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Toll Brothers Opens New Phase of Home Sites in Sterling Pointe Luxury Home Community in Cumming, Georgia
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 28, 2025
CUMMING, Ga., Feb. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced a new phase of home sites is available in its luxury home community, Sterling Pointe, in Forsyth County,...
Gov. Kemp: Duracell Selects Georgia for New R&D Headquarters
Georgia Governor
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February 19, 2025
GEORGIA, February 19 - Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Duracell, one of the world’s leading battery manufacturers, will establish its new Global Headquarters for Research and Development at Science Square in Atlanta,...
Toll Brothers Announces New Luxury Townhome Community Now Open for Sale in Marietta, Georgia
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 26, 2025
MARIETTA, Ga., Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced that its highly anticipated community, Toll Brothers at East Cobb Walk, is now open for sale in...
Georgia-Pacific Announces $90 Million Investment to Grow Consumer Tissue Business
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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December 9, 2024
ATLANTA, and CROSSETT, Ark., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Georgia-Pacific is investing $90 million at its Crossett, Arkansas, mill to continue growing its retail consumer tissue business. The investment at the Crossett mill will add 50 new...
VA awards more than $2M in grants to memorialize Veterans
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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July 22, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced seven grants to educational and research institutions totaling $2,195,992 to memorialize Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries as part of the National Cemetery Administration’s...
20-Year Industry Veteran, Most Recently with Affinity Home Lending, Heads to Rate in Atlanta
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 25, 2025
CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rate, a leader in fintech mortgage solutions, announced today that top mortgage originator Darrell Beaudoin has joined the company in Atlanta. With over two decades of experience, most recently with...
Toll Brothers Announces New Luxury Home Community Coming Soon to Chalfont, Pennsylvania
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 30, 2025
CHALFONT, Pa., July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today announced its newest community, Birch Run at New Britain, is coming soon to Chalfont, Pennsylvania. This exclusive...
Preventing Bridge Strikes with Enforcement Campaign
New York State Office of the Governor
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July 22, 2025
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a coordinated public awareness and enforcement campaign to prevent bridge strikes by commercial vehicles and large trucks across New York State. This special enforcement and education campaign, “Check Your...
Carr Urges U.S. Senate to Pass Legislation Combating Chinese Copycat Fentanyl
Georgia Office of Attorney General
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February 19, 2025
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 25 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act, legislation that will close the loophole for copycat fentanyl in federal law and save American lives....
Gov. Kemp: Georgia Breaks Export Records, Rises in Total Trade
Georgia Governor
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February 14, 2025
GEORGIA, February 14 - ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) in announcing that the State of Georgia surpassed $53.1 billion in exports, a year-over-year increase of 6.4% that outpaced...
Gov. Kemp: King’s Hawaiian to Invest $54 Million in Hall County Expansion
Georgia Governor
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July 17, 2025
GEORGIA, July 17 - ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that family-owned, Hawaii-inspired food company King’s Hawaiian® will invest approximately $54 million in expanding its Oakwood facility, creating more than 135 new jobs. “For...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with Absolics and Entegris to Support Development of Advanced Packaging Technology and Onshore Material for Leading-Edge Chip Production
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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December 5, 2024
Media Contact: Maddy Broas, madeline.broas [at] chips.gov (madeline[dot]broas[at]chips[dot]gov) Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives...
Risk Strategies Acquires Assets of Zia Insurance Services, Tyra Enterprises, Inc., Capitol Insurance Services, Inc.
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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July 30, 2025
BOSTON, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Risk Strategies, a leading North American specialty insurance brokerage and risk management and consulting firm, today announced it has acquired the assets of Zia Insurance Services, Tyra Enterprises,...
Wanted: Public Comment on Conserving Georgia’s Wildlife
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
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February 18, 2025
If you value Georgia’s wildlife and wild places, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources wants to know what you think about a newly updated strategy aimed at making sure our state stays wild. From Feb. 19-March 21, a draft of Georgia’s revised...
Georgia’s First Pimiento Queen from 1950, Named Grand Marshal of 2024 Christmas Parade at Age 91
EIN Presswire
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November 21, 2024
Georgia was the Pimiento Capital of the World long before it became the Peach State, & Ms. Bettye Jean was its Queen! WOODBURY, GA, UNITED STATES, November 20, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The City of Woodbury is proud to announce Ms. Bettye Jean...
INE Security Aligns with White House Plan to Close Cyber Skills Gap
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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September 12, 2024
Cary, NC, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- There are nearly 4 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs worldwide, a talent shortage that is growing more pressing as cyber crime becomes easier and cheaper to deploy. In the United States alone, there...
Sage debuts new conference experience in Atlanta for SMBs – Sage Future
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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February 13, 2025
ATLANTA, Feb. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sage, a global leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses, today opens registration for its annual user conference, Sage Future, taking place June...
Georgia Survivors of Hurricane Helene Have Until Early December to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
FEMA
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November 25, 2024
ATLANTA – The early December deadlines for survivors of the 63 Georgia counties affected by Hurricane Helene to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) vary depending on the dates that DUA was granted to each county. Residents who were...
February 13, 2025 - Attorney General Miyares Leads 25-State Coalition Urging Senate to Pass HALT Fentanyl Act
Attorney General of Virginia
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February 18, 2025
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Attorney General Jason S. Miyares Attorney General 202 North 9th Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-786-2071 FAX 804-786-1991 Virginia Relay Service 800-828-1120 For media inquiries only, contact: Shaun...
Attorney General Jackley Urges U.S. Senate To Approve HALT Fentanyl Act
South Dakota Attorney General's Office
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February 13, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025 Contact: Tony Mangan, Communications Director, 605-773-6878 PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley joins 24 other Attorneys General in asking the U.S. Senate to pass the HALT...