Author: Linda M. Erbele

Sept. 20, 2019 Albany Herald August record job numbers for Georgia applauded Staff reports that Gov. Brian P. Kemp remarked Thursday that Georgia’s latest employment figures indicates a positive direction for economic development in the state. Georgia added 20,800 jobs…

Sept. 19, 2019 WABE 90.1 Georgia’s High School Graduation Rate Hits High of 82 Percent Martha Dalton reports that the results are in: Georgia’s high school graduation rate reached an all-time high of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year.…

Sept. 18, 2019 Georgia.org Tyson Foods Expands, Creates 100 Jobs in Mitchell Co. Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced today that Tyson Foods has expanded its existing facility in Camilla, creating 100 new jobs with an investment of…

Sept. 17, 2019 GPB Delta Air Lines Crew Reflects On Piloting Hurricane Relief Flights to Bahamas Jim Burress reports that one recent Friday night Capt. Carl Nordin got a call. Nordin, a Delta Air Line chief line check pilot for…

Sept. 16, 2019 Savannah Morning News Georgia Ports Authority announces plans for new container port on Hutchinson Island Katie Nussbaum reports that Georgia Ports Authority has announced plans to establish a new container port on Hutchinson Island across the Savannah…

Sept. 13, 2019 Brunswick News Port of Brunswick shipping resumes on a case-by-case basis Larry Hobbs reports that U.S. Coast Guard officials determined Thursday morning that the Port of Brunswick could resume shipping on a “case by case” basis, five…

Sept. 12, 2019 Albany Herald State net tax collections down in August Staff reports that Georgia’s net tax collections for August totaled roughly $1.75 billion for a decrease of $50.3 million, or -2.8 percent, compared to August 2018 when net…

Sept. 11, 2019 Savannah Morning News Georgia named Top State for Business for 6th year Staff reports that Georgia has again been named the Top State for Business by Area Development magazine. The results are determined by the publication’s poll…

Sept. 10, 2019 WABE 90.1 Nearly One Year Post-Hurricane, Georgia Farmers Can Apply For Federal Aid Emma Hurt reports that Georgia farmers who suffered generational losses after Hurricane Michael last October will be able to apply to qualify for long-awaited…

Sept. 9, 2019 New York Times 4 Missing After Cargo Ship Overturns Off Georgia Coast Derrick Bryson Taylor reports that four people were unaccounted for after a cargo vessel overturned Sunday morning in the St. Simons Sound off the coast…

Sept. 6, 2019 New York Times Doug Collins, Defending Trump in Impeachment Inquiry, Seeks Georgia Senate Seat Nicholas Fandos reports that Representative Doug Collins, the face of President Trump’s impeachment defense in the House, is quietly jockeying to persuade Georgia’s…

Sept. 5, 2019 GPB Dozens Shelter At Savannah Civic Center Emily Jones reports that some people who stayed in the Savannah area during Hurricane Dorian took shelter at the Savannah Civic Center Wednesday night. About 50 people were staying there…

Sept. 4, 2019 WABE 90.1 Ports Closed As Georgia Coast Readies For Dorian’s Arrival Emil Moffat reports that the Georgia Ports Authority has shut down operations in Brunswick and Savannah in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian. Executive Director Griff Lynch said…

Sept. 3, 2019 WABE 90.1 Kemp Orders Evacuation Of Multiple Georgia Counties Ahead Of Dorian Emil Moffat reports that Georgia’s governor has announced mandatory evacuations for portions of six coastal counties as the area prepares for the possible arrival of…

Aug. 30, 2019 11 Alive Gov. Kemp issues state of emergency ahead of Dorian for several Georgia counties Donesha Aldridge reports that Governor Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Dorian. Thursday afternoon, he tweeted a…

Aug. 29, 2019 Georgia State University Shocks Put Economy on Lowered Growth Path, Despite Expected Federal Reserve Cuts Jennifer Shockley reports that trade tensions, a reduction in business investment and an earlier than usual presidential election swoon are contributing to…

