Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry has been elected the president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. He’ll work with Congress to enact a new long-term federal surface transportation bill that reauthorizes the federal highway, highway safety, transit and rail programs before the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires. He’ll further seek to strategically deploy discretionary grants, and coordinate with industry partners to advance projects in every congressional district. McMurry further emphasizes maintaining a focus on safety. All this and more has our commissioner RISING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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