Georgia schools adding EV career pathway after Rivian announcement
ATLANTA - The state Department of Education is responding to last week’s announcement that a major electric vehicle manufacturing plant will be built in Georgia by creating an EV career pathway. The department’s Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE)...
Spaceport Camden lands federal operator license
ATLANTA - A planned commercial spaceport in southeastern Georgia has achieved a major milestone. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a long-anticipated “record of decision” Monday approving a launch site operator license for Spaceport Camden. The license...
‘Georgia giant’ Johnny Isakson dies at 76
Johnny Isakson ATLANTA - Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson died Sunday at the age of 76, his family and the foundation he started to raise money for Parkinson’s disease announced. The Republican from Cobb County retired from the Senate at end of 2019 due to...
Georgia mental health system facing growing demand, fewer workers
Judy Fitzgerald, commissioner, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities ATLANTA - A three-digit national mental health crisis hotline due to begin service next summer poses a mixed blessing for Georgia. The new 988 line is expected to...
Georgia lands Rivian electric vehicle plant in historic business deal
Startup Rivian will be manufacturing electric vehicles in Georgia. ATLANTA - A California-based electric vehicle startup will invest $5 billion in a truck manufacturing plant east of Atlanta that will create 7,500 jobs. Gov. Brian Kemp touted the Rivian deal Thursday...
Republican businessman challenging Sanford Bishop in Southwest Georgia
Chris West ATLANTA - A Republican from Thomasville is looking to take advantage of Georgia’s newly redrawn, more GOP-friendly 2nd Congressional District. Chris West, general counsel to a Southwest Georgia real estate company, announced Thursday that he will challenge...
Georgia unemployment rate hits new low
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to another record low last month, while the state’s all-time high workforce is larger than it was before the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s unemployment rate fell to 2.8% in...
South Georgia adds three solar farms
ATLANTA - A Georgia utility is working with one of the nation’s largest independent power producers to bring utility-scale solar energy projects to Georgia. Walton Electric Membership Corp. (EMC), and Nashville, Tenn.-based Silicon Ranch Corp. announced Wednesday they...