The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Susan Monarez as the new director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s been a tumultuous year for the CDC, which has faced spending cuts from the Trump Administration and was forced to lay off hundreds of employees. But there is hope that Monarez, a longtime government researcher who’s served under four presidents of varying political leanings, can steer the ship and stabilize the important agency. 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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