Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 22, 2024
Nov. 22, 2024 Georgia.org
Irving Tissue to Expand, Invest $600 Million
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Thursday announced that Irving Tissue will add at least 100 new jobs as part of a nearly $600 million expansion at its Macon facility. Company President Robert K. Irving, Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller and other state and local leadership celebrated the announcement at Irving Tissue’s fifth anniversary celebration in Macon.
Nov. 22, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Catching up with… Larry Williams
Karen Kirkpatrick reports, as the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) celebrates its 25th anniversary, Larry Williams, TAG’s president and CEO, looks back over the tremendous changes that have occurred in the tech ecosystem and what lies ahead.
Nov. 22, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hyundai’s IONIQ 9 reveal highlights energy and aspiration behind EV push
Zachary Hansen reports, it was a reveal with the grandiosity of a golden-age Hollywood premier. With Beverly Hills as its backdrop Wednesday, Hyundai Motor Group unveiled its IONIQ 9 electric three-row SUV, which is set to be manufactured at the company’s new Georgia factory.
Nov. 22, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Atlanta International School Opens Applications for Sandy Springs Campus, Introduces New Boarding Option
Leigh Villegas reports that Atlanta International School (AIS) is now accepting applications for its new Sandy Springs Upper School campus, which will welcome high school students in grades 9-12 for the 2025-26 academic year, beginning in August 2025.
Nov. 22, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
‘Invisible to the outside world’: IT business proposes hidden Columbia County data center
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a Columbia County entrepreneur needs zoning changed on a piece of family property to establish a privately concealed cybersecurity business and data center. Applicant Zachary Lewallen and property owners David L. and Faye Lewallen have asked Columbia County planners to change almost 4 acres on Ray Owens Road from RA, residential agricultural, to an S-1 special zoning to construct a private office for Hypertek Solutions.
Nov. 22, 2024 The Brunswick News
Vessel speed rule in limbo as right whale calving season begins
Michael Hall reports that a proposed federal rule seeking to limit speeds of ocean-going vessels 35-feet and longer during the annual North Atlantic right whale calving season is awaiting final action by the Biden administration. The rule remains in limbo as the whales begin their migration south from feeding grounds off the coast of New England and Canada.
Nov. 22, 2024 GPB
Georgia will see more natural disasters. How are state leaders preparing for the next one?
Sofi Gratas reports that Clinch County is just one of nearly three dozen counties devastated by Hurricane Helene. Just like other areas in the storm’s path, people are still not back on their feet almost two months later.
Nov. 22, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Georgia Senate study panel considers restrictions on trans women’s college sports participation
Ross Williams reports that a Georgia Senate study committee that bills itself as tasked with protecting women’s sports met Thursday for the last time before it is set to release recommendations before next year’s legislative session, and transgender Georgians are bracing themselves. At Thursday’s hearing, transgender women and allies argued that vanishingly few transgender women participate in school sports, and those who do are largely not at the top of the competitive heap.
Nov. 22, 2024 WABE
Georgia disbands Maternal Mortality Committee after leak of confidential information
Jess Mador reports that the Georgia Department of Public Health is disbanding a board that tracks critical maternal mortality health data. The move follows a state probe into a leak of confidential information to the national investigative news outlet ProPublica, which recently reported on two deaths linked to Georgia’s abortion restrictions. The Maternal Mortality Review Committee’s members include dozens of doctors, nurses, epidemiologists and other maternal health experts, who investigate every single reported maternal death in Georgia within a year of pregnancy.
Nov. 22, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Study committee proposal allocates $5 million to study MDMA, psilocybin for PTSD treatment
Maya Homan reports that the Senate Study Committee on Veterans’ Mental Health and Housing presented its recommendations for the upcoming legislative session at a Wednesday meeting, urging state officials to allocate $5 million for research on how drugs like MDMA and psilocybin can be used to treat PTSD. Psychedelic drugs like MDMA (more commonly known as ecstasy) and psilocybin (a compound found in certain forms of mushrooms) are increasingly being used in clinical settings to treat a variety of mental health issues.
Nov. 22, 2024 Rome News-Tribune, CQ-Roll Call
Rep. Greene To Helm New ‘DOGE’ Subcommittee In House
David Lerman reports that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Thursday she will chair a new House Oversight subcommittee to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency to cut spending and streamline government.
Nov. 22, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Audit confirms Trump carried Georgia
Dave Williams reports that a statewide audit of the Nov. 5 presidential election in Georgia found minor discrepancies but nothing that would alter Republican Donald Trump’s victory in the Peach State over Democrat Kamala Harris. A hand count of randomly selected ballots in all 159 counties gave Trump 11 more votes than he received from the machine count after the polls closed on Election Night, while Harris received six fewer votes.
Nov. 22, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s Chris Carr is already running for governor. Is it too soon?
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report that Attorney General Chris Carr’s unusually early entrance into the governor’s race kicks off Georgia’s 2026 campaign season hardly two weeks after the 2024 race ended. It may also be testing the patience of the fellow Republican he wants to succeed.
