Jan. 15, 2025 Georgia.gov
Staff reports, at at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs and Issues legislative preview event Tuesday, Governor Brian P. Kemp delivered an address announcing some of his top legislative and budgetary priorities for the 2025 legislative session. To ensure Georgia remains the No. 1 state for business, the Governor announced proposals to ensure Georgia is the Top State for Talent; his intention to enact meaningful tort reform; and new investments in key infrastructure projects statewide.
Jan. 15, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Jeffrey Humphreys writes, Atlanta’s labor market will remain healthy due to its high concentration of IT, distribution and life sciences companies; service-producing industries; e-commerce fulfillment centers; institutions of higher education; healthcare providers; and headquarters operations. An educated workforce, above-average population growth and hubs in innovation, technology, logistics/distribution, professional and business services and healthcare will underpin Atlanta’s economic performance.
Jan. 15, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Zachary Hansen reports, Georgia’s political and business elite gathered by the thousands Tuesday morning to rub elbows, tout the state’s corporate accolades and ring in the new legislative session. Between tributes to the late Jimmy Carter and copious references to Georgia as “the number one place to do business,” the state’s top political brass laid out their top priorities for 2025’s session, including some that could stir controversy and place the Peach State at the center of various culture wars.
Jan. 15, 2025 GPB
Benjamin Payne reports, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, businesses at one of the nation’s busiest ports are getting ready for possible changes in international trade policy. Trump’s campaign promises included substantial tariffs on imports — a move that could significantly affect commerce through Georgia’s bustling Port of Savannah, the second-busiest container shipping port in the U.S., behind only the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Jan. 15, 2025 Capitol Beat News
Dave Williams reports that the University System of Georgia (USG) has reduced the financial burden of attending college significantly in recent years, the system’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. The state’s share of the cost fell as low as 47% in the aftermath of the Great Recession more than a decade ago, Tracey Cook told members of the university system Board of Regents.
Jan. 15, 2025 Macon Telegraph
Sundi Rose reports, flying the flag at half-staff is not just an honorary gesture. The U.S. Flag Code mandates it following a president’s death, and Georgia intends to keep the state flags lowered in memory of President Jimmy Carter. President Biden honored President Jimmy Carter in a proclamation issued on Dec. 29.
Jan. 15, 2025 Albany Herald
Lucille Lannigan reports that the majority of Georgians voted yes in November for a statewide floating homestead exemption that would limit annual increases on assessed values of homesteads, unless a local government chooses to opt out. However, rural governments across the state are realizing the benefit of this exemption might not extend beyond suburbs near Georgia’s Capital.
Jan. 15, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal
Annie Mayne reports that Jerica Richardson’s return to the dais at the Tuesday morning meeting of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners was bound to turn heads. She was ordered out of office by a Cobb Superior Court judge on New Year’s Eve — a ruling many thought would be the final nail in the coffin, killing the years-long fight to protect her seat.
Jan. 15, 2025 Georgia Recorder
Jill Nolin reports, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says he will soon unveil “a robust legislative package” calling for new limits on lawsuits in Georgia and signaled that he is gearing up for a fight. “Tort reform will be my top legislative priority for this upcoming session,” Kemp said at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs and Issues event Tuesday.
Jan. 15, 2025 State Affairs
Tammy Joyner reports, over 2,500 of Georgia’s who’s who in government and business Tuesday heard Republican leaders lay out their 2025 legislative agenda at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Eggs & Issues breakfast, the uber-networking session for movers and shakers. As the crowd dined on quiche, fresh fruit and Chick-fil-A biscuits and cookies at the Georgia World Congress Center, lawmakers talked for over an hour about strengthening school safety, education initiatives, workforce housing, prisons and tort reform, which drew hearty applause from the pro-business set.
Jan. 15, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, four months after a deadly shooting at a Georgia high school, the issue of gun violence is still prevalent in voters’ minds. A new AJC poll out this morning shows 51% of Georgia voters are “somewhat” or “very” worried that either they or someone in their family would be a victim in a mass shooting.
