Georgia Trend Daily – April 29, 2025
April 29, 2025 Georgia.gov
Gov. Kemp Signs Bills Strengthening Georgia Workforce Development
Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) leadership, and members of the Georgia General Assembly signed legislation strengthening the state’s workforce pipeline at the TCSG Leadership Summit. Building on recent measures that connect Georgians with career opportunities, each of the bills signed by the Governor further opened pathways for learners of all ages to receive the skills and knowledge they need to succeed.
April 29, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
40 Under 40 Nominations Close Tomorrow
Staff reports, each year Georgia Trend honors 40 of the state’s best and brightest under the age of 40. Whether you know someone who’s making a difference on the national stage or is a mover and shaker in his or her corner of the state, if they are under 40 years old as of October 1, 2025, we want to hear about them.
April 29, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BlackRock invests $1 million in Georgia workforce training
Jason Armesto reports that Georgia’s technical schools are getting a $1 million investment to help increase the state’s construction and manufacturing workforce. The Technical College System of Georgia, which oversees 22 schools, has been awarded the two-year grant by the BlackRock Foundation, the social impact arm of the world’s largest asset management company.
April 29, 2025 WSB Radio
UPS weighing partnership with robotics startup to use fleet of humanoid robots
Staff reports that Atlanta-based company UPS is now in talks with the robotics startup Figure AI to use humanoid robots for some tasks in the logistics giant’s networks.The exact functions those human-like 5’6” robots would handle are not clear.
April 29, 2025 The Current
Ossoff vows to fight Medicaid cuts as possible funding cuts loom
Jeffrey Woolverton reports that U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has vowed to fight cuts to Medicaid, just days before a congressional committee begins weighing drastic cuts to the program that provides nearly-free health care coverage for roughly 80 million poor and disabled Americans, including millions of children.
April 29, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Dallas | Paulding: Harvesting Success
Rachel Wallenstein reports, opportunities abound in Paulding County, where job offerings are about to take off. The county in northwest Metro Atlanta is home to Chattahoochee Technical College’s 55,000-square-foot Aviation Training Academy, which opened in April 2024.
April 29, 2025 State Affairs
What the end of COVID-19 aid means for state-funded schools, child care
Beau Evans reports, Sen. Blake Tillery made a startling pronouncement when he presented the state’s latest multibillion-dollar budget last month. The Vidalia Republican, who heads budget writing as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pitched a roughly $67.2 billion spending plan for the year starting July 1 that shrunk funding for state agencies by nearly $8 billion compared to the prior fiscal year.
April 29, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Kemp signs bills on transgender athletes, school safety and other education issues
Ty Tagami reports, transgender students born male can no longer participate on female teams in Georgia’s schools and colleges now that Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a ban passed by the General Assembly. On Monday, Kemp inked his signature on seven bills, including the Riley Gaines Act of 2025.
April 29, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Kemp signs bills requiring school panic buttons, ban on trans girls in Georgia school sports
Ross Williams reports that a bill aimed at boosting safety in Georgia schools and another banning transgender girls from girls’ school sports teams were among a raft of priority education legislation signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp Monday. “As the parents of three daughters, (First lady Marty Kemp) and I know just how important it is to keep our children safe and to give them the best possible start in life,” Kemp said.
April 29, 2025 Walton Tribune
McMain to run for State Senate in 2026
Chris Bridges reports that local entrepreneur and longtime Georgia resident Marc McMain has announced he will be running for the Georgia State Senate to represent District 46, which includes portions of Barrow, Clarke, Oconee, Walton and Gwinnett Counties. McMain enters the race following the decision by current Senator Bill Cowsert to run for Georgia Attorney General.
April 19, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Bottoms forms gubernatorial campaign committee
Dave Williams reports that former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is forming an exploratory committee ahead of a potential run for governor next year. “I am honored by the encouragement I have received as I considered running for governor,” Bottoms wrote in a prepared statement released Monday.
April 29, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
100 days in, Donald Trump’s Georgia allies couldn’t be happier
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, as President Donald Trump marks 100 days in office this week, he’s ushered in a wave of changes that go far beyond the typical transitions of power in Washington. He’s fundamentally reordered global diplomacy. He’s started to dismantle the federal bureaucracy and warred with the justice system.
