Had he lived 11 more months, Wilton Looney would have celebrated his 100thbirthday on April 18.Looney became president of Genuine Parts in 1955 before becoming its CEO six years later – remaining in that role until his retirement in 1990.He was succeeded by Larry Prince, who served as CEO of the Fortune 500 company’ until 2005.Tragically, Prince died of cancer on March 5, 2019 at the relatively young age of 80.
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Georgia Bio CEO: Investment in life sciences has produced 14.9 percent growth in jobs
Georgia’s life science industry has experienced a 14.9 percent growth in employment during the past decade, according to the results of the 2019 Georgia Life Sciences State of the Industry Report released Wednesday morning.That was nearly double the growth of life sciences employment nationally – 7.7 percent – over the same decade (2007 to 2017).
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College students promote sustainability in world’s challenged communities
From helping cocaine farmers in Columbia shift to other products, to providing efforts to aid and repatriate migrants at the U.S. southern border, college students from metro Atlanta and across the Americas met Wednesday via Skype to discuss shared efforts to improve the world’s sustainability.
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Antonio Brown claims seat in Atlanta City Council special election
With 53 percent of the vote in a special election, Antonio Brown is set to join Atlanta City Council taking his first job in politics, representing part of the Westside.
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Short funds for road, bridge and other works, Atlanta council OK’s diminished project list
A vote by Atlanta City Council on Monday made it official: some of the road, bridge and other public works promised to voters via special programs in 2015 and 2016 will not happen any time soon.
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Advocates urge green and economic energy as Georgia regulators consider major power plan update
It’s the time for a periodic process when Georgia regulators and the public can try and change the balance among the interests that own power plants, live near them or use electricity.
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SunTrust CFO Allison Dukes to leave bank after BB&T merger
One of the key executives at SunTrust Bank – Allison Dukes – has chosen to not join the new bank formed by the merger of SunTrust and BB&T.Dukes is the chief financial officer of SunTrust and she already had been identified as one of the SunTrust executives who would be part of the executive management team of the merged bank, which will be based in Charlotte, N.C.
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Nation at ‘pivotal moment’ in environmental laws; Monday deadline for comments
The nation is at a “pivotal moment” in environmental law and Monday, April 15 is the deadline for public comment to a proposed ruling by the Trump administration that would reduce the amount of waters and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act of 1972.
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City Nature Challenge combines two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes
Two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes – crowd sourcing and nature watching – are to come together this month in a competition led by the Fernbank Museum that involves citizen scientists from more than 100 cities around the world.
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Data center planned near BeltLine may exceed size allowed under pending rules
Plans are advancing to enable the expansion of a data center in the vicinity of the Atlanta BeltLine near the Bellwood Quarry. The new facility would be larger than allowed under pending restrictions on the size of data centers near the BeltLine, though it’s not immediately clear if this site would be in the restricted area.
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Judge: Westside Atlanta Council runoff to continue between Amos and Brown
A Tuesday runoff election for Atlanta City Council is set to continue, after a judge OK’d Fulton’s election administration and the candidacy of Antonio Brown.
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Updated: Atlanta Housing takes action on lawsuits from ex-CEO and developer — and not the actions those plaintiffs wanted
A Wednesday morning meeting of the board of Atlanta’s housing authority signals that two aging legal wrangles are set to continue.
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Gov. Kemp’s first act in charge of SRTA: Provide funding to fix washed out road
At $1.3 million, the grant isn’t big in the context of state highway funding. But Gov. Brian Kemp won praise from local residents for overseeing approval of funding to help restore a road washed out in February by a rockslide in Pickens County – just north of metro Atlanta.
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Second round of voting starts for Westside city council seat; candidates meet in forum
Atlanta’s going to get a freshman city council member from the Westside’s district 3, in a special election runoff. Some of the votes will depend on what people think of candidates who have — and who haven’t — been in office.
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Kemp glad nothing happened on state takeover of Atlanta airport
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday that sometimes you can be thankful that legislation never made it out of the Georgia legislature.In this case, he was referring to bills that would have either involved a state takeover of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport or would have created a legislative oversight committee to review the airport’s operations.
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Atlanta races ahead of consultant’s advice in proposed Transportation Department
Atlanta’s proposal to create a freestanding Department of Transportation – reporting exclusively to the mayor – was part of the long-term plan suggested by the city’s management consultant, but only after a slow transition to a new department. The Atlanta City Council begins its deliberations on April 22.
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Unlike Atlanta, New York aims to improve transit with congestion tax, not sales tax
New York City has a new method to improve mobility – by charging a congestion tax to raise money to improve transit. Atlanta hasn’t broached this approach and appears committed to sales taxes to pay for regional transit improvements.
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Proposed state oversight of 104 local airports would include Gwinnett’s growing field
A pending renewal and expansion on the runway of Gwinnett County’s airport evidently is the type of job that some state lawmakers had in mind when they talked about greater state involvement in local airports. Gwinnett’s airport also highlights the impact of the state’s 104 publicly-owned, public use airports.
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Georgia Capitol recap: Atlanta airport, rural transit bills fail to move, and more
In news of what the state Legislature didn’t approve this year, put: any takeover or oversight of Atlanta’s airport. Or a tax break for jet fuel. Or a boost to rural transit.
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Georgia lawmakers send medical cannabis cultivation bill to governor
That would solve a problem for people who have a state medical marijuana card, but no place to buy the liquid they use to fight the side effects of chemotherapy, the frequency of seizures or other disorders.
