January 2025 News

January 31, 2025

• Athens’ Job Market Climbs to 106,700 as Unemployment Drops to 3.0%

• Clarke County BOE Announces 2nd Rescheduling of Public Hearing on Opting Out of Property-Tax Legislation

• Georgia Student Scores Mostly Unchanged in National Test

• Columbus Invites Remote Workers: 2025 Program Now Accepting Applications

• UPS Releases 4Q 2024 Earnings and Provides 2025 Guidance

• Technical College System of Georgia Announces 2025 Cohort of the Senior Leadership Academy

• JAMES Magazine Online: Burns: New Committee Will Boost Government Transparency

• Georgia Students’ NAEP Performance Follows National Trend

• Nation's Share of People with College Degrees and Other Credentials Continues to Grow

• Career Satisfaction on the Rise: Fewer Workers Planning a Job Change in Early 2025

• S&P Global Mobility: January 2025 US Auto Sales Begin Year on Positive Note

January 30, 2025

• Athens Academy Math Teacher Celebrates 25 Years

• Trump Signs the Laken Riley Act, the First Law of His Second Administration

• Georgia Municipal Association Honors Commissioner Russell McMurry with State Government Service Award

• Georgia Prisons Chief Pitches Spending Hikes for Staffing, Infrastructure Needs

• First Lady Marty Kemp Introduces Tenth Anti-Human Trafficking Bill

• Georgia Regulators Approve New Billing Rules for Large Energy Users Amid Data Center Boom

• Special Olympics Georgia to Host the 2025 State Indoor Winter Games & Southeast Powerlifting

• Georgia Trauma Foundation Provides Community-based Continuing Education Program for Rural Hospitals

• Local Retail Wins Big During 2024 Holidays

• S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Records 3.8% Annual Gain

• Top U.S. Cities for Veterans Buying a Home With a VA Loan

January 29, 2025

• West Broad/Hawthorne Area Tax Allocation District Open House Sessions and Survey

• Stadion’s StoryLine Managed Advice Expands Access with Ameritas

• How Georgia Ranks for Middle-Class Affordability