Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that the Ball Corporation will be constructing a new plant in Rome, bringing with it more than 180 jobs and an investment of over $200 million. The plant, which will produce aluminum cups, will be the company’s second in the area. For Rome and Floyd County as a whole, the big investment has the region RISING…
Capitol adds “lactation pods”
Political leaders including Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), House of Representatives Speaker David Ralston (R – Blue Ridge) and House Speaker Pro-Tempore Jan Jones (R – Milton) gathered Monday to announce the installation of a first of its...Delta makes S. American splash
Atlanta-based Delta Airlines last week announced its plan to spend nearly $2 billion for a 20% stake in South American airline giant LATAM, the largest such acquisition in a decade. It would also fill a gap for Delta, which is “not well represented” on...GT basketball slammed with probation
A tough decade continues for the Georgia Tech basketball program, which was slapped with NCAA sanctions Tuesday. Found to have committed a series of recruiting violations, the program faces a postseason ban as well as four years of probation, plus a reduction in...Member of Atlanta jail task force robbed at gunpoint
Steven Muhammad, a member of the task force that will make suggestions for repurposing the Atlanta City Detention Center as it moves away from actually housing inmates, was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday along with his wife. Two young men with rifles and their...4 GA companies top workplaces for women
Four Georgia companies made Fortune’s list of the nation’s top workplaces for women, based on a poll that included categories including gender fairness, employee inclusion, and equal experiences across gender lines. IT staffing firm Insight Global was the...
