April 18, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Stanley Dunlap reports that two energy advocates say that a new exemption granted by the Trump administration for dozens of power plants – including two in Georgia – is the latest example of federal policy favoring the coal industry despite pollution concerns. Earlier this week, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a two-year exemption allowing Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen and Plant Scherer to bypass federal emission regulations for mercury and other air pollutants.
April 18, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Julia Roberts reports, in the world of business, building and maintaining strong relationships amongst employees, partners and clients is a major key for success. Over the last decade, the business community has trended toward using sports hospitality as a tool to cultivate meaningful connections and enhance corporate relationships.
April 18, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Zachary Hansen reports that it doesn’t matter whether you are a consumer, producer or service provider: The Georgia Chamber of Commerce says everyone should prepare for disruptions caused by escalating tariffs. Tariffs, which are taxes on imports, have been the central pillar of President Donald Trump’s economic agenda during his second term.
April 18, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Jordyn Paul-Slater reports that Global Payments sold Issuer Solutions, formerly known as TSYS, to Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) for $13.8 billion. In exchange, FIS sold its stake in Worldpay, a payment technology company, to Global Payments for $6.6 billion. The deal will close in the first half of 2026.
April 18, 2025 WABE
Kendall Murry reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate for March remains unchanged at 3.6%, six-tenths lower than the national rate of 4.2%, according to a release on Thursday from the state Department of Labor. Data shows a 6,900 increase in job opportunities over the month and a 23,100 increase over the year.
April 18, 2025 Georgia.gov
Staff reports that Gov. Brian P. Kemp announced on Thursday the next round of grant recipients for the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative, totaling more than $11 million in infrastructure development and supporting 542 housing units in five communities. All award recipients demonstrated strong collaboration and partnership with local real estate developers.
April 18 2025 Augusta Chronicle
Joe Hotchkiss reports that a proposed data center project valued at more than $11 billion could come to Columbia County, bringing even more high-tech investment and tax dollars to the Augusta area. A filing by the county with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs offers details about White Oak Technology Park, a proposed tech campus that would border White Oak Business Park, on Appling-Harlem Highway north of Harlem.
April 18, 2025 The Brunswick News
Taylor Cooper reports that tariffs aren’t a bad thing in every industry. For local shrimpers, they mean a fighting chance at competing with imports.
April 18, 2025 Savannah Morning News
Joseph Schwartzburt reports that the same day the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) committed to not increase tuition rates, the board approved the consolidation of East Georgia State College (EGSC) and Georgia Southern University. The move will bring the university system’s total institutions down to 25 as part a consolidation initiative that began in 2011 when the system had 35 institutions.
April 18, 2025 The Brunswick News
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-1, introduced a bill Thursday codifying President Trump’s executive order establishing the National Energy Dominance Council. The bill would grant permanency to the council, which is charged with positioning American energy for the next century, lowering prices, strengthening American economic security, and restoring our nation’s energy dominance, Carter said.
April 18, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Jackie Llanos reports that Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez held his mother in a tight embrace and wept following his release from the Leon County Jail Thursday evening, where the U.S. citizen was held after his arrest for illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien.” An official with Homeland Security Investigations in Tallahassee took Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old born in Georgia, to a Wendy’s near the jail, where he reunited with his mother after spending more than 24 hours under arrest following a traffic stop in which he was a passenger.
April 18, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Dave Williams reports that Georgia lawmakers will be focusing this summer and fall on some unfinished business left over from this year’s General Assembly session. House Speaker Jon Burns Thursday announced the creation of three “blue-ribbon” study committees that will consider further reforms to Georgia’s election procedures and examine the state’s hemp policies and insurance rates.
April 18, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tia Mitchell reports that Brian Jack, the newest member of Georgia’s congressional delegation, arrived on the job already knowing more than just about anyone on the planet about the history and intrigue at the U.S. Capitol. A constituent who visited recently heard stories from the Peachtree City Republican about the huge, historic paintings that hang in the rotunda, and Jack pointed out for her where Abraham Lincoln’s desk was located during his one and only term in Congress.
