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July 11, 2023 Georgia.org Georgia Council for the Arts to Distribute $3.5 Million in Competitive State Grants Staff reports that Georgia Council for the Arts, a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), today announced that more…

July 10, 2023 GPB Georgia peach farmers pursuing solutions to crop losses caused by climate change Gautama Mehta reports that Middle Georgia’s peach growers, who have been devastated by a harvest ruined by bad weather, have little in the way…

July 7, 2023 Fox 5 Atlanta Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrate 77th wedding anniversary Staff reports that former President Jimmy Carter and human rights figure and mental health advocate Rosalynn Carter are celebrating 77 years of love and marriage Friday.…

July 6, 2023 New York Times What’s a Georgia Summer Without Peaches? Not So Sweet. Kim Severson reports, a winter that was a touch warm, followed by a series of hard freezes in March, has devastated the Georgia peach crop.…

July 5, 2023 Capitol Beat News Several state agencies getting new heads Dave Williams reports that there’s been some major shuffling of posts inside the Kemp administration. Gov. Brian Kemp Friday named Rick Dunn, currently director of the Georgia Environmental…

June 30, 2023 WABE Christine King Farris, tenured Spelman professor and sibling to MLK, has died Stephannie Stokes reports that Christine King Farris died Thursday, June 29, at the age of 95. She was the last surviving sibling of Dr.…

June 29, 2023 Capitol Beat News Freeze damage to Georgia peaches prompts disaster declaration Dave Williams reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared 18 Georgia counties natural disaster areas due to damage to the state’s peach crop…

June 28, 2023 The Center Square Georgia approves $17.3M in infrastructure loans and grants T.A. DeFeo reports, Georgia authorities have approved $17.3 million in Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank loans and grants for seven transportation infrastructure projects across the state. "Transportation…

June 27, 2023 Savannah Business Journal Colonial Terminals and Norfolk Southern Partner on Development of $100M Breakbulk Facility Staff reports that Colonial Terminals, a division of Savannah-based Colonial Group, Inc., acquired 16.7 acres of land sited adjacent to an existing…