Deemed “essential employees,” some 1,200 TSA workers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are working without pay as a result of the government shutdown. They will receive backpay once the government reopens, but that’s hardly reassurance when mortgages, bills, and childcare don’t go on pause. The city of Atlanta is stepping in to provide at least a little relief, offering free parking and two meal vouchers per shift to full time TSA employees at the airport. Even with that kind gesture, the ongoing shutdown has TSA workers DRIFTING…
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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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