April 16, 2025 State Affairs
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 her grandfather started as a roadside stand in 1937, expanding Stuckey’s products from a few hundred stores to thousands across the United States since she purchased the company in 2019.
April 16, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Keith Strigaro reports that adage, “If you build it, they will come,” certainly applies to the logistics industry in Georgia. For years, the state’s leaders have made significant investments to expand Georgia’s logistics network. From the ports to the rails to the nation’s busiest airport, the logistics industry is growing and thriving in Georgia.
April 16, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emma Hurt reports, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t stop any operations to celebrate its 100th birthday. Employees set up a massive stage and bleachers in the middle of the domestic terminal atrium to host the city’s former mayors, former general managers, elected officials and celebrities — as passengers continued making their way to their flights.
April 16, 2025 GPB
Mary Helene Hall and the Macon Melody report, the Middle Georgia State University School of Aviation will receive a $2.5 million grant thanks to the Delta Air Lines Foundation, enabling more students to study to become pilots. The funds will provide scholarships to graduates of Clayton County’s 12 public high schools who show “aptitude for aviation,” MGA said in a release.
April 16, 2025 WABE
Meimei Xu reports that the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents voted Tuesday on the 2025-2026 academic year tuition rates and to consolidate Georgia Southern University and East Georgia State College. The Board of Regents voted not to increase in-state undergraduate tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year while approving a tuition increase of 2% for out-of-state students and 3% for international students.
April 16, 2025 Rome News-Tribune
Mo Burge reports that the Rome City Commission unanimously approved a new ordinance Monday requiring pet owners to spay, neuter and microchip their animals. The ordinance is meant to address the rising number of stray animals and to help control the pet population, said Walters.
April 16, 2025 The Current
Mary Landers reports that attorneys for McIntosh County will appear before the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday to argue they rightfully thwarted an ongoing referendum last year. Early voting was underway and more than 800 people had already voted when a judge stopped the referendum in September.
April 16, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Ty Tagami reports, nearly 200 years of legal precedent should not apply to a 20-year-old man who wants to carry a gun, his lawyer argued before the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday. Thomas Stephens, who turns 21 next year, was denied a license to carry a handgun in public when he applied for one in Lumpkin County.
April 16, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Kala Hunter reports that three weeks after the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper called on 16 Georgia delegates to try to reverse the Department of Government Efficiency’s termination of a building lease that measures water quality and quantity throughout the region, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are raising concerns. The two sent a letter Thursday to the leader of the U.S. Department of Interior, questioning how the government will prevent reduced water quality in Georgia and deal with other key aspects of the work done at the U.S. Geological Survey office in Norcross, which is one of several federal offices in Georgia at risk of closure after being put on DOGE’s lease cancellation list.
April 16, 2025 AccessWDUN
Staff reports that Sam Couvillon’s bid for the U.S. House seat for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District has gotten off to a strong start. The Republican Gainesville mayor has raised $263,490 in just two months since announcing his campaign on Jan. 28th of this year.
April 16, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Stanley Dunlap reports that on Tuesday, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a pair of state tax legislation that will provide a one-time rebate up to $500 to Georgia families and a reduction in the state income tax that is estimated to save Georgians about $880 million over the next year. Kemp’s signature on House Bill 112 authorizes the extra tax refund this year designed to provide relief to taxpayers who qualify.
April 16, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp had a pithy message as he signed two tax relief bills Tuesday. “Tax cut bill on tax day,” the Republican governor exclaimed as he prepared to sign legislation accelerating income tax reductions the General Assembly put in place last year.
April 16, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein reports that frustrated with what he calls a lack of urgency in Washington, the former chair of Georgia’s largest school district jumped into the race Wednesday to unseat U.S. Rep. David Scott — mounting a generational challenge against one of the state’s longest-serving Democrats. Everton Blair, the first Black and openly gay member of Gwinnett County’s board of education, said he would be more “visible and accessible” to the east metro Atlanta district.
