Sept. 2, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times EnergyTek Corporation selects Colquitt County Staff reports that EnergyTek Corporation is planning to invest at least $275 million in establishing new manufacturing operations in Moultrie, according to an announcement released Friday by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Following a multi-year ramp up, the company expects to create a total of 1,300 jobs at...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 15, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia unemployment rate down to 3.4% Dave Williams reports that Georgia’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.4% last month, down from 3.5% in June, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Georgia joblessness was eight-tenths of a point lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.2%. Technical analysis. Vector illustration. Technical analysis helps traders...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 14, 2025 WSB Radio Metro Atlanta population grows to estimated 5.3 million residents Miles Montgomery reports that the Atlanta Regional Commission said the region added 64,400 new residents during the past year to grow the 11-county metro Atlanta population to an estimated 5.3 million. The population within the city of Atlanta is 542,715, ARC data shows. Aug. 14, 2025...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 13, 2025 Capitol Beat News University System of Georgia packs huge economic punch Dave Williams reports that the University System of Georgia (USG) generated $23.1 billion in economic impact in fiscal 2024, while recent graduates stand to earn $1.4 million more over their lifetimes thanks to their college degrees, according to two studies released Tuesday. The economic impact total...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 12, 2025 Norcross Southern Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to Create America’s First Transcontinental Railroad Staff reports that Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad. These legendary companies will seamlessly connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 11, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia Milestones: students improve in math and other subjects but struggle in English Ty Tagami reports that Georgia students posted modest academic gains in most of the tested grades and subjects last school year except in one key area. English Language Arts scores fell in all but two of the seven grade levels that...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 8, 2025 Savannah Morning News Lending Tree report ranks Georgia 9th in nation for construction Staff reports, according to a new report by online loan shopping website Lending Tree, Georgia ranks within the Top 10 states for the construction industry. At No. 9, Georgia’s median wage for construction workers increased by 8.7% as the national median wage grew by 21%...| Georgia Trend Magazine
Aug. 7, 2025 Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Surf’s up, GA! Permanent surfing wave coming to Columbus on the Chattahoochee. Here are the details Sundi Rose reports that Uptown Columbus has announced its boldest riverfront project yet: a permanent surfing wave on the Chattahoochee located between the Fourteenth Street pedestrian and the Thirteenth Street vehicular bridge. Steve Morse, president and CEO of Uptown,...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 22, 2025 WSB Radio Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist not worried about Atlanta’s population decrease Staff reports that slightly more people from within the US left metro Atlanta than moved to it during a 12-month period. But Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist Dr. Jerry Parrish says two other areas increased. “International migration, and then the net natural increase,...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 14, 2025 WJBF Club Car delivers electric cars to Pope Leo XIV Rakiyah Lenon reports, Club Car delivered two custom-built electric vehicles to Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City this week. According to the company with its headquarters in Augusta, the Pope will use the cars for international visits. July 14, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! Gimme shelter:...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 11, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal KSU economist sees slowing growth but no looming recession Megan Jackson reports, though economic growth is slowing, a recession is not the most likely scenario, according to Roger Tutterow, an economist with Kennesaw State University. Tutterow provided an economic update on local, state and national trends during the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce’s monthly...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 10, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: Ti Cold and Karis Cold Building $60 Million Facility in McIntosh County Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Wednesday announced that Ti Cold and Karis Cold have officially broken ground on a new $60 million cold storage facility for PermaCold Logistics in Darien, McIntosh County. The industrial cold storage construction company’s latest project will...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 9, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia ends fiscal year with slight increase in tax revenues Dave Williams reports, the state closed out fiscal 2025 at the end of last month with a slight increase in net tax collections compared to fiscal 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp reported Tuesday. Net tax revenue for the 12 months ending June 30 was up...