Georgia Trend Daily – July 22, 2026

July 22, 2026 Fox 5 Atlanta

Annie Mapp reports, rising fuel prices are putting new financial pressure on Georgia trucking companies as diesel costs continue to climb. The national average for a gallon of gas has climbed back to about $4, up 13 cents from a week ago, while diesel prices are approaching $5 a gallon, according to AAA.

July 22, 2026 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!

Betty Darby reports, when the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary this month, perhaps Georgia’s share of the cheers will be a little louder in Liberty County. After all, three of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were from Georgia, and two of them – Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall – lived in Liberty County.

July 22, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Amy Wenk reports that earlier this month, the Atlanta beverage company filed a trademark application for the word “Spricy” under the goods and services category for soft drinks. It’s not yet clear what Coca-Cola may be planning.

July 22, 2026 Marietta Daily Journal

Lucinda Warnke reports that the Development Authority of Cobb County unanimously approved tax abatements for a confidential project known as “Project Locust” during their Tuesday meeting. The project is set to go on a 4.5-acre site off Interstate North Parkway.

July 22, 2026 WABE

Marlon Hyde reports Tyler Perry Studios is building a virtual production facility in Atlanta. The Peach State’s film industry has seen a decline in recent years, and Perry is aiming to attract productions of all sizes.

July 22, 2026 Rough Draft Atlanta

Hayden Sumlin reports, the Sandy Springs Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee met for a second time on July 20, modifying some goals in the 2017 plan and identifying new priorities, like a community recreation center and increased path connectivity. Sukirti Ghosh, an urban designer and principal with Rhodeside & Harwell who is leading the city’s consultant team, said hundreds of comments from citizens have been documented at community events in recent months.

July 22, 2026 The Brunswick News

Gordon Jackson reports an official from Southern Company Gas will make a presentation at a special-called Glynn County Commission meeting Tuesday regarding plans for the future. Mark Clay, manager of economic development and government affairs, will discuss planned natural gas infrastructure expansion and future development project in Glynn County at the meeting.

July 22, 2026 Georgia Recorder

Ross Williams reports, Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp could soon be elevated to the same level as Yellowstone National Park, the fjords of Norway or Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee is meeting this week in Busan, South Korea, with an agenda that includes deciding whether to add the 400,000-acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to its list of World Heritage sites.

July 22, 2026 The Current

Robin Kemp reports, the National Park Service says it has added the Susie King Taylor Museum in downtown Hinesville and the Susie King Taylor Freedom Park at Jones Creek in Midway to its Reconstruction Era National Historic Network of over 100 sites. The addition puts Liberty County’s Taylor-related sites in the same league as Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and the Center for Civil Rights History and Research at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., which also were added to the national network Tuesday.

 

July 22, 2026 Albany Herald

Kathryn Crockett reports that a congressional hearing this week on proposed national packaging-labeling standards could have implications for several of southwest Georgia’s largest manufacturers, many of which produce or package products shipped across state lines. The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade is scheduled to consider H.R. 6832, the Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act, Wednesday as part of a broader hearing on consumer protection legislation.

July 22, 2026 State Affairs

Beau Evans reports, House lawmakers are setting up the broad strokes for new measures meant to tackle some of the state’s most pressing healthcare issues in the 2027 legislative session. Agencies in charge of Medicaid, insurance, hospitals, infectious diseases and mental health treatments take up a sizable chunk of Georgia’s taxpayer-funded budget, totaling about $32.9 billion of the state’s $76.5 billion budget with state and federal funds.

 

July 22, 2026 Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, President Donald Trump ignited a likely clash with one of the nation’s largest trading partners Monday by ordering 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods — a move that quickly reverberated in Georgia’s race for governor. Democratic nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms called the tariffs “nothing more than a tax on Georgia families and businesses.”