GRA unveils initiative to fight sickle cell disease
Gov. Brian Kemp makes announcement; Eminent Scholar chair named for Rep. Calvin Smyre
May 13, 2021 11:00 ET | Source: Georgia Research Alliance Georgia Research Alliance Atlanta UNITED STATES
Atlanta, GA, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Seeking to capitalize on Georgia’s strengths in university research and healthcare, the Georgia Research Alliance today introduced a five-year initiative to advance exploration into sickle cell disease (SCD), including new treatments and therapies.
The announcement, made by Gov. Brian Kemp at a gathering in Columbus, Ga., included news that a GRA Eminent Scholar chair would be created at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) – and named for state Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus, currently the longest-serving member of the Georgia General Assembly.
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ATLANTA, Ga. – Interfor will invest $30 million to expand its sawmill operations in Perry, Georgia, according to an announcement by Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
The expansion will increase both lumber production and log consumption at the large forest products company’s mill in Perry. Headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, Interfor operates 17 sawmills across the United States and Canada, along with a coastal woodlands logging business in British Columbia. It has an annual production capacity of approximately 3.2 billion board feet.
Interfor currently employs more than 1,200 Georgians and operates seven sawmills across the state. “We are excited to further invest in the Perry team and community. This operation has a dedicated and proven team of employees with a history of success with upgrade work,” said Vice President of Southern Operations for Interfor Bruce Luxmoore. “The expansion will increase consumption of the ti
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is joined Friday, May 7, 2021, by a group of agriculture and forestry leaders as he signs eight bills into law at the Georgia Farm Bureau in Macon, Ga.
Photo courtesy of Gov. Brian Kemp s office Georgia voters to weigh in on farmer tax exemption
By Nyamekye Daniel | The Center Square May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is joined Friday, May 7, 2021, by a group of agriculture and forestry leaders as he signs eight bills into law at the Georgia Farm Bureau in Macon, Ga. Photo courtesy of Gov. Brian Kemp s office
MACON, Ga. â Georgia voters will decide whether to exempt certain farmers from taxes under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Brian Kemp.
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When the coronavirus pandemic struck Georgia in March of last year, no industry shut down harder or faster than hospitality.
The leisure and hospitality sector lost 223,000 jobs statewide between February and April 2020.
In Atlanta, hotel occupancy plummeted from 74% in February of last year to just 9% in April.
“We’re a convention city,” said William Pate, president and CEO of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau. “All of a sudden, the conventions canceled.”
“We lost half of March, all of April and most of May,” added Joe Marinelli, president of Visit Savannah, that city’s tourism promotion agency. “Losing those months was hard on us.”