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July 18, 2025 Gainesville Times King’s Hawaiian expansion to create 135 jobs Jeff Gill reports that a $54 million planned expansion of the King’s Hawaiian bakery in Oakwood is expected to create 135 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday, July…

July 17, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia maintains highest bond ratings Dave Williams reports that the “Big Three” bond rating companies again have given Georgia the highest rating of AAA, praising the state’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and record of…

July 16, 2025 Macon Telegraph Polls are closed in Georgia’s Public Service Commission runoff. Results here. Jeremy Chisenhall and Margaret Walker report that Peter Hubbard, an energy consultant and expert, has won the Democratic nomination for District 3 of the…

July 15, 2025 Georgia Council for the Arts Georgia Council for the Arts: More Than $1.3 Million in Grants Announced Across 49 Counties Staff reports that the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) team specialized in supporting arts and culture,…

July 14, 2025 WJBF Club Car delivers electric cars to Pope Leo XIV Rakiyah Lenon reports, Club Car delivered two custom-built electric vehicles to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City this week. According to the company with its headquarters in…

July 11, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal KSU economist sees slowing growth but no looming recession Megan Jackson reports, though economic growth is slowing, a recession is not the most likely scenario, according to Roger Tutterow, an economist with Kennesaw State…

July 10, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Ti Cold and Karis Cold Building $60 Million Facility in McIntosh County Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Wednesday announced that Ti Cold and Karis Cold have officially broken ground on a new $60…

July 9, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia ends fiscal year with slight increase in tax revenues Dave Williams reports, the state closed out fiscal 2025 at the end of last month with a slight increase in net tax collections compared…

July 8, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald The Hi-Lo Trail from Athens to Savannah remains a vision, but much still to be done Wayne Ford reports, recently, the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail organization gained the land it needs for a 4-mile section in…

July 7, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Pullback on Korean Battery Recycling Plant Could Portend More Trouble for Georgia’s Clean Energy Sector Trevor Williams reports that a South Korean electric battery recycler is the latest clean-energy firm pulling back on investment plans for Georgia amid flagging…