Oct. 3, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Katie Landeck reports that President Joe Biden is coming to Georgia and Florida on Thursday, the White House announced Wednesday. Biden’s exact destinations and travel plans weren’t immediately available.
Oct. 3, 2024 Georgia Trend – Exclusive!
Ben Young writes, celebrated each year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates generations of Hispanic Americans and features many events and tributes in Georgia honoring the accomplishments of our 1.13 million residents of Latin American descent. Hispanics comprised 9.2% of workers and owned 8.4% of businesses (90,000 plus) in Georgia as of 2022.
Oct. 3, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kelly Yamanouchi reports that Delta Air Lines has signed a code-share marketing agreement with Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, as it expands its partnerships in the Middle Eastern nation. Atlanta-based Delta said the deal is aimed at adding connectivity to nine destinations in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, connecting through Saudia’s hubs in Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Oct. 3, 2024 Capitol Beat News
Dave Williams reports that the ports of Savannah and Brunswick were closed for a second day Wednesday, the result of a longshoremen’s strike affecting ports along the East and Gulf coasts from Maine to Texas. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is seeking a significant pay raise from the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), a shipping industry group representing terminal operators and ocean carriers, as well as an end to the use of automated cranes, gates and container-moving trucks in unloading or loading freight.
Oct. 3, 2024 Valdosta Daily Times
Staff reports, following the severe damage brought by Hurricane Helene, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that he is deploying agency staff to set up a Hurricane Claims Village in Valdosta to assist Georgians who have been impacted by the storm.
Oct. 3, 2024 Savannah Morning News
Ryne Dennis reports, most of Savannah was left in the dark after Hurricane-force wins swept across the area, bringing down trees and powerlines, but Georgia Power continues to restore power to the community.
Oct. 3, 2024 Macon Telegraph
Lucinda Warnke reports that a crowd of people packed into the old Plains High School auditorium in Plains Tuesday to celebrate 100 foreign nationals becoming citizens, one for every year of former President Jimmy Carter’s life. The new citizens came from more than 30 countries and traveled to Plains from across Georgia for the ceremony, which took place Tuesday on Carter’s birthday.
Oct. 3, 2024 The Brunswick News
Gordon Jackson reports that the deadline for public comment about four proposed land swaps on Cumberland Island National Seashore has been extended until Oct. 20. The National Park Service seeks to relocate private interests to other areas where it is more appropriate and less impactful on visitors by exchanging property with private landowners.
Oct. 3, 2024 Albany Herald
Carlton Fletcher reports, times have changed dramatically since Albany State University professors Charles Ochie and Patrick Ibe, who were alarmed by the growing number of men and women in the region coming out of prison with no family, no job, no money, nowhere to live … simply, people with little or no hope, decided to do something about the growing concern. The pair started Albany Second Chance, a nonprofit that offers the previously incarcerated an opportunity at returning to society outside prison walls, in essence, a second chance at life, in 1999.
Oct. 3, 2024 Rome News-Tribune
Adam Carey reports, a group of area election supervisors is meeting Wednesday morning to discuss election security and the newly approved rules from the State Elections Board. The purpose of the meeting, which will take place at the Floyd County Election Center at 9:30 a.m., is to speak with 14th District U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene regarding election security, and County Attorney Virginia Harman concerning the latest rule changes to election procedures.
Oct. 3, 2024 Georgia Recorder
Jill Nolin reports, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has asked the state Supreme Court to allow Georgia’s six-week abortion ban to be enforced again while the state’s appeal is being considered. The six-week ban was tossed aside Monday when Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney ruled that it conflicts with the Georgia Constitution’s privacy and liberty protections.
Oct. 3, 2024 Marietta Daily Journal
Robin Rayne reports, on the first stop of their Save America tour, several A-list Women for Trump visited Cobb County Wednesday, providing relief and supplies in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Among the volunteers were Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump, former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Georgia.
Oct. 3, 2024 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
David Wickert reports that a judge has dismissed a lawsuit that said the State Election Board violated state law when it approved new rules at a hastily called meeting in July, but he left the door open for the suit to be refiled. Three Republican members of the board met to approve two election rules at the meeting despite warnings from the attorney general’s office that it might not comply with the law.
