June 2022 - Page 2 of 3 - Sightseers' Delight

Georgia’s labor force participation rate continues to lag despite record-low unemployment rate

June 16, 2022 T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

Georgia’s unemployment rate hit an all-time low of 3% in May.

Atlanta Regional Commission to use $45M in federal funds for transit projects

June 15, 2022 T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

The Atlanta Regional Commission plans to use $45 million in federal money on various transit projects, including a program to help local transit companies buy electric buses and install electric vehicle charging stations.

Here’s why Key West really is ‘the place to be’

June 15, 2022 Todd DeFeo

It really is “fine and fair” and also “paradise divine.”

Georgia’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority approves $1.3B budget

June 14, 2022 T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority board has approved a $1.3 billion fiscal 2023 budget.

Taxpayers provide tax breaks for $120M vertical farm project in Georgia

June 14, 2022 T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

An industry-leading vertical farming company is investing $120 million in a new Covington facility.

Georgia policy group warns that federal response to inflation will leave the poor further behind

June 13, 2022 T.A. DeFeo | The Center Square contributor

Federal policymakers’ actions in response to high inflation could leave the “economically disadvantaged further behind,” a Georgia nonprofit policy group warned.