April 21, 2025 Savannah Morning News, USA Today
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, John Bacon and Susan Miller report that Pope Francis, 88, a humble reformer who sought to make the Catholic Church more inclusive much to the ire of some conservatives, has died, the Vatican announced Easter Monday. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death from the Casa Santa Marta
April 21, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Brian Robinson reports, 50 years ago this month that the Vietnam War officially came to an end. The musical Miss Saigon immortalized the image of the last helicopter evacuating the U.S. Embassy on April 30, 1975.
April 21, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Savannah Sicurella reports, in front of a room of more than 100 business owners seated at the Gas South Convention Center, Kelly Loeffler assured the audience that the Small Business Administration supports cross-border investment and partnerships between American and South Korean companies. Loeffler, a former Georgia U.S. senator who is now head of the SBA, was one of several keynote speakers Thursday at the opening ceremony of the World Korean Business Convention in Duluth, one of the largest global trade events for Korean businesses.
April 21, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com
Trevor Williams reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has upheld Duluth-based AGCO Corp.’s patent for its Momentum line of planters in the face of a challenge from a Brazilian manufacturer. Stara S.A., based in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, had requested an inter partes review of AGCO’s patent on Momentum, which is a mark of the company’s Fendt brand.
April 21, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald
Vanessa Countryman reports that Helen, Georgia, a town with a population of under 600, has been recognized by Southern Living in its list of 15 “itsy-bitsy, teenie-tiny towns in the South with so much charm.” This north Georgia town has a population under 600 and it is the third most-visited destination in the entire state of Georgia.
April 21, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Lucinda Warnke reports that a group of current and former federal employees joined union leaders and community members in Warner Robins to speak out against cuts to federal spending by President Donald Trump. The workers — who came from across the state and are affiliated with various federal agencies and military branches — expressed concerns that cuts could threaten livelihoods and hamper government services that are essential to everyday life.
April 21, 2025 The Brunswick News
Hank Rowland reports that U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter is calling out the two Democrats who represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate, accusing them of being “bad teammates” in a recently published op-ed. Carter, the Republican representing Georgia’s coast in the U.S. House, says Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ignored voters when they failed to support ending the filibuster by Democrats on federal legislation that would have prevented biological males from playing female sports.
April 21, 2025 Macon Telegraph
Margaret Walker reports, amid major lawsuits over the health effects of the weedkiller Roundup, Georgia passed a bill during the 2025 legislative session that shields fertilizer, plant growth regulator and pesticide manufacturers from liability if they fail to warn consumers about health risks beyond what federal regulators require.
April 21, 2025 GPB
Ellen Eldridge reports that Elijah Stacy is going to die. Soon. The 23-year-old suffers from a rare genetic muscle wasting disease known as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which has a global prevalence of 1 in 3,500 to 5,000 male births.
April 21, 2025 State Affairs
Beau Evans reports, wit the 2026 elections ahead, some top officials are weighing whether to reduce the state income tax even further — or eliminate it entirely — after a 4% cut was approved earlier this year. The push to lower taxes comes as Georgia officials and business leaders aim to stay competitive with neighboring states that have instituted large income tax reductions over the past year.
April 21, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Stanley Dunlap reports that routine water sampling conducted by the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper as part of a federal partnership revealed alarming levels of bacteria discharged into the river by Fulton County’s largest wastewater treatment plant in 2023. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division issued several violations and a $300,000 fine against the city of Atlanta for maintenance problems causing numerous illegal discharges of pollution at the RM Clayton Water Reclamation Facility in northwest Atlanta.
April 21, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Ty Tagami reports, across Georgia last November, voters heartily threw their support behind an amendment to the state constitution that sought to slow the escalation of property taxes. Two out of three voters favored Constitutional Amendment 1, which allowed communities to decide whether the annual rise in their property tax values should be linked to the generally lower rate of inflation. And then, not much happened.
April 21, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, Democratic state Sen. Jason Esteves sent an unambiguous message when he entered the race for governor this morning. He’s not just running on his party’s platform. He’s also running against President Donald Trump.
