A press release issued by Gov. Nathan Deal’s office today announced the partnership between Kia Motors and Cordele Intermodal Services to move auto parts from Savannah to Kia’s manufacturing plant in West Point. Approximately 30,000 containers will travel from the Port of Savannah via railroad to the inland terminal located in Cordele. The containers will then be transported by motor
Everything old was new again, or so it seemed at the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, as the inaugural class of the Georgia Consortium for Advanced Technical Training (GA CATT) Program signed apprenticeship agreements that will allow them to graduate from high school with a diploma, an associate degree in Industrial Mechanics via West Georgia Technical
Hey! I’m back! (We missed you, Ed). Awww. Jimmy Castor “The Bertha Butt Boogie” may be one of the strangest accessible songs ever. Daily Report on who has been nominated to the SCOGA. A whopping 12% of voters turned out for last week’s runoff. Nucyoular and solar are the way of the future for GA
Senator Johhny Isakson announced big moves to reform Veteran Affairs at the 2016 Disabled Veterans of America (DAV) national convention, promoting his Veterans First Act bill and announcing a new crisis call center. The bill, if passed, will provide advancements in veteran healthcare and benefits, as well as require increased accountability from the Department of
The audience quieted down as the movie industry awards ceremony continued at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. … And in the category of “Greatest Economic Impact,” the winner is …. Georgia! Governor Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia’s film industry had a $7 billion impact on Georgia’s economy in Fiscal Year 2016, an increase of
Hello, it’s me. Teri is out and about doing Smyrna stuff, so I’m taking over this morning’s MRs. Let’s begin. Jawja Photos: President Obama held up traffic. Trump and Clinton are tied among Georgia voters and Isakson beats Barksdale. Full results here. Drama at the JQC–shocking! WorkSource Georgia was announced yesterday. Atlanta’s Olympic legacy. Murica
The Georgia Department of Economic Development Workforce Division launched WorkSource Georgia this morning at a conference in Atlanta. The goal of WorkSource Georgia is to provide a unified brand to Georgia’s 19 Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) and better connect job seekers with careers in our state’s largest industries. Expect to see WorkSource Georgia branding
The Republican Party is splitting in two. Factional rumblings over America’s proper role in the world are rising to the surface and the difference between George W. Bush’s America— the world’s moral compass and protector—and Donald Trump’s America—insular and hell-bent on preserving national interests—could not be more stark. While Trump may have been the catalyst,
In a front page story from today’s New York Times, reporter Michael Wines examines how some cities and counties are allegedly attempting to disenfranchise minorities by conducting activities that, prior to a Supreme Court decision, would have required preclearance by the Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act. Georgia, which was one of the states
This week’s Courier Herald column: The benediction to the first night of the Republicans’ convention two weeks ago was unusual. Pastor Mark Burns of South Carolina announced to the delegates “Our enemy is not other Republicans, but is Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.” He then prayed that “we together can defeat the liberal Democratic
