Georgia Trend Daily – Oct. 28, 2024
Oct. 28, 2024 Capitol Beat News
State to roll out Georgia Access health insurance exchange
Dave Williams reports that for more than a decade, Georgians have been able to sign up for health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the federal government’s healthcare.gov website. That’s about to change.
Oct. 28, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Athens | Clarke County: A Melting Pot
Karen Kirkpatrick reports, as the home of Georgia’s flagship university, it can be tempting to think of Athens as just a college town. That does a disservice to the community with its world-class bioscience companies, cutting-edge healthcare and the fun to be had in its walkable downtown, music offerings and beer trail.
Oct. 28, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia wood pellet mill abandons expansion, environmentalists drop challenge
Meris Lutz reports, the owner of a Middle Georgia wood pellet mill has apparently abandoned plans to pursue a significant expansion following a legal challenge by environmentalists. Earlier this year, Telfair Forest Products in Lumber City received approval from the state Environmental Protection Division to nearly double their allowable emissions of hazardous air pollutants.
Oct. 28, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
The DOE is banking on Georgia electric companies to test new power grid technologies
Kala Hunter reports that power companies across the U.S., including in Georgia, have to deal with outdated infrastructure when they’re trying to provide reliable and clean energy sources, hindering progress. In many cases, there are simply not enough transmission lines, or conductors, which experts say stall new renewable energy projects from coming online.
Oct. 28, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Italian Firm to Invest $15M South of Augusta
Trevor Williams reports, just a year after its initial foray into Georgia, an Italian provider of transformers is set to invest $15.3 million and hire 110 people at a new factory in Waynesboro over the next five years. TMC Transformers USA Inc. has been present in the state since early 2023 and is expanding already thanks to increased demand for “dry-type transformers,” medium- and low-voltage devices installed in places where liquid cooling is not an option.
Oct. 28, 2024 Gainesville Times
Gainesville community celebrates Susannah Frost, new Chick-fil-A president
Greg Finan Jr. reports that the Hub at Gainesville High School was abuzz with excitement on Thursday evening, October 24, as community members gathered to honor one of their own: Susannah Frost, the new president of Chick-fil-A. The event celebrated Frost’s career trajectory but also reflected a close-knit Gainesville community.
Oct. 28, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Augusta’s historically Black college selects a new president with a thick academic résumé
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a minister and educator with a professional reputation for “transformational leadership in higher education” has been named Paine College’s 16th president. The Rev. Dr. Lester A. McCorn will assume office Jan. 1, the historically Black college announced Thursday.
Oct. 28, 2024 Albany Herald
Exhibit at Thronateeska Heritage Center Museum celebrates U.S. immigration stories
Lucille Lannigan reports that Andrew Sabori’s artwork “The Forgotten Mural” has been traveling around the country for about 16 years and is making its second stop in Albany at the Thronateeska Heritage Center Museums and Planetarium. It’s a recreation of Edward Laning’s 1938 work “The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America,” which originally hung on the walls of a cafeteria in Ellis Island, looking over new immigrants to the U.S. who dined after their voyage.
Oct. 28, 2024 WABE
WABE Investigates how millions of gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Chattahoochee River
Marisa Mecke reports on a 2023 raw sewage spill from a Fulton County water treatment plant that forced officials to close off huge swaths of the Chattahoochee River. How officials handled the situation has left doubts about how seriously authorities take sewage pollution in Atlanta for many of the groups aiming to protect the river.
Oct. 28, 2024 The Brunswick News
Attorney General hires engineering firm to investigate Sapelo gangway collapse
Michael Hall reports that an independent engineering firm will investigate the Sapelo Island gangway collapse at the order of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed on Friday. Carr’s office retained Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates to look into the cause of the collapse of the 80-foot aluminum gangway on Oct. 19 at the Marsh Landing dock on Sapelo Island that left seven people dead and multiple people injured.
Oct. 28, 2024 Milledgeville Union-Recorder
New technology, drones helping Milledgeville police solve crimes
Billy Hobbs reports, state-of-the-art technology and the use of drones are making an incredible difference in how crimes are now being solved in Milledgeville and around the country. Members of Milledgeville City Council were enlightened about such technology and the benefit of drones by officers with the Milledgeville Police Department at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.
Oct. 28, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Homeless people already struggle to vote. Georgia law could make it harder.
Robbie Sequeria reports, civil rights groups say new Georgia voting rules have made it too easy to challenge the eligibility of people living in nursing homes, college dormitories and military facilities, and will make it more difficult for homeless people to register to vote. The new rules are included in a broader law, signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in May, that makes it easier for U.S. citizens to challenge somebody’s eligibility to vote.
Oct. 28, 2024 State Affairs
Over 2.6M Georgians have already voted in next month’s election
Tammy Joyner reports that Georgians last week continued their brisk pace to the polls with nearly 4 in 10 of the state’s active voters having cast ballots in person or by mail by late afternoon Friday. All told, over 2.6 million Georgians — or 36.2% — have cast ballots since early voting began Oct. 15, according to the secretary of state.
Oct. 28, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Any demographic group could sway a tight race in battleground Georgia
Natalie Mendenhall reports that the countdown to Election Day is on, and more than 2 million voters have already cast their ballot in the Peach State for the 2024 election. Our latest polling from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows former President Donald Trump leading Vice President Harris, 47% to 43%.
