Author: Linda M. Erbele

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 7, 2022

Feb. 7, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Over $5.6 Million in Grants for Law Enforcement Training Program Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp and Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) Executive Director Jay Neal announced the awards of 46 grants…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 2, 2022

Feb. 2, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Almost $408 Million in Awards to Provide Broadband Access Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp, joined by members of the Broadband Infrastructure Committee and state leaders, announced almost $408 million in preliminary…

Georgia Trend Daily – Feb. 1, 2022

Feb. 1, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Cinelease Studios to Expand Georgia Operations Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced that Cinelease Studios will expand its Georgia operations, Three Ring Studio in Covington. Cinelease currently serves the Peach State's…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 31, 2022

Jan. 31, 2022 Georgia Recorder State coal ash cleanup process unsettled after new federal EPA directive Jill Nolin reports that Georgia’s top environmental regulator says his agency is adjusting to what he called the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “new interpretation”…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 25, 2022

Jan. 25, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com How a French Firm in Atlanta Helps Corporates Embrace Transparency, Compliance  Trevor Williams reports that as general manager of Labrador U.S., a France-based communications agency with U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Nneoma Njoku helps public firms embrace…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 24, 2022

Jan. 24, 2022 Savannah Morning News SEDA recaps record-breaking year; installs St. Joseph's/Candler's Paul Hinchey as chairman Staff reports that the year 2021 was a record-breaking one for the Savannah Economic Development Authority, marked by the highest number of new projects, prospect…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 21, 2022

Jan. 21, 2022 The Center Square Georgia's unemployment rate hits new low Nyamekye Daniel reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped for the 12th consecutive month to 2.6%, another record-breaking low for the state, Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced. Butler…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 19, 2022

Jan. 19, 2022 The Center Square State economist expects Georgia's revenue bump to level Nyamekye Daniel reports that Georgia’s current economic boost is short-lived, state economist Jeffrey Dorfman warned Tuesday. Dorfman said the state’s revenue growth will flatten later this…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 18, 2022

Jan. 18, 2022 Saporta Report Electric vehicle, plastic recycling plants join coal ash, Okefenokee Swamp as concerns David Pendered reports that two big state-endorsed economic development projects are running into early opposition, indicating they could be set to join coal…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 17, 2022

Jan. 17, 2022 Augusta Chronicle Industrial batteries, more EV chargers and higher rates: Georgia's new year in power Abraham Kenmore reports that even with expanding electrical generation and storage – and new ways to use it –  Georgia Public Service vice chairman…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 10, 2022

Jan. 10, 2022 Capitol Beat News Georgia voting rights groups suing over new congressional map Dave Williams reports that voting rights organizations and a group of Georgia voters filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging new congressional district lines the Republican-controlled…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 7, 2022

Jan. 7, 2022 Capitol Beat News Johnny Isakson celebrated as compassionate bipartisan Dave Williams reports, former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was remembered Thursday as a bipartisan leader in partisan times who believed in doing the right thing regardless of politics.…

Georgia Trend Daily – Jan. 6, 2022

Jan. 6, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Battery Resourcers to Open North America’s Largest Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Georgia, Create 150 Jobs Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced that Battery Resourcers, a lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 30, 2021

Dec. 30, 2021 Decaturish Six metro Atlanta healthcare systems plead for public’s help as COVID-19 cases surge Dan Whisenhunt reports, as Atlanta’s healthcare infrastructure sways under the strain of thousands of new COVID-19 cases, six metro Atlanta healthcare systems are…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 23, 2021

Dec. 23, 2021 Saporta Report Plant Vogtle remains a controversy as Biden, Congress fund nuclear expansion David Pendered reports, as Congress and the Biden administration support the nuclear power industry with $8.5 billion, the Plant Vogtle construction project remains over…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 22, 2021

Dec. 22, 2021 Georgia.org Roper Corporation Invests $118 Million in Walker County Expansion, Creates 600 Jobs Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced that Roper Corporation, a subsidiary of GE Appliances and Walker County’s largest employer, will invest…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 21, 2021

Dec. 21, 2021 Savannah Morning News After years of delays by FAA, Spaceport Camden granted site operator’s license Katie Nussbaum reports, after months of delay the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will grant a site operator’s license for the controversial Spaceport Camden…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 16, 2021

Dec. 16, 2021 Georgia.org Seventeen Georgia Companies Receive 2021 GLOBE Awards, Three Recognized as Exporters of the Year Staff reports that the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announced its International Trade division’s 2021 GLOBE Award recipients. This state-led awards…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 15, 2021

Dec. 15, 2021 Georgia.org Global Temperature-controlled Storage Leader Lineage Logistics to Build New Savannah Facility Staff reports that the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) announced today that Lineage Logistics, the world’s largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, will invest $62 million in opening a new,…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 10, 2021

Dec. 10, 2021 Capitol Beat News Port of Savannah sets 16th consecutive monthly cargo record Dave Williams reports that supply chain issues aren’t affecting the Port of Savannah’s ability to move containerized cargo. The port’s Garden City Terminal handled 495,750…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 9, 2021

Dec. 9, 2021 GlobalAtlanta.com World Affairs Council Names Acclaimed Georgia Journalist as New President   Trevor Williams reports that a nationwide search surfaced multiple candidates, but the World Affairs Council of Atlanta ended up not having to look very far…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 3, 2021

Dec. 3, 2021 Capitol Beat News Plant Vogtle nuclear projects hits another delay Dave Williams reports that Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle has suffered another scheduling delay, an independent expert wrote this week in testimony filed with the…

Georgia Trend Daily – Dec. 2, 2021

Dec. 2, 2021 Georgia.org Georgia Council for the Arts Announces 2021 Poet Laureate Winner, Finalists Staff reports, this week, Georgia’s Poet Laureate, Chelsea Rathburn, in collaboration with Georgia Council for the Arts, announced the winner and finalists of the eighth…

Georgia Trend Daily – Nov. 30, 2021

Nov. 30, 2021 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces New Communications and Legal Staff Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced the following changes and addition to his staff in the communications and legal departments. Effective December 1, current Director…