Aug. 28, 2019 Savannah Morning News Gulfstream awarded $40M NOAA contract Staff reports that Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. on Monday announced the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has established a contract for a Gulfstream G550. The aircraft will support…

Aug. 27, 2019 GPB Political Rewind: Aid Coming For Georgians Hurt By Trump Trade War Bill Nigut reports, Georgia’s poultry producers may soon receive millions of dollars of government relief to compensate for their losses as a result of President…

Aug. 26, 2019 Saporta Report Federal judge places resolution of Georgia’s water lawsuit in Trump administration David Pendered reports that the federal judge in Brunswick who ruled in favor of Georgia’s lawsuit seeking to overturn an Obama-era water rule has…

Aug. 23, 2019 Albany Herald Georgia AG Carr leads 10-state coalition, obtains victory in blocking WOTUS rule Staff reports that Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted summary…

Aug. 22, 2019 Savannah Morning News Georgia universities contribute billions to economy in 2018 Katie Nussbaum reports that the University System of Georgia contributed more than $17 billion to the Georgia economy during the fiscal year 2018, according to the…

Aug. 21, 2019 LaGrange Daily News Georgia Chamber president forecasts Georgia’s future Daniel Evans reports that Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, spoke at Tuesday’s Early Bird Breakfast and gave a glimpse at Georgia’s future,…

Aug. 20, 2019 Gwinnett Daily Post Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp touts economic wins but says Georgia will prepare for 'rainy day' Curt Yeomans reports that Gov. Brian Kemp offered two economic messages as he addressed the Gwinnett Chamber at the…

Aug. 19, 2019 GPB No Mercy: After The Hospital Closes, How Do People Get Emergency Care? Sarah Jane Tribble reports, for more than 30 minutes on a frigid February morning, Robert Findley lay unconscious in the back of an ambulance…

Aug. 16, 2019 WABE 90.1 Rockets, Risks, Rewards: A Look At The Economics Of Building Spaceport Camden Emma Hurt reports that Camden County, on the Georgia coast, is known as the home of Cumberland Island and a naval submarine base,…

Aug. 15, 2019 Gainesville Times How poultry plant raids in Mississippi are affecting industry locally Jeff Gill reports that hiring was already an issue at Fieldale Farms Corp., so the news coming out of Mississippi last week that 300 legal…

Aug. 14, 2019 Brunswick News Twin Pines explains plan to mine near Okefenokee Gordon Jackson reports that the company proposing to mine heavy metals on land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge held a public meeting Tuesday to explain their…

Aug. 13, 2019 WABE 90.1 How Georgia Is Trying To Expand Computer Science Classes To Help Fill Jobs Martha Dalton reports, as Georgia becomes more of a technology hub, it’s facing some big problems. According to the Georgia Department of…

Aug. 12, 2019 GlobalAtlanta.com Japan-Backed Factory in South Georgia Aims to Offset Glass Bottle Imports Trevor Williams reports that Arglass Yamamura LLC, a joint venture between a New York investment firm and a Japanese glass manufacturer, is investing $123 million to build a…

Aug. 9, 2019 WABE 90.1 Atlanta Considers A Ban On Plastic Single-Use Items At The Airport Roxanne Scott reports that travelers through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport may have to give up straws and other single-use plastic items. That’s if a…

Aug. 8, 2019 Clayton News Daily, Gwinnett Daily Post Georgia ranked 4th best for small business friendliness Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced today that Thumbtack, a website and app that finds local professionals for projects, announced its…

Aug. 7, 2019 GPB Environmental Groups: Coal Ash Disposal At 5 Georgia Sites Poses Danger Emil Moffat reports that the method Georgia Power uses to dispose of coal ash at five sites in Georgia is raising alarms with environmental groups.…

