Georgia Trend Daily – July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Environmentalists ask state PSC to pause Georgia Power’s plan to use more natural gas
Stanley Dunlap reports that Atlanta resident Jean Millkey told state regulators Wednesday she has come to grips with her belief that Georgia Power is probably not acting in the best interests of its customers who continue to see their electric bills rise. She spoke to the Georgia Public Service Commission on Wednesday as the five-member panel held a certification hearing on Georgia Power’s plan to build three methane gas and oil burning units that company officials contend is urgently needed to meet the state’s rapidly growing industrial development demands.
July 25, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Georgia Trend Columnist Recognized
Kathleen Conway reports that the Atlanta Business League has honored Georgia Trend columnist Tharon Johnson with its Entrepreneur of the Year award. Johnson is founder and CEO of Paramount Consulting Group, a bipartisan, Atlanta-based government affairs and communications firm, serving clients in both political and corporate sectors.
July 24, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mayor Dickens names new adviser on minority business development
Mirtha Donastorg reports that Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has tapped longtime business and political consultant David Brand to advise him on how to involve more minority-owned businesses in the city’s growth, the mayor announced Wednesday at the city Pension Investment Board meeting. Brand is the chief executive of MSG Public Affairs, has worked for President Joe Biden and is the chair of the city’s pension board.
July 25, 2024 Saporta Report
Dan Cathy suspends plans for Midtown connector park over expressway
Marie Saporta reports that Doug Hooker, CEO of Connector Park Foundation Inc., issued a statement Tuesday afternoon saying the project was on hold because of a lack of government support. Dan Cathy, chairman of Chick-fil-A, started a foundation for Atlanta’s Connector Park seven years ago.
July 25, 2024 Rough Draft Atlanta
Atlanta native Coco Gauff named Team USA female flag bearer
Madison Auchincloss reports that US Open champion Coco Gauff, 20, will carry the flag for Team USA at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday alongside LeBron James. Gauff, who is originally from Atlanta, will be the first U.S. tennis player to carry the flag.
July 25, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Georgia River Network launches livestreams to showcase recreational, natural value of waterways
Josephine Johnson reports, whether it’s the Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Ocmulgee, or any of the more than 70,000 river miles flowing through the state’s vast network of waterways, residents and visitors alike love fishing, floating, and paddling on them. So much so that according to a 2021 U.S. Bureau of Economics report, recreation on the state’s rivers accounts for at least $763 million of revenue each year.
July 25, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
A 211-mile trail from Athens to Savannah will soon break ground. Here are the first steps
Vanessa Countryman reports, the official groundbreaking for the 211-mile trail from Athens to Savannah is 11 a.m. Saturday at 1200 Bartow Road in Sandersville. The celebration will take place following the annual Sandersville Sizzler 5K Trail Run and MTB Race.
July 25, 2024 The Brunswick News
Sapelo zoning referendum set as County officially files to stop it
Michael Hall reports that McIntosh County asked a Superior Court Judge on Monday to stop the referendum process that began July 9 when a group of Sapelo Island residents petitioned the Probate Court seeking a vote that could repeal a Hog Hammock zoning ordinance. Probate Court Judge Harold Webster, less than 36 hours after the county filed in Superior Court seeking a writ of prohibition, issued an order setting the countywide referendum for Oct. 1.
July 25, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia governor questions state school chief’s thinking after AP African American studies nixed
Ross Williams reports that three days after she finished a summer training course to teach advanced placement African American studies, Gwinnett County teacher Mallory Fannin said she found out she would not be teaching that class. “I’ve already been planning, creating. My students were already in my roster,” she said.
July 25, 2024 New York Times
Biden and Georgia Are Waging a Fight Over Medicaid and the Future of Obamacare
Noah Weiland reports that Affordable Care Act was once a potent electoral issue that could swing campaigns with its more familiar moniker, Obamacare. But the 2010 health law did not factor into last week’s Republican National Convention.
July 25, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Woods defends dropping AP African American studies course
Dave Williams reports that State School Superintendent Richard Woods Wednesday defended his decision not to recommend adding an Advanced Placement African American studies course to the state’s curriculum offerings during the upcoming school year. Woods’ decision, which was announced Tuesday, drew a barrage of criticism from education groups and Democrats, who argued that failing to move forward with an AP course that was piloted in several school districts this year would deny students an inclusive education that tells the full history of America.
July 25, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Geoff Duncan endorses Kamala Harris and says he is ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’
Caleb Groves reports, in an interview Wednesday on “Politically Georgia,” former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said he would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump. In May, Duncan, a lifelong Republican, endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, and as the president stepped aside to endorse Harris, Duncan continues to back the Democratic Party in hopes of getting the GOP “back on track” away from Trump’s MAGA base.
