April 2020 News

April 30, 2020

• State Offers Free System for Entities to Decontaminate 80,000 N95 Masks Per Day

• Why Waffle House Is Opening Dining Rooms and Chick-fil-A Is Staying Closed as Georgia Loosens State Shutdown

• Batter Up Foods Invests $34M in Fulton Co. Waffle Plant, Creates 162 Jobs

• Senator David Perdue, Army Secretary McCarthy Visit Fort Benning

• Large Georgia Businesses Working Together to Help Smaller Ones

• Need Help For A Small Business? COVID-19 Relief Coaching Available

• US GDP Contracts by 4.8% in Q1, but the Real Damage Won't Be Seen until Q2

• Deloitte: As Pandemic Spreads, Most Consumers Retreat

April 29, 2020

• GNTC Instructor Named Amazon Web Services Educate Ambassador

• Floyd Healthcare Foundation Donates $350,000 for Mammography Coach Upgrade

• Georgia Sees Record Testing Day

• Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Hosts Small Business Relief and Resources Tele-Town Hall

• UPS Releases 1Q 2020 Earnings

• Governor Kemp Congratulates 2020 Governor's Honors Program Finalists

• A 'New Normal', as Georgia Restaurants Allowed to Reopen

• UGA: Tips for Small Businesses and Consumers

• Cox Reaffirms Commitment to FCC’s Keep America Connected Initiative

• 79% of Businesses Have Rejected a Job Candidate Based on Social Media Content; Job Seekers Should Post Online Carefully

• COVID-19 Crisis Provides 'Burning Platform' for Accelerating the Data Agenda in Health Care, EY Report Finds

April 28, 2020

• Amazon Announces New Fulfillment Center, Creating 800 New Jobs in Columbia County

• With Georgia Diners Set To Reopen, Waffle House Braces For A Slow Recovery

• PCOM Georgia Names Interim Dean

• Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Appoints Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force

• Charlie Harper: Every Day Counts

• UPS Launches Smart Warehouse Technology