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• 64% of Georgia Executives Are Investing More in Generosity. Here’s How to Help Employees See It.

  November 06, 2026

  Executives are investing in generosity at near-record rates — 99% are increasing or maintaining their commitment, but recent data shows that most employees haven’t noticed. This week, we dig into how executives and employees define generosity, and the difference may be costing companies the returns generosity is supposed to deliver.

• GaDOE, GaPSC Partner to Revamp Statewide Educator Job Board

  November 06, 2026

  The Georgia Department of Education and the Georgia Professional Standards Commission announced a partnership to launch an enhanced statewide educator job board, bringing together GaPSC's TeachGeorgia and GaDOE's Teach in the Peach initiatives to strengthen teacher recruitment and reduce educator vacancies across the state.

• TCSG Foundation Donates $1.24 Million to Georgia’s 22 Technical College Foundations

  November 05, 2026

  The Technical College System of Georgia Foundation has donated a total of $1.24 million to the foundations supporting all 22 of Georgia’s technical colleges. The check presentation took place during the 2026 TCSG Leadership Conference in Savannah, bringing together college leaders, trustees, and foundation representatives from across the state.

• U.S. Department of Commerce to Invest $7.4M to Support Georgia Timber Manufacturing Industry

  November 05, 2026

  Initiated and overseen by Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI²), ReGEN Ag is a collaboration of Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute and Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. Together, the groups will help South Georgia's timber and agriculture producers recover from 2024’s Hurricane Helene and strengthen the region’s resilience to future disasters.

• Survey: Manufacturers Eye 2027 Growth as Profit Pressures Persist

  November 05, 2026

  Manufacturers are heading into 2027 with their strongest optimism in years, but confidence in turning stronger demand into profitable growth remains measured, according to Wipfli's latest Manufacturing Pulse Survey.

• Keisha Bottoms Claims Place in History as First Black Woman Elected Governor

  November 04, 2026

  Georgia voters made history Tuesday, electing for the first time in 238 years of statehood a woman — and a Black person — as governor.

• Jon Ossoff Claims Victory in U.S. Senate Race

  November 04, 2026

  Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff powered to a second term Tuesday night, defending his seat against Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins.

• Race for Georgia Governor Draws More Than $150M in Final Three Months

  November 03, 2026

  The price of everything has been rising, including the cost of becoming governor in Georgia. Since Aug. 1, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and businessman Rick Jackson raised more than $150 million in their quests to lead the state.

• Southern Company Aligns Leadership, Operations to Serve Growth, Develop Talent & Prepare for the Future

  November 02, 2026

  Southern Company Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack, announced several executive leadership changes designed to position the company to continue serving growing energy needs, execute significant infrastructure investments and respond to rapidly evolving technologies and customer needs.

• Georgia-Based Chicken Salad Chick Surpasses 350 Restaurants as Record Growth Pace Continues to Fuel National Expansion

  October 30, 2026

  Chicken Salad Chick is continuing its impressive pace of growth, surpassing 350 restaurants across 27 states. Building on a record-breaking 2025, Chicken Salad Chick is still trending for record growth in 2026.

• Georgia Chamber CEO Chris Clark: Being No. 1 Is Not Enough

  October 29, 2026

  For thirteen years straight, Area Development has ranked Georgia the nation's No. 1 state for business, a run no other state has matched. That did not happen by accident. It happened because governors and legislators made decisions over decades to keep Georgia competitive, because communities invested in infrastructure and economic developers built relationships around the world, because our universities and technical colleges turned out talent, and because the ports, the airport, the highways, and the rail network connected what Georgians make to customers who wanted it.

• 2026 Healthy Georgia: Our State of Public Health Released

  October 27, 2026

  The Institute of Public and Preventive Health in Augusta University’s School of Public Health has published the fifth edition of “Healthy Georgia: Our State of Public Health,” providing an up-to-date glance at how the Peach State is faring on 31 different health topics.

