Georgia Trend Daily – June 2, 2026
June 2, 2026 Macon Telegraph
European manufacturer picks Macon for North American headquarters, will invest $57M
Alba Rosa reports that a European steel manufacturer announced Monday it would establish its first North American headquarters in Macon-Bibb County, promising new jobs for Georgians. ArcelorMittal Building Solutions, of Luxembourg, will invest about $57 million to build its headquarters and a new manufacturing facility in Macon, according to a news release from Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday.
June 2, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Rethinking Lung Cancer
Mary Anne Dunkin reports, when Natalie Pawelski hikes the trails of the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area or sings in her church choir, no one would guess she is living with stage IV lung cancer. “Most people think that means you’re going to die next Tuesday,” she says. “[They] think that means you look or act sick – and I don’t.”
June 2, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta airports are ready for FIFA’s private jets. Are they coming?
Emma Hurt reports that Metro Atlanta’s general aviation airports have been preparing for the FIFA World Cup for years. There was talk that the eight local matches would amount to “eight Super Bowls,” said Hunter Hines, director at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) in Chamblee.
June 2, 2026 Valdosta Daily Times
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Callahan Incentive Grant awarded to Historic Valdosta
Staff reports, a Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Callahan Incentive Grant has been awarded to Historic Valdosta for the First Antioch Missionary Baptist Church window repair and protection project. The grant will partially fund the work required for the 1921 structure, which was vandalized multiple times between September and November 2026.
June 2, 2026 Newnan Times-Herald
Coweta opens first new water source on Chattahoochee in more than 100 years
Will Thomas reports that Coweta County will soon be using water from the Chattahoochee River. The Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority held a ribbon-cutting Thursday morning for the opening of its new Chattahoochee River Raw Water Pump Station.
June 2, 2026 Rough Draft Atlanta
Atlanta Beltline launching ATL Spoke autonomous shuttle service on Westside
Staff reports that the Atlanta Beltline will launch ATL Spoke, a free autonomous – that’s driverless – community shuttle on the Westside, on Friday, June 5. The shuttles’ initial route will have stops at MARTA West End Station, Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard at Beecher Street, and two stops within the Lee + White district: the Food Hall on the west and Boxcar/Wild Heaven on the east.
June 2, 2026 Albany Herald
City of Albany plans town hall sessions to discuss data centers with residents
Alan Mauldin reports, when it comes to data centers, invective from detractors can reach peak volume levels loud enough to drown out, well, a data center. Residents from rural areas and cities are showing up at meetings to denounce the centers, and petitions are circulating online from Missouri to Michigan and from Pennsylvania to the Philippines.
June 2, 2026 Griffin Daily News
BOC hearing on fourth data center delayed until June 25
Larry Stanford reports that Spalding County Community Development Director David Allen announced last Thursday that the four zoning applications related to the proposed data center campus on Tomochichi Road would not be heard at the Board of Commissioners’ zoning public hearing on May 28 as originally planned. Allen stated the applicant has requested a continuance until the next BOC zoning public hearing in June, which is scheduled for Thursday, June 25,
June 2, 2026 Milledgeville Union-Recorder
CGTC and Georgia VECTR Center receive $300K grant for veterans
Staff reports that U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff recently announced new resources to help veterans find jobs after they leave the Armed Forces, including $300,000 in grant funding awarded to Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) and the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource Center (VECTR). Bipartisan legislation passed in February led to this funding to support organizations across Georgia that help veterans find jobs once they leave the Armed Forces.
June 2, 2026 Georgia Recorder
Dems scrutinize Georgia, other states vying to go first in next presidential primary
Jennifer Shutt reports that Democratic Party leaders from a dozen states traveled to Washington, D.C., at the end of May to press for their voters to cast the first ballots in the next presidential primary. State representatives argued that diversifying the early states would ensure Democrats nominate a presidential candidate who not only holds broad appeal among the base, but can ultimately win over independent voters in swing states and the White House in November 2028.
June 2, 2026 Capitol Beat News
Lieutenant governor hopefuls sharpen personal attacks in debate about leading Georgia Senate
Ty Tagami reports, most of Georgia’s statewide primary races have been settled on either the Democratic or Republican ticket, but the race for leadership of the state Senate remains up for grabs on both sides of the aisle. While not a senator, the lieutenant governor presides over the chamber and can control committee assignments and the flow of legislation.
June 2, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
7 takeaways from Sunday’s marathon political debates ahead of the runoffs
Tia Mitchell, Caleb Groves, David Wickert and Drew Kann report, more than 2 million people voted last month in Georgia’s statewide primary elections. But that was just the warmup. Voters will go to the polls again June 16 to decide the matchups for the midterm elections in November.
