Georgia Trend Daily – April 13, 2026
April 13, 2026 The Brunswick News
State unemployment rate rose across Georgia in January
Gordon Jackson reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate in January rose in all 12 regional commissions. Officials with the Georgia Department of Labor said the increase across the state reflects historical patterns because many seasonal and holiday-related jobs have come to an end.
April 13, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Prospects for Columbus
Jeffrey Humphreys writes, although my 2026 economic forecasts for Georgia predict little or no job growth, I expect Columbus will see significant job growth, mostly because of its success in landing private-sector economic development projects.
April 13, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Inside Delta’s next $5 billion business
Emma Hurt reports, a fast-growing revenue stream to watch at Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines doesn’t have to do with Sky Clubs, new routes or airplane seats. It has to do with maintaining and fixing engines and airplane parts for other companies — a line of business known as third-party maintenance, repair and overhaul — or MRO.
April 13, 2026 Marietta Daily Journal
Arthur Blank’s women’s soccer club will return to Marietta council
Hunter Riggall reports that Arthur Blank’s professional women’s soccer club has submitted site plans for its planned headquarters to the city of Marietta, and the City Council is set to vote on a rezoning next week. The plans call for a 38,000-square-foot training headquarters, surface parking lots, two full-sized soccer fields and two smaller, U12 size fields for use by youth organizations.
April 13, 2026 GlobalAtlanta.com
Uzbekistan Confirms Atlanta as World Cup Base
Trevor Williams reports that Uzbekistan’s national soccer team has selected Atlanta as its FIFA World Cup base, confirming earlier news reports that the team from Central Asia’s most populous nation would land here. The team will reportedly set up at Atlanta United’s Children’s Healthcare training ground in Marietta, becoming the first squad with one of the eight scheduled matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to also choose metro Atlanta as its headquarters for the duration of the tournament.
April 13, 2026 Rome News-Tribune
Rome to hold public hearing on COAM waiver
Diane Wagner reports, Rome City Commission is expected to decide Monday on a waiver for coin-operated amusement machines, following a public hearing on the issue. The Stop N Go at 400 Calhoun Ave. is located between a home and a church and cannot meet the distance requirements for a license to operate ding-dings within the city limits.
April 13, 2026 Savannah Morning News
Tybee Island’s sand loss threatens sea turtle nesting
Jillian Magtoto reports that Tybee Island beaches have experienced a 60% loss in sand since the last beach renourishment funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2020, according to Tybee Island Mayor Bryan West in a press conference. This year, another renourishment was planned again, until the city learned the funding was cancelled on Monday.
April 13, 2026 The Current
Legal challenge targets Fitz Johnson’s PSC residency
Mary Landers reports, Republican Fitz Johnson is facing a residency challenge to his effort to reclaim his seat on the Public Service Commission. In a complaint filed with the Secretary of State in March, Daniel O’Toole alleged Johnson’s legal residence is in Cobb County, which is outside the boundaries of the District 3 seat Johnson is seeking.
April 13, 2026 WABE
What changes are you seeing to your Georgia state taxes?
Meimei Xu and Rahul Bali report, amid what many have called an affordability crisis, Georgia state lawmakers have introduced and passed a number of bills to reduce or return taxes to Georgians. At the start of the 2026 legislative session, Republicans swung big with proposals to drastically cut income and property taxes.
April 13, 2026 Georgia Press
School zone speed camera regulations pass Legislature
Zoe Seiler reports, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill late on the last day of the legislative session that requires a local referendum to install or renew school zone speed cameras. House Bill 651 passed both chambers in 2025, but did not receive final passage.
April 13, 20206 State Affairs
Kemp’s special session call hangs over Georgia’s ballot chaos
Beau Evans reports, will Gov. Brian Kemp call a special session? That’s the question after lawmakers failed to address an urgent election issue during the 2026 legislative session that wrapped up last week.
April 13, 2026 Georgia Recorder
At Carter-Lewis dinner, Beshear urges Georgia Democrats to get ‘dirt on our boots’
Maya Homan reports, Georgia Democrats say they are getting ready for a rebirth as this year’s midterm election season approaches. At the annual Carter-Lewis dinner Saturday, headlined by Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, supporters, donors and elected officials from across the state gathered to mobilize for what many expect to be a tough fight for Democrats at the ballot box.
April 13, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Gov. Kemp has a lot of bills on his desk after lawmakers finished their work
Ty Tagami reports, Georgia lawmakers went home in a flurry of ripped paper, as is the custom at the end of the 40-day legislative session. The shreds floating through the House and Senate included some of the 2,241 bills introduced during the biennial assembly that started last year, plus more than 3,000 resolutions.
April 13, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia election officials have no idea how to run elections after July
Caleb Groves reports, starting July 1, the way Georgia counts its votes will be illegal. Georgia election officials are hurtling toward that deadline with no clear direction in sight, as state lawmakers adjourned earlier this month without providing a solution.
