Georgia Trend Daily – Sept. 9, 2025
Sept. 9, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Anheuser-Busch to invest $9.2M in Cartersville plant
Staff reports that Anheuser-Busch announced a new $9.2 million investment in its Cartersville brewery. The investment will go toward upgrading brewing equipment to fuel increased production of Michelob ULTRA.
Sept. 9, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Ups, Downs and In-betweens
Kenna Simmons reports that primary ballots got longer in August as more candidates entered statewide races. On the Democratic side, Michael Thurmond announced his run for governor. His extensive resume includes serving as CEO of DeKalb County for two terms and as state labor commissioner for three terms; he ran for U.S. Senate in 2010 and lost to incumbent Republican Johnny Isakson.
Sept. 9, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s ‘exciting to be in Atlanta,’ Etihad Airways CEO says
Emma Hurt reports, a few months ago, Etihad Airways became the newest airline to fly into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. After the July launch with four flights per week, it will move to daily flights in November.
Sept. 9, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Inside $223 million deal bringing 524 jobs to Columbus. Who gets what from whom?
Jordyn Paul Slater reports that on Sept. 3, the Ledger-Enquirer reported that JS Link America, a U.S.-owned subsidiary of Korean biotechnology company JS Link, will invest $223 million to create a rare-earth permanent magnet facility in Columbus. The L-E obtained the inducement agreement, inducement resolution and project agreement documents signed by the Development Authority of Columbus and JS Link America.
Sept. 9, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Czech Manufacturer Opens New Turbojet Engine Plant and Headquarters in Roswell
Trevor Williams reports that Czech manufacturer PBS Aerospace has opened mass production of turbojet engines in Roswell, marking a new phase in its investment journey that officials said will help the U.S. and its allies better address present-day threats. The company, based in Prague with its main factory in Velká Bíteš, Czech Republic, announced last year that it would invest $20 million to set up local production in the United States.
Sept. 9, 2025 Gainesville Times
Gainesville drug company is undergoing a $20M expansion. What that means for jobs
Jeff Gill reports that a Gainesville pharmaceutical company is undergoing a $20 million expansion it expects will increase its workforce by 10%. Bend Bioscience is adding 12,000 square feet to its 120,000-square-foot site at 1300 Gould Drive off McEver Road near the Free Chapel North Campus.
Sept. 9, 2025 Augusta Chronicle
Green is good: Columbia County’s new hospital chief brings wealth of military experience
Joe Hotchkiss reports, a retired U.S. Army colonel who helped command Fort Gordon’s hospital will be the first administrator for Columbia County’s new hospital when it opens in 2026. Nelson So this week was named chief operating officer of Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center by Wellstar Health System.
Sept. 9, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Rules around construction of private recreational docks in Georgia’s wetlands raise concerns
Jillian Magtoto reports, Georgia’s grassy mane may just be pageant-perfect: 100 miles long and half a million acres of marshlands thick, the state’s coast harbors the second-largest salt marsh in the country. But its iconic hairline is receding, and its roots are thinning.
Sept. 9, 2025 WABE
Georgia biologists study impacts of left-behind fish hooks on at-risk species
Marisa Mecke reports, in a shallow, shady, pebbly stream in North Georgia, Thomas Floyd trudges through waist-deep water. He reaches the middle of the stream and begins yanking a black milk crate out of the silt. Floyd serves as a biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and these milk crates are being used to study how long fish hooks stay sharp and rust-free in the wild.
Sept. 9, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald
The world’s deadliest animal is probably outside your Georgia home. See what the CDC says
Miguel Legoas reports that Georgia is home to several venomous snakes, fast-moving birds of prey, and the swamp alphas known as alligators. However, last month, the CDC released an article calling the mosquito the world’s deadliest animal, killing more people than any other creature in the world through a variety of diseases.
Sept. 9, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Legislator says Hyundai reps told him there were no illegal workers at the megasite
Latrice Williams reports that leaders in Bryan County have spoken out after Homeland Security Investigtion (HSI) and Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) conducted what they have called the largest single site raid in the history of the agency at the Hyundai megasite in Ellabell. State legislator Jesse Petrea, who serves a portion of Bryan County in House District 166, said Thursday afternoon just hours after the raid that Hyundai representatives had previously assured him that every person working at the site had legal citizenship.
Sept. 9, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Open attorney general seat in 2026 sets off competitive race to be Georgia’s next top cop
Niles Frances reports that the upcoming race for governor won’t be the only wide-open constitutional office on the ballot next year. In addition to choosing Georgia’s next chief executive, lieutenant governor (and possibly Secretary of State), voters will also be selecting the state’s next attorney general.
Sept. 9, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Republicans criticize Jon Ossoff for campaigning on veterans law
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, during U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s media blitz in August, he championed the passage of a bill he supported aimed to help veterans avoid foreclosure. Now, Republicans are accusing him of taking credit for legislation he wasn’t directly involved in.
