Nov. 7, 2024 GlobalAtlanta.com
Trevor Williams reports, the Taiwanese government has given $200,000 to relief efforts aiming to help those affected by Hurricane Helene in Georgia, an amount representing a quarter of the support the island’s diplomatic offices have distributed around the Southeast U.S.
Nov. 7, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Christy Simo reports, in 2023, Georgia welcomed 5 million more visitors than in 2022, reaching a new high of 171 million tourists who spent $43.6 billion at the state’s hotels, restaurants, transportation and other local businesses. In total, Georgia travel and tourism generated a $79.7 billion economic impact statewide.
Nov. 7, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation’s longtime president, Russ Hardin, will retire early next year, after leading one of Atlanta’s most influential institutions since 2006. Hardin, 67, will retire from the position of president at the end of January and will become a trustee of the foundation.
Nov. 7, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Vanessa Countryman reports that a new Buc-ee’s could be on the horizon for Hardeeville, South Carolina, less than 20 miles from Savannah. According to wyff4.com, officials in Jasper County confirm that the popular travel center plans to create a new location in Hardeeville.
Nov. 7, 2024 Augusta Chronicle
Joe Hotchkiss reports, Augusta’s Manus Bio factory, whose green technology makes a sweetener that closely mirrors sugar, has partnered with a company that once produced half of the world’s sugar. The new corporate relationship with Tate & Lyle is expected to expand the global reach of the local facility that is North America’s largest bioproducer of a stevia extract called Reb M.
Nov. 7, 2024 GPB
Ellen Eldridge reports, between 2022 and 2023, there was a 63% increase in the length of time people experienced homelessness in metro Atlanta’s DeKalb County, and a disproportionate number of those impacted are people of color, according to new data from Georgia State University.
Nov. 7, 2024 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Brittany McGee reports, if its rezoning request is approved, NeighborWorks Columbus plans to transform a former mobile home park on Farr Road into an affordable housing subdivision. NeighborWorks Columbus’ mission is to provide access to affordable housing and build access to financial independence, president & CEO Cathy Williams told the Ledger-Enquirer.
Nov. 7, 2024 The Current
Jake Shore reports, three first-time candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines. In Chatham County, Richard Coleman, a Democrat, upset two-term Sheriff John Wilcher, a Republican, in an election centered on issues about burdensome detainee visitation policies and jail conditions.
Nov. 7, 2024 The Brunswick News
Hank Rowland reports, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-1, clinched a fifth term of office Tuesday, soundly beating his opponent with 64.6% of the vote, unofficial returns show. Carter corralled 189,874 votes to Democrat Patti Hewitt’s 104,023 votes, or 35.4%.
Nov. 7, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Isabelle Manders reports that Gabriel Sanchez, a self-identified Socialist, easily defeated Republican Diane Jackson for a seat in the Georgia Legislature Tuesday night. With 100% of the county’s precincts reporting, Sanchez had 16,658, or 63% of the vote, to Jackson’s 9,661, or 37%.
Nov. 7, 2024 Saporta Report
Adrianne Murchison reports, voters have rejected Cobb County’s Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Known as MSPLOST, a 1 percent county sales tax was intended to raise $10.3 billion in transit improvements including transit centers and 108 miles of new bus routes.
Nov. 7, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Adam Carey reports that a local referendum on reducing property taxes through the use of a sales tax increase is likely to take place a year from now, probably in the fall of 2025, the tax commissioner said. Georgia voters overwhelmingly approved two property tax-relief measures on the statewide ballot including another tax-related referendum.
Nov. 7, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Dave Williams reports that Georgia Democrats were unable to put a dent in the General Assembly’s Republican majorities in Tuesday’s legislative elections. After the dust settled from Election Night, Republicans remained in control of the Georgia Senate with the same 33-23 majority the GOP enjoyed going into this week.
Nov. 7, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greg Bluestein, Tia Mitchell, Patricia Murphy and Adam Beam report, a day after President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory shifted Georgia back into the GOP column came the reckoning for shell-shocked Democrats convinced that Vice President Kamala Harris would carry the state. U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, an Atlanta Democrat who chairs the state party, said a “course correction” was needed but said the contours of that recalibration would come after internal debate.
