,700 people have moved to Cobb County in the last year, pushing the county’s population to over 792,000, according to the Atlanta Regional Commission. This week, the ARC announced estimates for the 11-county region for the past year, between April 2023 and April 2024.
July 12, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Stabilizing the Transition to Adulthood for Georgia’s Youth that have Aged Out of Foster Care
Bobby Cagle reports, for any teenager standing on the precipice of adulthood, taking the next steps toward independent living can be daunting. This is considerably more challenging for youth entering adulthood without the support of family.
July 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Blue Bird gets $80 million to convert old plant to make electric buses
Michael E. Kanell reports that Blue Bird, the iconic Georgia bus-maker, is receiving $80 million from the federal government as part of a $1.7 billion effort to convert shuttered auto factories into manufacturing and assembly plants making electric vehicles or their parts. The Domestic Auto Manufacturing Conversion Grants program plan is aimed at spurring U.S. production of vehicles that are fueled by electricity, hydrogen or a hybrid that is only partly dependent on the fossil fuels that contribute to climate change.
July 12, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Georgia Tech Hosts Foreign Entrepreneurs Through U.S. State Department Program
Trevor Williams reports, in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, Yevhen Popov is something of an information warrior. Popov is director of civic partnerships and research with Osavul, a Kyiv, Ukraine-based information security startup founded in 2022.
July 12, 2024 Dalton Daily Citizen
Certified Flooring Installers opens new headquarters in Dalton
Staff reports that Certified Flooring Installers announces the opening of its new warehouse and headquarters in Dalton. The facility spans 20,000 square feet, including 2,000 square feet dedicated to office space.
July 12, 2024 The Brunswick News
EPA to provide information on next phase of LCP site cleanup
Michael Hall reports, a plan is coming together to clean groundwater contaminated by Mercury under the LCP Chemicals site in Brunswick, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants feedback before taking the next steps. The EPA recently announced an interim early action cleanup plan for the federal Superfund environmental cleanup site on Ross Road that will address contamination beneath the former chlor-alkali cell building on the 813-acre site.
July 12, 2024 The Current
Savannah to change little-known board after police misconduct cases
Jake Shore reports that Savannah officials are making substantial changes to a little-known employment board following its recent decisions involving police accountability. The reforms to the three-member Civil Service Board, first established in the 1940s, will decrease the unelected board’s power to an advisory role in matters related to demotions, firings and suspensions.
July 12, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia PSC to act on Sandersville Railroad owner’s request to condemn land held by Black owners
Stanley Dunlap reports that a predominantly Black neighborhood in Hancock County has a second chance to stop a railroad company from forcibly taking land to build a rail line extension that is being presented by owners as a major economic boost for the area. The Georgia Public Service Commission has scheduled an Aug. 6 hearing as it considers an appeal filed by a group of Hancock County property owners who are seeking to overturn a recent ruling that permitted the Sandersville Railroad Co. to acquire land through condemnation.
July 12, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Hundreds of Macon students face homelessness. ‘The prices of everything have escalated.’
Myracle Lewis reports that Macon is experiencing a climb in homelessness among public school students, a trend reflected nationwide, according to recent data. By the end of the 2023-2024 school year, 668 Macon students were classified as homeless, said Danielle Jones, the district’s homeless and foster care liaison.
July 12, 2024 GPB
Georgia Today: Calhoun drinking water suit; Warnock proposes Medicaid legislation; U.S. Soccer head
Orlando Montoya and Jake Cook report that the Northwest Georgia city of Calhoun and an environmental group have agreed to settle a lawsuit stemming from the group’s concerns over drinking water. The Coosa River Basin Initiative accused the city of violating federal Clean Water Act standards by processing water containing so-called forever chemicals.
July 12, 2024 State Affairs
Black lawmakers to address voter participation at Atlanta conference
Tammy Joyner reports that Black lawmakers from around the country will meet in Atlanta next month to discuss issues pertinent to their communities, including increasing voter participation ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus will host its annual conference Aug. 2-4 at Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
July 12, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Congress Passes Prison Oversight Bill Sponsored By Ga. Lawmakers
Dave Williams reports that legislation establishing independent oversight of the federal prison system introduced by two members of Georgia’s congressional delegation is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk. The U.S. Senate gave final passage to the bipartisan bill on Wednesday. The House of Representatives already had passed the measure in May. https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/politics/congress-passes-prison-oversight-bill-sponsored-by-ga-lawmakers/article_30c3b3c2-3fba-11ef-a506-8b30bdd1e41d.html
July 12, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kemp, Warnock deliver clashing Medicaid visions for Georgia’s poor
Arial Hart and Greg Bluestein report, Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday delivered an unequivocal message to a room full of the state’s most prominent healthcare executives: Full Medicaid expansion to all poor Georgia adults isn’t happening on his watch in 2025 — and perhaps beyond. In pointed remarks to the Georgia Hospital Association’s annual meeting in Florida, Kemp summoned up comparisons with liberal California’s healthcare policies and warned of a move toward a “single-payer system” in the United Kingdom.