• UWG Invests Dr. Michael Johnson as Ninth President

  October 26, 2026

  The University of West Georgia officially invested Dr. Michael Johnson as its ninth president Friday morning, culminating a weeklong celebration of scholarship, service, community engagement and institutional tradition that brought together students, faculty, staff, alumni, elected officials, community leaders and guests from across Georgia and the nation.

• Audi AG Selects Georgia to Invest $4 Billion in First US Manufacturing Facility, Create 4,500 Jobs

  October 26, 2026

  Governor Brian Kemp and Gernot Döllner, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, announced that Audi will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in the State of Georgia. Headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, Audi plans to invest approximately $4 billion in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at the Middle Georgia Megasite, delivering approximately 4,500 new jobs to middle Georgia.

• Generosity's Importance to Georgia Employees Hits an All-Time High

  October 23, 2026

  The case for business generosity has never been stronger — and for the first time, the 2026 Business Generosity Report captures specific employee performance impacts many executives have been seeing for years.

• Cities to Lawmakers: One Size Doesn’t Fit All

  October 22, 2026

  Georgia city officials told the House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee on Local Government Taxation, Funding and Budgeting on October 21st that property tax changes need to fit very different local budgets and that state lawmakers should consider giving cities more tools instead of new limits.

• Leadership Georgia Announces Class of 2027

  October 21, 2026

  The Leadership Georgia Board of Trustees is proud to announce the participants selected for the organization’s Class of 2027.

• Georgia Chamber CEO Chris Clark: Rural Georgia Must Lead Our Next Chapter

  October 21, 2026

  There is a tendency to talk about Georgia's success as though it simply happened. It didn't. Someone built the Georgia we love, generations who invested in roads and schools and ports, recruited factories to courthouse-square towns, opened businesses, and cared for land they hoped to hand down to their children.

• For Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and His Wife, Joan, This Mission Is Personal

  October 20, 2026

  For Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and his wife, Joan, the Fostering Success Act Tax Credit is more than a worthwhile cause. It’s personal.

• Majority of Small Business Owners Rely on Their Businesses to Fund Their Future, New Survey Finds

  October 20, 2026

  For many U.S. small business owners, their financial future depends heavily on the businesses they've built, yet new research reveals significant gaps in the planning and preparation needed to support a successful exit.

• Georgia Executives and Employees Agree on AI's Biggest Risk

  October 16, 2026

  The 2026 Business Generosity Report shows that executives and employees agree on surprisingly little about AI except for one crucial aspect. Both groups are equally concerned about the loss of human connection and damage to company culture.

• Georgia Marks Nine Consecutive Months of Record Labor Force and Employment Growth

  October 16, 2026

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s labor force and employment smashed records for the ninth consecutive month in September, hitting historic highs of 5.5 million workers and 5.3 million jobs alongside a 50-year low in initial jobless claims.

• Georgians Shatter First Day Early Voting Record

  October 15, 2026

  Georgians came to the polls in droves on the first day of early voting, breaking the midterm election early voting record with more than 188,600 ballots cast, an increase of more than 53,000 voters over the 2022 midterm election.

• Georgia Restaurant Association Announces Finalists for the 2026 GRACE Awards

  October 15, 2026

  The Georgia Restaurant Association is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence Awards. Celebrating its 18th year, the GRACE Awards recognize the people and organizations whose leadership and talent continue to strengthen Georgia’s restaurant and hospitality industry.

• UCB Dedicates Site for New U.S. Biologics Manufacturing Campus in Georgia

  October 14, 2026

  UCB marked the dedication of the future site of its new U.S. biologics manufacturing campus at Rowen in Gwinnett County. The ceremony brought together Georgia, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Gwinnett County officials, the Belgium Consulate, UCB leaders, community partners, and industry stakeholders to celebrate the future site of one of the largest life sciences manufacturing investments in Georgia history.

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