Author: Linda M. Erbele

March 24, 2022 The Center Square Kemp signs bill to give Georgia taxpayers a more than $1B refund T.A. DeFeo reports that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure Wednesday to give a one-time tax refund to eligible Georgia taxpayers.…

March 23, 2022 WABE How Atlanta companies are using technology to keep up with supply chain demands Emil Moffat reports that online shopping skyrocketed at the beginning of the pandemic. And two years later, it shows few signs of slowing…

March 22, 2022 Gainesville Times Planning commission votes on $90 million expansion proposed at East Hall cold storage plant Nick Wooten reports that the Hall County Planning Commission unanimously approved a $90 million warehouse expansion of Agile Cold Storage Monday, March 21,…

March 21, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs HB 304, Temporarily Halts State Gas Tax Through End of May Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp on Friday signed HB 304 to temporarily suspend the state's excise tax on motor fuel sales.…

March 18, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com Ireland Deepens Atlanta Presence as Investment in the South Brings Returns Trevor Williams reports that Ireland is deepening its commercial presence in the South as the the region’s economic heft grows, officials said in Atlanta in…

March 16, 2022 Brunswick News Third party could set up spaceport in Camden Gordon Jackson reports that Camden County commissioners are not allowed to spend tax dollars to purchase a launch site for Spaceport Camden, but that doesn’t mean the…

March 15, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com Two Former Ambassadors Join Atlanta’s Pendleton Group Trevor Williams reports that former ambassadors on both sides of the U.S-Canada border have joined Atlanta’s Pendleton Group, an Atlanta-based consulting firm with expertise at the intersection of economic…

March 14, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Awards More Than $217M to Eligible Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Efforts Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced on Friday that he will award more than $217 million to hospitals, assisted living communities,…

March 10, 2022 Georgia Recorder Georgia House Oks $1B state income tax cut as critics say wealthy benefit most Jill Nolin reports that House lawmakers signed off a tax cut proposal Wednesday that would cut state revenues by $1 billion…

March 9, 2022 The Center Square Kemp wants to suspend Georgia’s motor fuel tax amid skyrocketing gas costs T.A.DaFeo reports, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plans to suspend the state’s motor fuel tax in response to rising gas prices amid Russia’s…

March 8, 2022 Valdosta Daily Times Valdosta gas prices highest in Ga. Terry Richards reports that Valdosta gasoline prices have skyrocketed to the highest in Georgia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The average cost of a gallon of regular…

March 7, 2022 Capitol Beat News Georgia tax collections post slight increase in February Dave Williams reports that state tax collections rose 1% last month over February of last year, keeping alive a string of consecutive increases in revenues that…

March 4, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Moderna to Establish Enterprise Solutions Hub in Metro Atlanta Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced that Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, will establish a…

March 3, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com Georgia Secretary of State Urges Businesses to Boycott Russia, Sanctions or Not Trevor Williams reports that Georgia’s secretary of state is hoping companies won’t wait for sanctions to force them to sever business ties with Russia. Instead,…

March 2, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Flint Energies and Conexon Connect Partnership to Expand Broadband to 31,000 in Nine Middle Georgia Counties Staff reports, Governor Kemp announced a newly-formed partnership between Reynolds-based Flint Energies and Conexon Connect to deliver…

March 1, 2022 GPB Kemp, Ralston vow to end Georgia investment in Russia amid crisis Riley Bunch reports that House Speaker David Ralston received a bipartisan standing ovation on Monday when he announced he’d seek to end state pension business…

Feb. 28, 2022 Gwinnett Daily Post Progress 2022: Year of the Mega Project in Gwinnett County Todd Cline reports that several key projects are being developed in Gwinnett County right now. These projects range from the Rowen development in eastern…

Feb. 25, 2022 Georgia Ports Authority Port of Savannah to grow capacity by 60 percent Staff reports, at yesterday’s Savannah State of the Port, Griff Lynch, Georgia Ports Authority’s executive director, unveiled plans to expand the port’s container capacity by…

