Georgia Trend Daily – July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Georgia Milestones test scores show post-pandemic improvement
Dave Williams reports that students showed continued improvement in the latest Georgia Milestones tests that cratered during the pandemic, the state Department of Education (DOE) reported Friday. The 2023-24 results showed scores increased or held steady in 10 of 13 assessments in English/language arts (ELA), science, and social studies.
July 29, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
MANA Nutrition: Fighting World Hunger with Georgia Peanuts
Susana Hills reports, in 2016, Georgia Trend reported on MANA Nutrition’s efforts to bring carefully formulated (Georgia) peanut paste to 40 countries experiencing severe acute malnutrition. Today, MANA Nutrition‘s warehouse facility in Fitzgerald, GA has the capacity each day to produce 121,000 pounds of MANA, a “ready-to-use therapeutic food” (RUTF) composed of peanut paste, milk, and a special mix of vitamins and minerals.
July 29, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Capital B Atlanta
The push for more Black pilots gets federal funding boost
Chancey Alcorn reports that Justin Mutawassim’s dream of becoming a pilot took flight 22 years ago when, at age 5, he stepped on a plane for the first time during a family trip to Disney World. Today, the Atlanta resident is a pilot for Delta Air Lines, a career opportunity that has elevated his economic prospects.
July 29, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald
Officials may use ARPA funds for workforce initiatives
Jim Thompson reports that Athens-Clarke County commissioners recently were briefed on a draft proposal calling for a $1.2 million outlay of federal dollars for local economic development programming. The Business Development and Workforce Support Task Force, cochaired by Commissioners Carol Myers and Tiffany Taylor, is proposing to use the funding for seven initiatives.
July 29, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Federal officials have recommended $2.8 million in funding for a proposed project to restore
John Deem reports that federal officials have recommended $2.8 million in funding for a proposed project to restore oyster reefs and salt marshes around the world’s only intact, documented Saltwater Geechee community. Under the plan, the University of Georgia Research Foundation would work with members of Sapelo Island’s historic Hogg Hammock community, originally settled by freed slaves, to “restore essential fish habitat and increase community flood protection” in an area threatened by climate-driven.
July 29, 2024 WABE
Georgians aim to cut construction waste by reusing materials
Emily Jones reports, at the Re:Purpose Savannah warehouse on the coastal city’s east side, staff and volunteers spent a recent morning unloading wooden panels from a pickup truck, reglazing old windows and using a metal detector to find and pull out nails in used wood. “The materials come from the historic buildings that we lovingly deconstruct,” explained Jordan Lynch, the organization’s salvage manager.
July 29, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Mapping Tool Documents Use of Georgia’s Rivers and Streams by Recreational Paddlers
Staff reports that Georgia legislators meeting later this year to solve the prickly issue of which streams in the state should be open to the public for recreation will have another tool to inform the debate thanks to a coalition of outdoor recreation organizations. The tool is an online map that allows river users to document which sections of rivers and streams they have boated upon in the past. Interested boaters can input their trips at: https://arcg.is/1Dr95C1
July 29, 2024 The Brunswick News
First smalltooth sawfish in 16 years seen in St. Marys River
Gordon Jackson reports that an endangered smalltooth sawfish has been confirmed in the St. Marys River for the first time in 16 years. University of North Florida researchers caught, tagged and released the 9.9-foot fish on July 16 while surveying shark populations in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
July 29, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia schools chief clarifies that advanced African American studies still offered
Ross Williams reports that students across Georgia have gotten their schedules and supply lists and are preparing to head back to school as early as this week. But the culture war does not respect the school calendar or the ringing of the class bell, and this year’s fight over how to discuss race in the classroom is already underway after state superintendent Richard Woods did not recommend advanced placement African American studies for course approval.
July 29, 2024 Albany Herald
Georgia Chamber opens nominations for Rural Awards
Staff reports that the Georgia Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday the nominations process for the inaugural Georgia Chamber Rural Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts of individuals, businesses, organizations, programs and communities that have implemented innovative strategies and mission-based initiatives to address challenges and promote prosperity in Georgia’s rural areas.
July 29, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia election board sets July 30 online meeting after state attorney general flagged last vote
Stanley Dunlap reports that Georgia State Election Board will meet for the first time since several conservative board members advanced election rules at a meeting on July 12 that has come under fire for allegedly violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act. According to the notice and agenda for the recently scheduled State Election Board’s virtual meeting on July 30, the five-member panel will confirm the business conducted during the meeting on July 9 and move any unfinished business to the Aug. 6 meeting.
July 29, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PG A.M.: Harris campaign centers on abortion issue with Georgia voters
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Van Brimmer report, abortion rights activist Hadley Duvall played a pivotal role in Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s 2023 reelection bid. She also taped an ad for President Joe Biden. And on Sunday, she trekked to Atlanta to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.
