Georgia Trend Daily – May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 WSB Radio
$14.5M in reimbursements given to Georgia, several states for meat, poultry inspection programs
Miles Montgomery reports that the United States Department of Agriculture announced multi-million dollars in reimbursements for meat and poultry inspection programs to several states including Georgia. Georgia is among several states that will receive $14.5 million in reimbursements for meat and poultry inspection programs, according to Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper.
May 28, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Forsyth County | Abundance of Riches
Linda Erbele reports, Forsyth County has already performed a hat trick: top-ranked schools, high-tech business environment and access to excellent healthcare. But it aims to score even higher.
May 28, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Route cuts force some Southwest loyalists in Atlanta to look elsewhere
Emma Hurt reports it has been a difficult spring for Atlanta’s Southwest Airlines loyalists. The carrier’s new bag fees kick in Wednesday (first checked bag costs $35, the second is $45). And starting in April, the airline reduced its schedule at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport by just over a third.
May 28, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Colombia Targets Atlanta as Top Tourism Market Amid Record U.S. Visitor Traffic
Trevor Williams reports that tourism professionals marketing Colombia as the next paradise destination see Atlanta as a promising source market for travelers eyeing the many charms of the South American nation. ProColombia, the trade and investment agency, hosted an annual conclave of travel-industry professionals in the city last week, citing Atlanta’s growing air lift to Colombia and sizable “niche” markets including its large African American middle class.
May 28, 2025 Augusta Chronicle
This German manufacturer has chosen the Augusta area to start North American operations
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a German manufacturer of pet-food additives has chosen the Augusta area to establish operations in North America. Mikro-Technik GmbH & Co. KG hopes to bring more than two-dozen employees to McCormick County, S.C., with an investment of $3.2 million.
May 28, 2025 The Brunswick News
Kings Bay contractor agreement renewed
Gordon Jackson reports that Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay has so many moving parts, maintenance is comparable to a city. The ballistic missile submarine base employs nearly 10,000 military and civilian workers who are focused on national defense.
May 28, 2025 Georgia Recorder
With PSC hearings pending, critics pan Georgia Power’s plans to increase use of fossil fuels
Stanley Dunlap reports, the Georgia Public Service Commission is set to hold a second round of hearings on Georgia Power’s controversial long-range plans. The five-member utility regulator is set to vote July 15 as the state’s largest utility expects to spend billions of dollars to meet skyrocketing energy demands attributed to new electricity-hogging data centers.
May 28, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Georgia schools accountability agency gets new leader
Ty Tagami reports that a state agency created two decades ago to hold Georgia public schools accountable for student performance will have a new interim leader. Gov. Brian Kemp’s policy director, Ian Caraway, will take over as the interim executive director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement following the retirement of executive director Joy Hawkins, who served in the role for a half dozen years, Kemp’s office said Tuesday.
May 28, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Georgia Secretary of State to rule on Public Service Commission candidate qualification
Stanley Dunlap reports that the Georgia Secretary of State’s office will decide on Wednesday whether Public Service Commission candidate Daniel Blackman can remain on the ballot for the Democratic primary on June 17. On Tuesday, the first day of early voting in two statewide PSC races, Administrative Court Judge Dominic Capraro ruled in an initial decision that Blackman does not meet the residency requirements to be a candidate for a metro Atlanta Public Service Commission seat.
May 28, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Georgia lawmakers to study chronic student absenteeism
Ty Tagami reports that more students have been skipping school since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Georgia lawmakers are looking into the problem. A leading state Senate Republican announced Tuesday that he is forming a committee on the issue.
May 28, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Barbara Rivera Holmes launches bid to keep her job as labor commissioner
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, shortly after Gov. Brian Kemp appointed her as Georgia’s new labor commissioner, Barbara Rivera Holmes wanted to make something clear: she would, without a doubt, run for a full four-year term in 2026. This morning, Rivera Holmes made it official by launching her bid for the statewide seat.
