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Dec. 17, 2021 Capitol Beat News Georgia unemployment rate hits new low Dave Williams reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to another record low last month, while the state’s all-time high workforce is larger than it was before the coronavirus…

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…

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,…

Dec. 14, 2021 Georgia Recorder Forecasters see full Georgia economic recovery in 2022, but some won’t feel it Ross Williams reports that next year will be the year Georgia recovers from its nearly two-year COVID-19 slump, according to University of…

Dec. 13, 2021 Georgia Health News A rural Georgia community reels after hospital closes Andy Miller reports that the Cuthbert hospital was one of 19 rural hospitals in the U.S. that closed in 2020. That’s the largest number of such facilities…

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…

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…

Dec. 8, 2021 The Center Square Georgia tax collection eclipses $2B in November Jason Schaumburg reports that Georgia's net tax collections in November amounted to $2.29 billion, a 17% increase compared with collections in November 2020, Gov. Brian Kemp's office…

Dec. 7, 2021 Georgia.gov November Net Tax Revenues Up 17 Percent Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in November totaled $2.29 billion, for an increase of $332.7 million, or 17 percent, compared to November 2020, when…

Dec. 6, 2021 GlobalAtlanta.com Georgia a Top State for Job Growth from Foreign Investment Trevor Williams reports that over the five years ending in 2019, Georgia posted the eighth fastest growth rate among states in jobs attributable to foreign investment,…