With Fortune 500 heavyweights like Coke, Delta, and Home Depot all calling Atlanta home, the city’s largest employer might come as a surprise. It’s Emory University, with 32,594 full-time employees in the metro Atlanta region between the school and its extensive healthcare system. The university contributes nearly $15 billion in statewide economic impact annually, making it one of the most powerful economic engines in the state as a whole. Emory’s huge presence both in the local community and economy is RISING…
Ga. Southern’s Marrero on the importance of collaboration
Georgia Southern University has been collaborating with industries around the state in an effort spearheaded President Kyle Marrero, whom we profiled in the latest JAMES Magazine. The school is working with healthcare providers to improve rural healthcare issues and...Federal judge rejects bid to quash portions of Georgia election law
A federal judge Wednesday threw out a challenge to portions of Georgia’s controversial new election law as “poorly timed.” U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that with runoff elections for vacant state House seats in Cobb County and southeast...Crowded field in Augusta mayoral race
As controversy has swirled around Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis and his office’s use of city credit cards and discretionary funding, there is no question that he will be replaced in May of 2022. That’s because Davis is term-limited, having first won...Watch the July 4th Georgia Gang!
Guest host Claire Simms opens the July 4th broadcast with a debate over Gov. Brian Kemp’s rescinding of all COVID-19 emergency orders. Panelists also discuss issues ranging from Republican Herschel Walker poised to enter the 2022 US Senate race and an ethics probe of...How you can support Georgia agriculture
In around two-thirds of Georgia’s counties, agribusiness and industries related to agribusiness are either the largest or second-largest parts of the economy. This massive industry has created for itself an authentic voice in the public arena. One of those key voices...
