Morning Reads for Tuesday, October 1

Happy birthday, President Carter!

• The General Assembly, the governing body that creates the state’s appropriations legislation, politely requests that the Governor’s office share the plans that state agencies submitted to the Governor’s office in response to his request that they cut spending by 4% this year, and 6% next year. (Here’s a primer for how the budget process works in Georgia.)
• It’s runoff day in Newnan!
• A $6 million gift from the Cox Foundation will finish connecting the Silver Comet Trail, which begins in Alabama and runs nearly 95 miles to where it currently terminates in Smyrna, to the Atlanta Westside Beltline.
• A nonprofit in Atlanta encourages shoppers to support businesses owned by black women.
• UGA dedicates $100,000 to explore the university’s history with slavery.
• What are the root causes of Congressional political polarization (spoiler: not what you might think), and how are Georgians working to breach the divide and encourage civility?
• A thorough review of the ascendancy of Mohammed bin Salman.
• Attention all SkyMiles hoarders: big changes are coming to Delta’s co-branded American Express cards.
• In Perry, it’s time for the fair!