Aug. 6, 2019 GPB Report: Toxic Coal Ash Is Submerged In Groundwater Grant Blankenship reports that a report from leading environmental advocates in Georgia describes how the toxins left over from burning coal for power are being stored by Georgia…

Aug. 5, 2019 Saporta Report Aerospace sector stands out among Georgia’s economic success stories David Pendered reports that of all the “gee whiz, Georgia’s great” economic stories, the aerospace and defense sector stands out – The United States ranks No.…

Aug. 2, 2019 WABE 90.1 Georgia’s Young Children At Risk For Undercount in 2020 Census Roxanne Scott reports that for the 2020 Census, 4.5 million children live in areas that are hard-to-count. Georgia is one of the states most at…

Aug. 1, 2019 Augusta Chronicle Vogtle plant work raises concerns from regulatory staff Tom Corwin reports that work on completing two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is following an “aggressive” timeline toward completion in coming years but staff at…

July 31, 2019 Georgia Ports Authority Savannah moves record 4.5M TEUs Staff reports that the Port of Savannah moved a record 4.5 million twenty-foot equivalent container units in the fiscal year that ended June 30, an increase of more than…

July 30, 2019 WABE 90.1 Georgia Picks Dominion Voting System To Supply New Voting Machines Emil Moffat reports that Georgia has chosen a vendor to replace all of the state’s aging voting machines. Dominion Voting Systems won the nearly $107…

July 29, 2019 Georgia Dept. of Education Students record strongest-ever overall gains on Georgia Milestones assessments Meghan Frick reports that Georgia students showed strong gains on the spring 2019 Georgia Milestones assessments. Scores increased or held steady on 25 of…

July 26, 2019 Metro Atlanta CEO Senoia, Summerville Ranked as Safest Cities in Georgia Cindy Morley reports that Senoia, in Coweta County, has jumped into the top spot for the safest cities in Georgia, according to the latest survey performed…

July 25, 2019 Gainesville Times Kubota plans to expand footprint, invest $85 million in new Gainesville site Kelsey Richardson reports that Kubota North American Corp. is purchasing around 300 acres in Gainesville to establish a new engineering and design center…

July 24, 2019 Georgia.gov University System of Georgia Receives National Exceptional Agency Award of Excellence Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced on Friday the University System of Georgia (USG) was recognized nationally as the 2019-2020 Exceptional Agency by…

July 23, 2019 WSBRadio, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Plan approved to spend Georgia tax money on rural internet lines Mark Niesse reports that Georgia recently finalized a plan to spend the public’s money on subsidies for high-speed internet lines, laying the foundation…

July 22, 2019 GPB $750K Awarded To South Georgia Hospital Authority For Rural Health Care Ellen Eldridge reports that the federal government on Thursday awarded one South Georgia hospital authority funding from $20 million distributed to 27 organizations nationwide to…

July 19, 2019 WABE 90.1 Education Department OK’s New Testing Pilots For Georgia Schools Martha Dalton reports that the U.S. Education Department has approved two testing pilot programs some Georgia school districts will use. The department OK’d the Georgia MAP…

July 18, 2019 Washington Post Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia hospitalized with fractured ribs after a fall at his Washington apartment Michael Brice-Saddler reports that Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) was hospitalized with four fractured ribs Tuesday night after falling in…

July 17, 2019 WABE 90.1 Regulators Approve Georgia Power’s Long-Range Plan, With More Solar Molly Samuels reports that Georgia Power will increase its solar power in the coming years, close a coal-fired power plant and add more wood burning to…

July 16, 2019 Rome News-Tribune Fate of Plant Hammond to be sealed Tuesday Doug Walker reports that Tuesday is D-Day for Georgia Power Plant Hammond. The Georgia Public Service Commission is slated to rule on the utility’s Integrated Resource Plan…

July 15, 2019 Georgia.gov Stitch Fix to Open Facility, Create 900+ Jobs in Douglas Co. Staff reports that Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Friday that Stitch Fix, the leading online personal styling service, will open a new distribution center in…