Atlanta Economics
Economic Development
NEWS BRIEF: Danish line-marking robots move into Atlanta suburbs
05/10/2022 2:00 AM
Rosie the Robot does sports
NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta firefighters ‘headhunted’ by trucking industry, drastic shortage ensues
05/07/2022 2:00 AM
AFD unprepared for fires?
NEWS BRIEF: Electric truck maker gets largest incentive payout in Georgia history
05/04/2022 2:00 AM
Rivian receives $1.5 billion in state and local ‘support’
NEWS BRIEF: Small businesses getting attention from federal programs
04/23/2022 2:00 AM
On the road for better small businesses
NEWS BRIEF: The Atlanta Opera hair and makeup artists demanding to be unionized
04/19/2022 2:00 AM
Rally to be held April 30
NEWS BRIEF: Georgia announces lowest-ever unemployment rate plus increased wages and inflation
04/16/2022 2:00 AM
Rise in work force — and inflation
Energy
NEWS BRIEF: ‘Not in my back yard,’ Rivian detractors say
03/17/2022 2:00 AM
Is the trade-off viable?
NEWS BRIEF: Georgia gasoline tax to be suspended, lawmakers say
03/11/2022 1:00 AM
Warnock calls out gas companies for profiting on the backs of the poor
NEWS BRIEF: Nuclear power plant surcharges must stop, politicians say
03/10/2022 1:00 AM
Financial relief over profits urged
NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta becoming “crypto boomtown” due to cheap power grid
02/04/2022 6:00 AM
And you think your power bill is high
NEWS BRIEF: Could Georgia Power close most of its coal-fired plants?
02/02/2022 6:00 AM
Costs to consumers uncertain
NEWS BRIEF: Southern Company will close half its coal plants by 2028
11/10/2021 6:00 AM
Coal on its way out in GA.
NEWS BRIEF: Sen. Ossoff confident in clean energy despite congressional “fury”
10/26/2021 6:00 AM
Ossoff sees potential in renewable energy
NEWS BRIEF: Georgia Power will charge you lots more for nuclear power
10/16/2021 6:00 AM
You pay the price with nuclear power
Film Industry
NEWS BRIEF: Fred Savage fired from Atlanta TV production after alleged misconduct
05/10/2022 2:00 AM
‘Cooperating with the probe’
NEWS BRIEF: Police say rampant film equipment thefts could be “an inside job”
05/06/2022 2:00 AM
Thieves know ‘exactly where’ to look
NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta actors pay inequality causing industry discord
04/29/2022 2:00 AM
Actors paid less here than there
NEWS BRIEF: Film producer opens new company in Atlanta
04/05/2022 2:00 AM
Brantley Dunaway’s Company B Entertainment will cover all aspects of film production.
NEWS BRIEF: ‘Hidden agenda’ in proposal to thwart film industry
04/01/2022 2:00 AM
“It would crush the industry in Georgia as we know it,” said the President of IATSE, the union for film workers.
NEWS BRIEF: New company giving money to aspiring young filmmakers
03/18/2022 2:00 AM
Georgia is fertile ground
NEWS BRIEF: New Black-owned film studio to open in Georgia
02/22/2022 6:00 AM
Cinema South set for Fayetteville
NEWS BRIEF: New COVID testing lab opens to serve film workers
02/18/2022 6:00 AM
Johns Creek testing site will open 24/7 for film and TV industry
Poverty
NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta Habitat helping seniors with home repairs
04/30/2022 2:00 AM
Offering critical home repairs with kindness
NEWS BRIEF: Apartments for homeless LGBTQ youth open in Atlanta
04/22/2022 2:00 AM
Nonprofit org seeks to help those in need
NEWS BRIEF: BeltLine brewery bash raising money for homeless kids
04/14/2022 2:00 AM
One People partner with New Realm to benefit Atlanta Children’s Shelter
NEWS BRIEF: Hands On Atlanta seeks thousands of volunteers
04/02/2022 2:00 AM
Last year… over 40,000 volunteer shifts went unfilled.
NEWS BRIEF: Forest Cove apartments still in violation of rules, feds say
03/31/2022 2:00 AM
Over 500 code complaints have been issued in the last five years.
NEWS BRIEF: Atlanta Habitat gets millions to develop affordable housing
03/24/2022 2:00 AM
Donation to help aid affordable housing crisis
NEWS BRIEF: Working students at Emory demand $15 minimum wage
03/17/2022 2:00 AM
Current wage is ‘not sustainable’
NEWS BRIEF: Georgia gasoline tax to be suspended, lawmakers say
03/11/2022 1:00 AM
Warnock calls out gas companies for profiting on the backs of the poor
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