Georgia Trend Daily – July 26, 2024
July 26, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Electric ‘air taxis’ built in GA could offer a rideshare option in big cities. Here’s when
Hunter reports that a billion-dollar company wants to replace taxis and rideshare apps such as Uber and Lyft with an electric helicopter service, and they plan to make the choppers in Georgia. California-based air taxi tech company Archer Aviation will soon manufacture its electric helicopters, which they call “eVTOL’s” –electric vertical take off and landing – in Covington.
July 26, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Be THE Voice
Candice Dyer reports, Debbie Cwalina grew up with a brother who was developmentally delayed. “He was so isolated, one of those kids who sat alone in the cafeteria,” she recalls. “So I changed my schedule so I could sit with him, and I invited other friends, and soon he had a rotating cast of friends. It taught me that one small gesture of inclusion can change the trajectory of someone’s life.”
July 26, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Report: Chinese electric truck manufacturer plans Georgia factory
Zachary Hansen reports that Chinese electric truck startup Windrose plans to open a manufacturing plant for its fleet of semi-trucks in Georgia, according to Reuters. Windrose founder and CEO Wen Han told the news outlet Friday it would build its first U.S. factory to assemble truck chassis and other Chinese-made vehicle parts into semi-trucks for the American market.
July 26, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Tourism Minister: Georgia Key to Barbados’s Outreach as Delta Flight Prepares for Takeoff
Trevor Williams reports, as Barbados aims to further capitalize on growing American tourism arrivals to the eastern Caribbean island, Georgia has emerged as a pivotal location to tell its story to native “Bajans” and prospective visitors alike. That’s largely because Delta Air Lines is set to launch a daily nonstop flight to Barbados from Atlanta on Nov. 23 after a seven-year hiatus.
July 26, 2024 Gwinnett Daily Post
Gwinnett County receives 31 national achievement awards
Staff reports, Gwinnett County has once again set the standard as a national benchmark community, earning 31 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards for programs implemented in 2023. This achievement surpasses the previous record of 22 awards from last year and is the highest for the County since the program began more than 50 years ago.
July 26, 2024 Albany Herald
Mercer University to receive funds for use in cancer research
Staff reports that Congressman Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., has announced a $176,238 grant awarded to Mercer University from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Exploratory Award Program is administered by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a part of the National Institutes of Health.
July 26, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Judge Orders New Cobb Commission Elections Over Map Dispute
Hunter Riggall reports that Cobb County Superior Court judge has ordered new elections for Districts 2 and 4 of the Board of Commissioners after finding the county did not have the right to draw its own electoral districts. In a Thursday ruling, Judge Kellie Hill agreed that the Board of Commissioners did not have the authority to supplant a commission map passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp with a map of their own.
July 26, 2024 State Affairs
Professionals still face licensing delays amid state’s transition to online system
Nava Rawls reports that Georgia’s professionals and business owners are still struggling to obtain professional licenses in a timely manner. As the Secretary of State’s Office rolls out its new Georgia Online Application Licensing System to expedite the process, the efficiency of this new process is being put to the test.
July 26, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Ossoff-backed bill banning stock trading for presidents, vice presidents, Congress members advances
Jill Nolan reports that a bipartisan proposal that would ban elected members of Congress and the executive branch from trading stocks while in office advanced out of a U.S. Senate committee this week but faces concerns from some GOP senators over its reach. The bill passed out of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with an 8-to-4 vote Wednesday.
July 26, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Kamala Harris to visit Georgia in first visit as the presumptive Democratic nominee
Melissa Cruz reports that Vice President Kamala Harris is making a campaign stop in Atlanta next week, her first trip to Georgia since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden exited the race on Sunday. The Georgia press secretary for Harris for President confirmed the visit with USA TODAY, saying it will take place on Tuesday, July 30.
July 26, 2024 State Affairs
Controversy over AP African American Studies class grows
Tammy Joyner reports, while Rashad Brown prepares to start teaching his Advanced Placement African American Studies on Aug. 1 with the financial backing of Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods is busy addressing the controversy that erupted from his unilateral decision to drop it from curriculum. Educators and lawmakers are looking for answers from Woods — as is Gov. Brian Kemp, who sent a letter Wednesday night with 10 questions intent on getting to the heart of the matter.
July 26, 2024 Capitol Beat News
State health coverage commission begins work
Dave Williams reports that a newly created state commission looking for ways to improve health-care access and quality for low-income uninsured Georgians held its kickoff meeting Thursday. The nine-member Georgia Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission was authorized in legislation the General Assembly passed this year overhauling Georgia’s “certificate-of-need” (CON) law governing hospital construction and new medical services.
July 26, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s gun industry hopes for big sales year amid national election
Jeremy Redmon reports that Lu Li didn’t believe it when his father-in-law told him former President Donald Trump had narrowly survived an assassination attempt this month. That was until Li saw televised news coverage confirming the shooting.
