Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 20, 2025
Jan. 20, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Speakers at Georgia Capitol mark King holiday celebration with calls for unity
Stanley Dunlap reports, on Friday, Georgia’s top public defender encouraged government officials and the community to continue supporting programs that transform lives during the state’s 40th anniversary celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Federal and Georgia governments will be closed on Monday in observance of the King’s birthday, celebrated every third Monday in January.
Jan. 20, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Madison | Morgan County: Charming and Industrious
Kristen Soles McCracken reports that Madison is known for its stately homes with beautiful gardens lining historic streets. It might seem like a remnant of simpler times, when it was common for people to sit on their front porch and greet neighbors walking by. And to some degree, that’s still accurate.
Jan. 20, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Another mall-sized data center joins metro Atlanta’s crowded pipeline
Zachary Hansen reports, Metro Atlanta’s data center fervor that accelerated to unprecedented levels a few years ago has not lost any steam entering 2025. Preliminary plans for a sprawling nine-building data center campus across 317 acres in Newton County, roughly an hour east of Atlanta, were revealed Thursday in a Development of Regional Impact filing.
Jan. 20, 2025 GPB
Dangerously cold temps move into Georgia, snow possible this week
Staff reports that according to the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, this week’s weather forecast includes dangerously cold air moving into Georgia Sunday night Jan. 19 into Monday, Jan. 20 and lingering through Thursday, Jan. 23. An excessive cold watch has been issued for north Georgia Monday morning.
Jan. 20, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Gov. Kemp to Visit Germany, Poland on Business Mission
Trevor Williams reports that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is set to visit Germany and Poland next week on a weeklong business mission aimed at shoring up relationships with key partners and driving new investment relationships. Mr. Kemp is fresh off local appearances in which he outlined, sometimes emphatically, his legislative and budgetary priorities for 2025.
Jan. 20, 2025 Albany Herald
Phoebe set to open $150 million Trauma and Critical Care Tower
Carlton Fletcher reports, officials with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital showed off the hospital’s new $150 million Trauma and Critical Care Tower Thursday in advance of the facility’s Jan. 15 opening. The new tower, which at more than 53,000 square feet will almost triple the size of Phoebe’s current Emergency Center, will include expanded, state-of-the-art emergency and trauma centers, an expanded neonatal intensive care unit, and a surgical intensive care unit.
Jan. 20, 2025 Georgia.gov
Governor Kemp to Reinforce Economic Partnerships in Germany and Poland
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Friday announced he will lead an international mission to Europe to strengthen existing economic and cultural ties in Germany and Poland while also developing new relationships that will bring further opportunities to hardworking Georgians.
Jan. 20, 2025 Clayton News-Daily
Forest Park Awarded $50,000 Norfolk Southern Grant
Staff reports, through the efforts of its Planning and Community Development Department, the city of Forest Park is getting $50,000 through Norfolk Southern’s Thriving Communities Grant Program. The grant funding will be used to support the city’s multi-million revitalization efforts and improve recreational amenities.
Jan. 20, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Lawsuit charges Houston County with violating Voting Rights Act
Dave Williams reports, the Justice Department has filed a voting rights lawsuit against Houston County challenging its at-large method of electing county commissioners. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court, alleges that electing the five commissioners at large rather than by districts gives Black citizens less opportunity to elect candidates of their choice in violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Jan. 20, 2025 WABE
Guests, tenants or squatters? Lawsuit questions rights of Georgia families in extended-stay hotels
Stephannie Stokes reports, a motel in Gwinnett County called the sheriff to remove several people from its property, alleging they were squatters, but the sheriff refused. The lawsuit that followed has renewed questions about the rights of thousands of families around metro Atlanta who are living in motels, and when they should be considered guests or tenants.
Jan. 20, 2025 11 Alive
House Majority Leader Chuck Efstration talks tax rebates, school safety, and the start of the legislative session
Faith Jessie reports, with a new legislative session underway, Georgia legislators are tackling various issues, from tax rebates to school safety measures and debates over transgender student participation in sports. State Representative Chuck Efstration from the House District 104 spoke with 11Alive in a 1:1 interview.
Jan. 20, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Floyd County Lawmakers to Focus on Budget Hearings This Week
Diane Wagner reports that local lawmakers will spend this week in joint budget hearings, getting reports from agency heads on the ongoing initiatives and upcoming needs of their departments. One of Floyd County’s delegates, state Rep. Matt Barton, R-Calhoun, was appointed last week as secretary of the House Appropriations Committee.
Jan. 20, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Georgia lawmakers to debate pros and cons of data centers
Dave Williams reports that business leaders are gearing up to defend the growing proliferation of power-hungry data centers in Georgia from an expected pushback in the General Assembly by critics worried about the industry’s impact on electric rates. Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed a bill the legislature passed last year that would have temporarily suspended a state sales tax exemption aimed at attracting data centers to Georgia.
Jan. 20, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Trump has proposed steep tariffs. What could that mean for the economy?
J. Scott Trubey, Kelly Yamanouchi and Drew Kann report that as president, Donald Trump has promised more aggressive use of tariffs to bring trade partners and economic competitors to heel — and as a cudgel, supporters say, to bring jobs back to the United States. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods.
