Georgia Trend Daily – May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025 Georgia.gov
Kemp: April Net Tax Revenues Down 5.8%; Adjusted YTD Down 0.6%
Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in April approached $3.73 billion, for a decrease of $230.4 million, or 5.8%, compared to FY 2024, when net tax collections totaled $3.96 billion for the month. April 2025 individual and corporate income tax collections were impacted by the hurricane-related extension of filing and payment deadlines to May 1, 2025.
May 13, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
A Fresh Fueling Stop
Kathleen Conway reports that a popular convenience store, headquartered in Massachusetts and known for its freshly prepared food, is making its way to Georgia. Nouria Energy, a family-owned company, has gas stations, convenience stores and car washes in 250 locations across New England and wants to create a footprint in the Southeast.
May 13, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta ranks 9th most affordable city, but capital living still ain’t cheap
Hunter Boyce reports that according to financial services website Motley Fool Money, Georgia’s capital is one of the most affordable major cities in the United States right now. But in 2025, living in Atlanta still ain’t cheap.
May 13, 2025 WABE
What’s powering Atlanta’s data center growth – and what it means for you
Marlon Hyde, DorMiya Vance, Marisa Mecke, Emily Jones and Rahul Bali report, data centers are a big and growing business in Georgia — to some, they might seem to be popping up on every corner like Waffle Houses all around the metro area. The warehouse-like facilities power our online lives, and state and some local communities have welcomed this development boom that has ramped up in recent years.
May 13, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Kemp inks workforce development bills
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp signed a package of bills Monday aimed at strengthening Georgia’s workforce. House Bill 192, which the General Assembly passed this year with just two “no” votes, codifies into state law the Georgia MATCH program, a direct university and technical college admissions program created in 2023.
May 13, 2025 Cartersville Daily-Tribune
Anheuser-Busch’s production of emergency drinking water reaches 100 million cans
Marie Nesmith reports that Anheuser-Busch is celebrating its 100th million can of emergency drinking water. The manufacturer, which accomplished this feat April 30, has helped provide water to disaster-stricken areas since 1988.
May 13, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Bordeau Metals Hearing Set for Thursday Morning
Adam Carey reports that the federal judge overseeing lawsuits between Bordeau Metals and others has scheduled a hearing for Thursday morning, May 15, at 9:30 a.m. in the Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse on First Street. U.S. District Judge William Ray will conduct a hearing with all parties involved in the ongoing litigation between Bordeau Metals, the residents of The Trail neighborhood and Floyd County officials.
May 13, 2025 The Brunswick News
Judge Bert Guy appointed president of judges council
Staff reports that Glynn County Superior Court Judge Bert Guy Jr. took the role of president of the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia on May 1. He will serve through April 30, 2026. Guy has served as a Superior Court judge in Brunswick since Jan. 1, 2017.
May 13, 2025 The Current
Carter highlights Trump support, trans stance as he appeals for US Senate vote
Jabari Gibbs reports that U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter made his first public appearance in Coastal Georgia as a U.S. Senate candidate on Monday, telling an audience of Republican women that he is the “MAGA warrior” best positioned to defeat Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff next year.
May 13, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Kemp inks workforce development bills
Ross Williams reports that Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King has joined the race to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff in next year’s midterm election. n social media posts announcing his run Monday, King emphasized his military and law enforcement background.
May 13, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Schools prepare to ban cellphones through eighth grade, with new law taking effect
Ty Tagami reports that schools across Georgia will have to figure out how to pry cellphones from students’ hands next year now that a new ban will be taking effect. House Bill 340 prohibits personal communications devices in public school classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade.
May 13, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brian Kemp to sign bill aiming to keep intellectually disabled off death row
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Gov. Brian Kemp’s two terms in Georgia’s top job have been marked by a return to tough-on-crime policies that his predecessor largely avoided. But the Republican is also taking a page out of former Gov. Nathan Deal’s playbook with a pair of bills this week that champion criminal justice changes.