Feb. 24, 2022 State Affairs Do Georgia's Low-Income Students Need More State School Funding? Beau Evans reports that taxpayers spend billions of dollars each year on Georgia’s public k-12 schools, but none of the state’s education dollars goes specifically to…

Feb. 23, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces More Than $422M in Awards to Reinforce Water and Sewer Infrastructure in Communities Across the State Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp, joined by members of the Water and Sewer Infrastructure Committee…

Feb. 22, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com New Report: Georgia Leads Southeastern States in India Trade, Investment Trevor Williams reports that a new snapshot of India’s trade and investment ties with the Southeast U.S. show that Georgia is easily the country’s largest partner in…

Feb. 17, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Record-breaking Job Creation from Economic Development Projects in First Half of FY22 Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that economic…

Feb. 16, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Georgia Announces Record Year for International Trade Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp today joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) in announcing that the State of Georgia achieved a record-breaking year…

Feb. 15, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Four Judicial Appointments Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced he will appoint The Honorable Andrew Pinson to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia created by the retirement of…

Feb. 14, 2022 GlobalAtlanta.com How Atlanta’s ’STEM Community’ Helped Woo TK Elevator’s Headquarters and Test Tower Trevor Williams reports that TK Elevator’s new test tower in Cobb County, which officially opened Wednesday night, is engineer’s paradise where stainless steel boxes are revered…

Feb. 11, 2022 Georgia.gov Governor, First Lady Announce Recipients of Arts & Humanities Awards Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp announced the recipients of the 10th annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities…

Feb. 10, 2022 Georgia Ports Authority GPA handles 479,000 TEUs in January Staff reports that Port of Savannah handled a record 479,700 twenty-foot equivalent container units of cargo in January, an increase of 4 percent over the same month a…

Feb. 9, 2022 Georgia.gov Ryder System, Inc. to Open Distribution Center in Locust Grove, Create 250 Jobs Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Ryder System, Inc., a leader in supply chain, dedicated transportation, and commercial fleet management…

Feb. 8, 2022 Albany Herald Georgia farmers receive Value Added Producer Grants Staff reports that Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr., D-Ga., announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Commission has awarded $1.25 million to local farms through the Value…

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…

Feb. 4, 2022 University of Georgia, CAES Rising input costs expected to level out in 2022 Maria M. Lameiras reports that the lingering effects of the global pandemic continue to ripple through Georgia, with persistent supply chain issues and inflation…

Feb. 3, 2022 Dalton Daily Citizen-News Murray County industrial park lands new company, will create 400 jobs Staff reports that a Las Vegas, Nevada-based manufacturing company will build a facility that will employ some 400 workers in the Murray South…

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…

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…

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”…

Jan. 28, 2022 Covington News Rivian responds to environmental criticism from residents near site David Clemson reports, facing a rash of criticism from some of its prospective new neighbors, Rivian Inc. said it’s proud of its environmental record and will…

Jan. 27, 2022 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Titan Steel Door to Invest $11 Million to Expand Georgia Operations, Create Over 90 Jobs in Hart County Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Titan Steel Door will invest more…

Jan. 26, 2022 Georgia Ports Authority GPA tops 5.5M TEUs, 650K units in 2021 Staff reports that the Port of Savannah moved a record 5.6 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in Calendar Year 2021, growing volumes by a million TEUs,…

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…

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…

Jan. 20, 2022 Georgia.gov December Net Tax Revenues Up 24.3 Percent Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in December totaled $2.98 billion, for an increase of $582.9 million, or 24.3 percent, compared to December 2020 when…

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…

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…

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…

Jan. 14, 2022 Fox 5 Atlanta Delta: 8,000 employees contracted COVID-19 over past 4 weeks Kelly Hays reports that Delta Air Lines said Thursday that 8,000 employees — or nearly 11% of its workforce — have contracted COVID-19 over the…