Walmart planning massive distribution center in Carnesville
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp took some time out from his economic development trip to South America to announce that Walmart is planning its next high-tech, “next-generation” fulfillment center in Carnesville in Franklin County. At this point, “high tech” and “next-gen” may conjure up in the mind a small army of automated robots picking and putting packages all over a warehouse before they are loaded on to a truck somewhere but even today, this fulfillment center will create somewhere around 1,000 jobs and represents a $1.3 billion investment in Franklin County.
Carr announces massive big tech settlement after social media suit
Under a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc., Georgia will receive close to $100 million and could receive almost $135 million. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said this is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s.
New elections committee ready to go to work
A committee tasked with evaluating specifications and requirements for election equipment utilizing hand-marked paper ballots produced through ballot-on-demand printing is ready to go to work.
2026 Ag Issues Summit features launch of Joint Family Farms Study Committee
Agriculture is Georgia’s No. 1 industry. And every year state lawmakers, industry leaders and members throughout Georgia’s farming community gather to discuss the issues shaping the future of the state’s number one industry at the Ag Issues Summit.
Kemp touts data centers, calls AI “scary” but essential
Gov. Brian Kemp weighed in on the rush to develop artificial intelligence, calling the technology “scary” while also welcoming data centers to Georgia and criticizing others who would pause their development.
Special election to fill seat of late U.S. Rep. David Scott heads to runoff
The special election to fill the U.S. House seat previously held by the late David Scott is headed to an August 10th runoff, after Marcye Scott, the youngest of David Scott’s two daughters, fell just short of 50% of the vote. She will face fellow Democrat Everton Blair Jr. in the runoff to try and fill her father’s former seat for the rest of the year.
Georgia chronic absenteeism hits another post-pandemic low
Georgia lawmakers and statewide educational leaders have committed to addressing chronic absenteeism with new laws and the state’s participation in the national 50% Challenge – an initiative to reduce chronic absenteeism by half over five years.
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Both candidates for state school superintendent say they will push for change
Georgia’s longtime Republican state school superintendent is touting his experience to fend off his Democratic challenger, who calls herself a change agent.
Police settle lawsuit over interdiction program at Hartsfield-Jackson
Police at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have ended a controversial drug interdiction program that involved stopping travelers on jet bridges, taking their tickets and searching their luggage, according to the organization that sued on behalf of two entertainers subjected to the encounters.
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Opinion: Pentagon boosts stalled veterans legislation that will help Georgians
America’s wounded warriors received a boost during the Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing last week after Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth endorsed the Major Richard Star Act, an overwhelmingly bipartisan measure to eliminate the ban on concurrent receipt of retirement pay and disability compensation for combat injured medical retirees.
Opinion: Electrical Safety Month in Georgia – Turning awareness into action
Each May, Electrical Safety Month serves as a national reminder of something we often take for granted: the systems that power our homes, businesses, and communities must also be systems we can trust to be safe.
Opinion: On Tax Day, Georgia taxpayers deserve relief they can actually feel
Tax Day is usually a reminder of what government takes. Families sit at the kitchen table, small business owners square the books, and working people are reminded how much of their labor never really feels like their own. But this year is different.
