February 2021 News

February 26, 2021

• Food Lion Grocery Stores Return to Albany, Job Opportunities Available

• Phoebe Becomes the First in the Region To Offer Advanced Cardiac MRI

• Two Albany Businesses Reinvented their Brand to Supply the Demand During COVID-19

• Lee County Co-County Manager Resigns from Position

• Kemp Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility to Georgia Teachers, Others

• Georgia State Forecaster Says “Proper” Recovery Will Occur Only After Full Vaccine Dissemination

• Seven Georgia Locations On List Of Nation's Worst Bottlenecks

• Georgia Public Policy Foundation: After Texas, Cents and Sensibility in Georgia Energy Policy

• Georgia Credit Unions Continuously Provide Financial Aid for Members During COVID-19 Pandemic

• UGA Study: ‘Power Fluctuations’ Lead to Better People Skills at Work

• Jeanne Seaver Officially Announces her Run for Lieutenant Governor in the Great State of Georgia

• 56% of Small Businesses Plan to Spend More Compensating Employees in 2021, Finds New Survey from Clutch

• COVID-19 and Regulatory Uncertainty Spur Greater Tax risk for Organizations in 2021 and Beyond, EY Survey Finds

February 25, 2021

• Albany State University Department Of Athletics Makes Donation To Local Boys & Girls Club Of America

• Pretoria Fields Collective St. Patrick's Day 5K + 1-Mile Fun Run on March 13th

• Bishop Awarded Congressional Champion Award by Rural Community Assistance Partnership

• $4.5M Endows Isakson Chair for Parkinson’s Research

• SK Battery Plant Puts Georgia In Driver’s Seat for Green Energy Jobs

• Charlie Harper: Covid Winter Is Still Here, But Spring Is Coming

• Flexible Workspaces and Hybrid Office Spaces Popular for Reconfiguration

• LG Geoff Duncan Lauds Passage of Election Reform Package

• Flu Vaccination this Season Likely to be Highest Ever

• Rural Communities Opioid Response Program in Georgia

• Survey Finds Employees Are In No Rush to Return to the Office, Even With a Vaccine

• ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 1.4% in January