Author: Linda M. Erbele

June 17, 2025 WSB Radio Georgia joins new nationwide effort to fight against human trafficking Bill Caiaccio reports that Georgia has joined other states around the nation in a new effort to fight against human trafficking. The Georgia Businesses Against Trafficking…

June 16, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Belgian Pharma Giant With Atlanta Base to Invest Billions in U.S. Factory Trevor Williams reports that a Belgian pharmaceutical company with its American base in Atlanta is teasing a transformative factory for biologics in the United States. UCB, which unveiled a jazzed-up…

June 13, 2025 Georgia Recorder Hundreds of CDC workers are reinstated but majority of fired public health staffers left in limbo Jill Nolin reports that fired workers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their supporters are…

June 12, 2025 Capitol Beat News Regents confirm new leader for University of West Georgia Ty Tagami reports that the University System of Georgia Board of Regents held a final vote Wednesday to confirm Christopher “Mike” Johnson as president of…

June 11, 2025 Capitol Beat News New area code coming to southeastern Georgia Dave Williams reports that Georgia will be getting an 11th area code soon, with the new 565 area code being added as an overlay to the existing…

June 10,  2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 1,700 people urge regulators to prevent powering Georgia data centers with coal Kala Hunter reports, over the past 18 years, coal power in Georgia has seen a precipitous decline. Between 2007 and 2013, coal power…

June 9,  2025 Capitol Beat News Kemp visiting Canada to discuss future of trade relations amid tariff uncertainties Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp will lead a three-day trade mission to Canada amid an atmosphere of uncertainty prompted by…

June 6, 2025 Newnan Times-Herald Severe storms possible across Georgia this weekend Staff reports that a multi-day threat of severe weather is forecast across Georgia beginning late Friday and continuing through Sunday, with the greatest risk expected Saturay afternoon and…

June 5, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Saharan dust will collide with Canada wildfire smoke this week over Georgia. What to expect Vanessa Countryman reports that a mix of smoke and dust is blanketing parts of Georgia this week, as wildfire smoke in Canada and a…

June 4, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Fortune 500's biggest corporations in US includes 17 in Georgia. How much are they worth? Miguel Legoas reports that Georgia is home to some major companies, and according to Fortune, that includes some of the…

June 3, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal Cupid Highlights Economic Growth, Transit and Stormwater Needs in State of the County Address Isabelle Manders reports that Lisa Cupid, chair of the Cobb Board of Commissioners, touched on healthcare access, education, transportation and…

June 2, 2025 Saporta Report Lights, camera, taxes: Georgia looks to maintain production powerhouse status as Kemp signs new tax break into law Mark Lannaman reports that Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 475 (HB 475) earlier this month, ushering in…

May 29, 2025 WABE Georgia policymakers see major data center boom as an opportunity and a challenge Rahul Bali reports, as the data center industry has expanded in Georgia, there has been a shift from officials welcoming new data centers…

May 28, 2025 WSB Radio $14.5M in reimbursements given to Georgia, several states for meat, poultry inspection programs Miles Montgomery reports that the United States Department of Agriculture announced multi-million dollars in reimbursements for meat and poultry inspection programs to…

May 27, 2025 Georgia Recorder With PSC hearings pending, critics pan Georgia Power’s plans to increase use of fossil fuels Stanley Dunlap reports that the Georgia Public Service Commission is set to hold a second round of hearings on Georgia…

May 23, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald Georgians 'be prepared': NOAA predicts above-normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2025 Miguel Legoas reports that some Georgians are still haunted by the destruction of Hurricane Helene. But it wasn't the first storm and it won't be the…

May 22, 2025 Georgia Recorder Governor plugs proposed Georgia Power rate freeze agreement ahead of looming PSC member elections Stanley Dunlap reports that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and state regulators hailed on Wednesday Georgia Power’s tentative agreement to freeze base…

May 21, 2025 WSB Radio Home Depot says it doesn't expect to boost prices because of tariffs Michelle Chapman reports that Home Depot doesn't expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the…

May 20, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia Power offers to freeze customer rates Dave Williams reports that Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates for the next three years under a proposed agreement the Atlanta-based utility announced Monday.…

May 19, 2025 Savannah Morning News 'Not feasible': Coastal Housing Study says Bryan County lacks affordable housing Latrice Williams reports that Georgia Tech has completed its four-county study of Coastal Georgia’s housing stock. Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham and Effingham County each face their own challenges but they…

May 16, 2025 GPB Visitors to Georgia's artificial reef contributed $8.2M to coastal economy in 2023, study says Devon Zwald reports, in late 2023, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources placed two retired MARTA rail cars in 60 feet of…

May 15, 2025 Macon Telegraph Middle Georgia farmers welcome peach season. See where they come from Lucinda Warnke reports, it’s been a busy spring at Lane Southern Orchards. In Fort Valley, the 11,000 acre farm has spent the past several…

May 14, 2025 WABE Morehouse names 1992 alum Dr. F. DuBois Bowman as the school's new president Kendall Murry reports that after a nationwide search, Morehouse College announced Tuesday that a fellow “Morehouse Man” will serve as its 13th president. Public…

May 13, 2025 Georgia.gov Kemp: April Net Tax Revenues Down 5.8%; Adjusted YTD Down 0.6% Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in April approached $3.73 billion, for a decrease of $230.4 million, or 5.8%, compared to…

