Per press release: ATLANTA, GA – Yesterday, Attorney General Chris Carr joined a 24-state coalition urging President-elect Donald Trump and congressional leaders to withdraw President Obama’s so-called Clean Power Plan and take the necessary steps to ensure similar or more extreme proposals never again take shape. The bipartisan letter – addressed Wednesday to Vice President-elect
The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business recently released its annual economic outlook, which predicts another strong year for the economy in the Peach State, especially when compared to other states. Terry Dean Benjamin C. Ayers told an audience of about 700 in Atlanta that there were several reasons to be optimistic about the
Before adjourning for the year early Saturday morning, the U.S. Senate passed the 2017 water resources bill that provides needed funding for the Savannah River port deepening project, along with a measure that avoids a government shutdown by funding the federal government through April 28th, 2017. Formally titled the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation
As Congress prepares to vacate DC for the Holidays and make way for newly elected members, a final vote has shown a split within the Georgia delegation over the Water Resources Development Act. Tom Graves, a potential statewide candidate from Northwest Georgia, voted yes due to the opportunity to complete funding for the Port of
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the Army’s Cyber Command Center that will be located at Fort Gordon in Augusta. Today, the Army breaks ground on their new command center facility. From a presser: New facilities supporting Army Cyber Operations and Command and Control functions will be constructed during the first phase of
In the midst of all of the post-election noise, it is great to hear some good news for Georgia. A press release and an in-depth article by the Atlanta Business Chronicle share the details of today’s announcement by Governor Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (bipartisanship can work) that UPS will invest over $400
Yesterday Gov. Nathan Deal announced that the state amassed an 8.6 percent increase in tax revenues in comparison to October 2015. The release obtained by GeorgiaPol from the governor’s office went through a breakdown of the changes in different tax categories that led to the overall increase. The first tax category that the governor’s office
For the fourth year in a row, the state of Georgia has been named the number one state in which do do business by Site Selection Magazine. The announcement was made this morning at the Capitol by the magazine’s Mark Arend, flanked by Governor Nathan Deal and former Georgia Economic Development head Chris Carr. Leading
This week’s Courier Herald Column: Broadband has become a tool that is part of everyday life. Well, for most of us. The ability to access quality high speed internet connectivity is driving change in commerce, social interaction, medicine, and entertainment. Many Georgians are on the cutting edge of the latest technology with the highest speeds.
After a close call with Hurricane Matthew on Saturday, Georgia’s ports are up and running again. As of Wednesday morning, the Savannah River Channel was reopened and the ports at Brunswick and Savannah were both operational. Savannah, which hosts the country’s largest single-terminal container facility, had a quick recovery. 8,500 trucks were expected to pass
