April 10, 2025 WSB Radio
Miles Montgomery reports that the Clayton County Public Schools Foundation announced they received a $5 million grant from the Delta Air Lines Foundation to support the development inside the Clayton County Convocation Center. Delta officials say the discovery center will provide students with a world-class facility to participate in hands-on simulations to learn skills including business readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
April 10, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Kenna Simmons reports, two incumbents have already drawn primary challengers for the 2026 election cycle. State Senator Emanuel Jones (D-Decatur) filed to run in the U.S. Congressional 13th District, currently represented by veteran legislator David Scott. Scott has held the Atlanta-based seat since 2003. He will turn 80 this year.
April 10, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emma Hurt reports that Atlanta-based railroad company Norfolk Southern has launched what it calls the first freight rail carbon insetting service in the world, allowing its customers to pay extra to lower their supply chain emissions through the purchase of biofuels. Shipping by rail is more carbon efficient than by truck, and Norfolk Southern is leaning into that as a competitive advantage, especially as some customers show more of a willingness to include sustainability into their business decisions.
April 10, 2025 WABE
Jess Mador reports that Grady Health System broke ground Wednesday on a new, freestanding Emergency Department in south Fulton County. Plans for the new Union City facility have been in the works for more than a year.
April 10, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Jack Lindner reports that Lockheed Martin celebrated the construction and delivery of its 1,000th F-35 Center Wing Assembly Wednesday from the Marietta plant. Approximately 1,200 people are assigned to Lockheed’s F-35 program in Marietta.
April 10, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald
Vanessa Countryman reports, planning a chill bachelorette weekend or a girls trip? Lake Rabun in north Georgia, is making waves not just in its refreshing waters, but also in Southern Living magazine.
April 10, 2025 Augusta Chronicle
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a convenience store chain with more than 180 locations across New England is coming to the Augusta area in a growth push into the South. With the finalized sale of all 133 Enmarket locations in February, their new corporate owner is switching each site to a Nouria convenience store and fuel stop.
April 10, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Mo Burge reports, with a deep history that spans centuries, Cave Spring is filled with preserved buildings and homes by a community that takes pride in being referred to as “historic.” With at least 90 structures on the National Register of Historic Places, it may be hard to believe that the city itself is not on the register and has no official historic district.
April 10, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Ross Williams reports that some Kennesaw State University students say they will lose access to things like free menstrual products, foods from their home country or a sense of belonging at their university if the school follows through with plans to shut down student resource centers, apparently as part of an anti-diversity, equity and inclusion push. According to students and faculty, programs on the chopping block could include initiatives for LGBTQ students, students of color, women, Latino students and aimed at promoting cultural awareness.
April 10, 2025 The Current
Jake Shore reports that Georgia legislators allocated more than a quarter million dollars in the upcoming budget for two gang prosecutors in Savannah. The specialized prosecutors would be based in “the Savannah region” and work under the Georgia Attorney General’s Gang Prosecution Unit, according to budget documents.
April 10, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Ty Tagami reports that the annual federal child tax credit will shrink in half at the end of the year, falling to $1,000 if Congress does not intervene. Most of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate, including Georgia’s Raphael Warnock, are calling not only to prevent that from happening but also to permanently expand the credit.
April 10, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Stanley Dunlap reports, after Georgia General Assembly concluded its 2025 legislative session on Friday with the passage of roughly 400 bills and resolutions combined. The abrupt end of the session gave way to a 40-day window that runs through May 14 when Gov. Brian Kemp can veto or sign legislation, or do nothing and automatically let it become law.
April 10, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Michelle Baurchman and Maya T. Prabhu report, the clock struck 9:12 p.m., and the Georgia Senate finished its work for the year. Strips of paper flew like confetti in the air to celebrate. “We’d already gotten all our priorities done,” said Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who leads the Senate chamber, shortly after adjournment, “and I’ve been saying all day… we’re going to adjourn early.”