May 12, 2025 Capitol Beat News State eyeing Atlanta-to-Savannah passenger rail line Dave Williams reports that by the middle of the next decade, Georgians may be able to travel between Atlanta and Savannah by high-speed rail, avoiding traffic and expensive…

May 9, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Delivering Hurricane Helene Relief and Supporting Georgia Agriculture and Forestry Staff reports that Gov. Kemp joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, Georgia Forestry Commission Director Johnny Sabo, constitutional…

May 8, 2025 Capitol Beat News Work begins on Georgia Power battery storage systems Dave Williams reports that construction is underway on battery energy storage systems (BESS) at four locations across the state, Georgia Power officials announced Wednesday. The state…

May 7, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com South African Software Firm Sees Atlanta as Hub for Future U.S. Growth Trevor Williams reports, when Adrian Erasmus started flying to the U.S. from Cape Town for business, he inevitably found himself coming through Atlanta. The new nonstop flight, launched in late 2022 after…

May 6, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Georgia Power wants ‘mind boggling’ amounts of energy. Where will it come from? Kala Hunter and Margaret Walker report that weeks before public interveners are due to testify over Georgia Power’s energy plan, experts and…

May 5, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Big care package: This Augusta hospital plans $150 million in improvements Joe Hotchkiss reports that Doctors Hospital will be the Augusta area's newest medical facility to become a teaching hospital to help overcome Georgia's continuing…

May 2, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs Bills Improving Healthcare and Supporting Coastal Communities Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Speaker Jon Burns, constitutional officers, members of the Georgia General Assembly, and local leaders, signed…

May 1, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Georgia Chamber CEO: Companies Need Time to Adjust to Trump’s New Trade Reality Trevor Williams reports, along the railroads and highways of Georgia and the broader U.S., shipping containers and tractor-trailers are moving, overflowing with goods as a result…

April 30, 2025 WSB Radio UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close some facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles Michelle Chapman reports that UPS is looking to slash about 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities…

April 29, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs Bills Strengthening Georgia Workforce Development Staff reports that Gov. Kemp, joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) leadership, and members of the Georgia General Assembly signed legislation strengthening…

April 28, 2025 WABE For Georgia shrimpers, the foreign competition and climate costs of doing business are high Emily Jones reports that shrimp are the quintessential Georgia seafood: the central ingredient of a Lowcountry boil, the subject of an annual…

April 25, 2025 Savannah Morning News Like fine wine, Georgia's Vidalia onion is all about the distinctive blend of water, air, soil Amy Paige Condon reports, it is the terroir (pronounced tare-wah)―the air, the water, the lack of sulfur in the rich…

April 24, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Amazon proposing 170,000-square-foot delivery facility in Augusta. Here are the details. Joe Hotchkiss reports that Amazon is coming to Augusta. Construction drawings held by a general contractor in Little Rock, Arkansas, reveal details about "Project…

April 23, 2025 Georgia Recorder Atlanta air quality gets failing grade in new American Lung Association national ranking Stanley Dunlap reports that the American Lung Association’s 2025 annual air quality index gives failing grades to Georgia’s population center for smog…

April 22, 2025 Savannah Morning News This Georgia brewery makes Brewers Association's top 50 lists. See who made it. Miguel Legoas reports that the Brewers Association recently released its lists of the top 50 craft brewing companies and the top…

April 21, 2025 Savannah Morning News, USA Today Pope Francis, a Catholic Church reformer, dies at 88: Live updates Cybele Mayes-Osterman, John Bacon and Susan Miller report that Pope Francis, 88, a humble reformer who sought to make the Catholic…

April 18, 2025 Georgia Recorder Two Georgia Power coal plants among the dozens now exempt from Biden-era pollution rule Stanley Dunlap reports that two energy advocates say that a new exemption granted by the Trump administration for dozens of power…

April 17, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: CRH to Expand Metro Atlanta Footprint Staff reports that Gov. Brian P. Kemp on Wednesday announced that CRH, the leading provider of building materials solutions, plans to create more than 300 new jobs in…

April 16, 2025 State Affairs New tariffs test Georgia’s global trade resilience Beau Evans reports that it’s been a cycle of ups and downs for Stephanie Stuckey. She spearheaded a dramatic expansion of her family brand of pecan candies that…

April 15, 2025 GPB Georgia Chamber urges businesses to be 'proactive' as tariffs take effect Peter Biello reports that tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump have upended U.S. trade policy and created significant uncertainty in the marketplace. A new report…

April 14, 2025 WABE Georgia awards $25M for 12 park, trail and conservation projects across state Kendall Murry reports that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently announced the recipients of its Outdoor Stewardship Program grants totaling $24.6 million…

April 11, 2025 The Brunswick News St. Simons Island-based PB2 Foods captures 51% market share Taylor Cooper reports that PB2 Foods, the Georgia-based producer of an array of powdered peanut butter goods, is well on its way to cornering the…

April 10, 2025 WSB Radio Delta Air Lines Foundation awards $5M grant to Clayton Co. Convocation Center programs Miles Montgomery reports that the Clayton County Public Schools Foundation announced they received a $5 million grant from the Delta Air Lines…