Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 16, 2024
Oct. 16, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Atlanta lands Super Bowl LXII in 2028
Dave Williams reports that Super Bowl LXII will be held in Atlanta in February 2028, the National Football League announced Tuesday. The game will take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which also hosted the Super Bowl in 2019.
Oct. 16, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
History in the Making: A Harris Presidency
Tharon Johnson writes, the United States of America leads the world in innovation, as the birthplace of some of the most incredible technological advancements of the last century. It also remains a cultural powerhouse around the world, with American movies, TV shows and books reaching nearly every country on the planet.
Oct. 16, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s data center campuses keep getting larger as more join the fray
Zachary Hansen reports, imagine a dozen buildings stretching farther than the eye can see, combining to have enough floor space to fill the Mall of Georgia more than twice. Now, fill that space with seemingly endless rows of computer servers that need more electricity than the entire output of one of Plant Vogtle’s two new nuclear reactors.
Oct. 16, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Amazon bringing thousands of jobs to Savannah for the holiday season. Here’s how to apply
Vanessa Countryman reports, Amazon is gearing up for the 2024 holiday season by announcing 12,000 jobs across Georgia, including 8,000 in Atlanta, 1,000 in Jefferson and 2,000 in Savannah. Since 2010, Amazon has created around 34,000 jobs in Georgia and invested $18.5 billion in the state, boosting the economy by an extra $20.1 billion and creating over 44,000 indirect jobs.
Oct. 16, 2024 11 Alive
Buc-ee’s looking to build 4th Georgia store | What we know
Meleah Lyden reports, the popular gas station and store Buc-ee’s is looking to add another location in The Peach State. The company is eyeing Monroe County to open its fourth store in Georgia.
Oct. 16, 2024 Fox 5 Atlanta
Kemp extends emergency declaration in 62 Georgia counties
Staff reports that Gov. Brian Kemp has renewed the state of emergency for several counties in Georgia affected by Helene. The renewal, issued on Oct. 15, extends the emergency declaration for seven days, covering 62 counties.
Oct. 16, 2024 All On Georgia
Georgia Receives Waiver Approval for Mass Replacement of SNAP Benefits
Staff reports, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service approved a waiver to allow for mass replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to Georgians hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. Georgia SNAP recipients in 58 counties will soon automatically receive reimbursement of 75% of their September 2024 SNAP benefits for the food they lost during power outages caused by the storm. No action is needed by SNAP recipients.
Oct. 16, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
NWGA Hunger Ministries Receives Grant From Georgia Power
Rachel Hartdegan reports, Northwest Georgia Hunger Ministries received a $25,000 grant from Georgia Power to help fund its hurricane relief services. Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the ministry has joined the list of Rome organizations providing aid to the areas most impacted by the storms.
Oct. 16, 2024 Savannah Morning News
How might La Nina impact Georgia’s winter outlook? Here’s what the NWS says could happen
Vanessa Countryman reports that Georgia is expected to have a warmer that usual winter this year due to the La Niña weather pattern, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS said that the southern part of the state will be drier than usual.
Oct. 16, 2024 WABE
Local board members in Georgia can’t refuse to certify election results, judge rules
Sam Gringlas reports, local election board members in Georgia cannot refuse to certify election results in any scenario, even if they report concerns about fraud or errors, a state judge ruled Tuesday. “If election superintendents were, as Plaintiff urges, free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, and judge and so — because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud — refuse to certify election results, Georgia voters would be silenced,” Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his decision.
Oct. 16, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Fulton judge strikes down Georgia election board hand-count rule challenged by Cobb County
Stanley Dunlap reports that a Fulton County judge issued a ruling Tuesday night rejecting a Georgia State Election Board’s new ballot hand-count rule from taking effect on the night of Georgia’s Nov. 5 general election. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued the ruling temporarily blocking the new Georgia election board rule challenged in a lawsuit filed by Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration, which argued it would impose onerous new rules onto poll workers during the 2024 election in a closely contested presidential election.
Oct. 16, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia voters motivated by Harris-Trump contest flock to polls in record numbers on first day
Ross Williams and Jill Nolin report, the first day of early voting in Georgia crushed the previous record for in-person turnout, with more than 300,000 people casting a ballot Tuesday. The previous record was 136,000 votes on the first day of advanced voting in 2020, according to Georgia Secretary of State officials.
Oct. 16, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In Georgia, Trump paints dark picture of Democratic policies as early voting starts
Greg Bluestein and Maya T. Prabhu report, racing to win more metro Atlanta votes, former President Donald Trump kicked off the start of Georgia’s early voting Tuesday by pushing a dark view of Democratic immigration policy before a rowdy crowd at Cobb Energy Centre. And he hurled insults at Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats during a Fox News town hall in Forsyth County, where he was pressed to sharpen his stance on abortion before an audience of women in the deep-red exurban area.
