ajc.com — 5+ hour, 40+ min ago
Luxury brands are coming to Phipps Plaza amid mall renovation
ajc.com > news...Simon Property Group, the posh mall’s owner, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade to inject some “live-work-play” atmosphere... ...Phipps Plaza for decades has been the spot where Atlanta’s upper crust spends its dough.... ...The companies range from Christian Louboutin to Cartier to Canada Goose.... ...Four luxury retailers -- Balenciaga, Ducci, Fendi and Tiffany & Co. -- operate stores in both Lenox Square and Phipps....
ajc.com — 5+ hour, 47+ min ago
University System of Georgia enrollment up this year, Perdue says
ajc.com > education...After a two-year enrollment decline, the University System of Georgia’s student numbers are rebounding.... ...The numbers won’t be official for several weeks, but Perdue told the Georgia Board of Regents it appears the system “turned the corner” from the... ...As the higher education reporter, Vanessa McCray writes about Georgia's colleges and universities. Ryon Horne / [email protected]... ...So far this fall, Perdue said 21 of the University System’s 26 schools have gained enrollment....
ajc.com — 6+ hour, 59+ min ago
Georgia Power says it may need more electricity capacity and soon
ajc.com > news...Now, a new notice published recently by Georgia Power suggests the company thinks it needs more power sooner than expected to feed demand from residents... ...Just over a year ago, state regulators approved Georgia Power’s plan to meet customer’s electricity needs for the next two decades, which called... ...by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC).... ...Morton for the AJC Credit: Morton for the AJC Huge factories under construction in the state, like Hyundai’s Metaplant near Savannah and the planned...
ajc.com — 7+ hour, 10+ min ago
Film industry makes case to continue $1 billion Georgia tax break
ajc.com > politics...The producers of an entertainment industry study and Georgians who work and have invested in the business told a joint House-Senate tax credit study... ...funding what has been called the most lucrative movie and television incentive in the country.... ..." But Frank Patterson, president of the massive Trilith Studios in Fayette County, said the film tax credit has helped the industry flourish in Georgia... ...“The future of this business is in your hands,” said Gray Television CEO Hilton Howell, whose company purchased the former General Motors plant in...
ajc.com — 13+ hour, 26+ min ago
Georgia election board votes down ballot secrecy proposal
ajc.com > politics...The State Election Board unanimously rejected a proposed ballot secrecy rule Tuesday that would have allowed Georgia voters to fill out ballots by... ...Board members said they want to find other ways to protect voters’ privacy during elections in 2024, though they didn’t propose a solution.... ...The rule proposal was sought by Marilyn Marks, executive director for the Coalition for Good Governance, an organization suing the state seeking... ...Ryon Horne / [email protected]...
ajc.com — 9+ hour, 20+ min ago
Georgia Republican Party ramps up legal spending for indicted electors
ajc.com > politics...As Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis prepared to indict former President Donald Trump and 18 others in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020... ...Earlier this summer The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Georgia GOP had spent more than $500,000 on legal fees in the first half of... ...Among those indicted in the case were former Georgia Republican Chair David Shafer, state Sen.... ...Shawn Still and former Coffee County GOP Chair Cathy Latham, three of the 16 Georgians who claimed to be legitimate presidential electors for Trump...
ajc.com — 14+ hour, 46+ min ago
Ga. Department of Public Safety has a new semi. But it likely won’t pull you over
ajc.com > news > crime...Chasen Woodie told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The truck and the trailer it hauls likely won’t be used for traffic duty, though.... ...The Georgia Department of Public Safety’s newest vehicle is a semi truck with flashing blue lights and sirens.... ...On Tuesday, the semi and trailer traveled to Valdosta State University, Woodie said.... ...The semi’s driver can always radio for other troopers to handle reckless drivers. Ric Watkins / AJC file images...
ajc.com — 14+ hour, 17+ min ago
Savannah’s port files plans for huge expansion. This time on an island
ajc.com > politics...The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) recently submitted a permitting application for the terminal with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.... ...The facility is to be built on land the authority owns in the shadow of Savannah’s Talmadge Bridge on Hutchinson Island, a 2,000-acre isle that prior... ...The document, dated Sept. 1, provides the first details of a terminal announced in 2019 by ports authority President and CEO Griff Lynch.... ...the changing trends to transportation and shipment of goods across the Southeast,” wrote Christopher Novack, GPA’s director of Engineering and Facilities...
ajc.com — 13+ hour, 32+ min ago
20% of women 50-74 don’t follow breast cancer screening guidelines
ajc.com > pulse...Preventive Services Task Force says is every two years.... ...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine how many women are skipping their mammograms.... ...Ethan Cohen told Fox. Cohan is a breast radiologist and an associate professor of breast imaging at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.... ...Morton Credit: Ric Watkins / AJC file images...
ajc.com — 1+ day ago
Braves Nation: Brian Snitker to Nicky Lopez – ‘You’re getting expensive’
ajc.com > sports > atlanta-braves...Recently, Braves manager Brian Snitker told utility man Nicky Lopez, “You’re getting expensive.”... ...Recently, the manager gave Lopez a bottle of wine.... ...Morton Credit: Ric Watkins / AJC file images... ...Lopez pitched in the first game of the August doubleheader against the Mets at Citi Field -- a blowout victory for the Braves....