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 8, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald The Hi-Lo Trail from Athens to Savannah remains a vision, but much still to be done Wayne Ford reports, recently, the Georgia Hi-Lo Trail organization gained the land it needs for a 4-mile section in Washington County in the Sandersville and Tennille area, but the actual trail is still on the drawing board. “Going after...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 7, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com Pullback on Korean Battery Recycling Plant Could Portend More Trouble for Georgia’s Clean Energy Sector Trevor Williams reports that a South Korean electric battery recycler is the latest clean-energy firm pulling back on investment plans for Georgia amid flagging demand for electric vehicles and the impending elimination of federal EV subsidies. SungEel Recycling Park Georgia LLC had planned to spend $37...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 3, 2025 Capitol Beat News Atlanta to get Shriners children’s medical research facility Ty Tagami reports that Shriners Children’s will establish a new pediatric medical research facility near Georgia Tech, bringing jobs and significant investment, the health-care nonprofit announced Wednesday. Gov. Brian Kemp touted the new development as “an incredible addition to Georgia’s growing nonprofit, R&D, and life sciences communities.”...| Georgia Trend Magazine
July 2, 2025 Capitol Beat News PSC approves Georgia Power rate freeze Dave Williams reports that state energy regulators Tuesday unanimously approved Georgia Power’s plan to freeze customer rates for the next three years. Under an agreement the Atlanta-based utility and the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached in May, Georgia Power will not seek to raise...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 19, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Latest Workforce Housing Grant Awards Staff reports that Gov. Kemp announced on Wednesday the latest round of grant awards for the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative, totaling $6.5 million in infrastructure development and supporting 198 housing units across three communities. In line with prior awards, these recipients demonstrated strong collaboration and partnership with local...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 9, 2025 Capitol Beat News Kemp visiting Canada to discuss future of trade relations amid tariff uncertainties Dave Williams reports that Gov. Brian Kemp will lead a three-day trade mission to Canada amid an atmosphere of uncertainty prompted by a series of tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on the United States’ northern neighbor. Kemp, joined by Georgia First...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 6, 2025 Newnan Times-Herald Severe storms possible across Georgia this weekend Staff reports that a multi-day threat of severe weather is forecast across Georgia beginning late Friday and continuing through Sunday, with the greatest risk expected Saturay afternoon and early evening. According to the Storm Prediction Center, most of north and central Georgia falls under a Slight Risk for...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 5, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Saharan dust will collide with Canada wildfire smoke this week over Georgia. What to expect Vanessa Countryman reports that a mix of smoke and dust is blanketing parts of Georgia this week, as wildfire smoke in Canada and a wave of Saharan dust converge in the atmosphere over the southeastern U.S. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s AirNow forecast placed much...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 4, 2025 Augusta Chronicle Fortune 500’s biggest corporations in US includes 17 in Georgia. How much are they worth? Miguel Legoas reports that Georgia is home to some major companies, and according to Fortune, that includes some of the very biggest. On Monday, this year’s Fortune 500 list was released ranking the 500 largest corporations in America ranked by...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 3, 2025 Marietta Daily Journal Cupid Highlights Economic Growth, Transit and Stormwater Needs in State of the County Address Isabelle Manders reports that Lisa Cupid, chair of the Cobb Board of Commissioners, touched on healthcare access, education, transportation and stormwater in her State of the County address to the Cobb Chamber of Commerce Monday. Similar to her community State...| Georgia Trend Magazine
June 2, 2025 Saporta Report Lights, camera, taxes: Georgia looks to maintain production powerhouse status as Kemp signs new tax break into law Mark Lannaman reports that Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 475 (HB 475) earlier this month, ushering in a new age of tax credits that reflects the ever-changing film and TV industry. Notably, it made specific provisions for...| Georgia Trend Magazine
May 13, 2025 Georgia.gov Kemp: April Net Tax Revenues Down 5.8%; Adjusted YTD Down 0.6% Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in April approached $3.73 billion, for a decrease of $230.4 million, or 5.8%, compared to FY 2024, when net tax collections totaled $3.96 billion for the month. April 2025 individual and corporate income tax collections were...| Georgia Trend Magazine