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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at the Georgia Logistics Summit at the Savannah Convention Center on March 8, 2023.

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  • Economy

Kemp urges more workforce housing in Georgia amid explosive growth in economic development

The greater Savannah area is projected to grow 34% by 2045, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Ogeechee Riverkeeper Science and Policy Manager Kris Howard sets up a water quality monitoring station in the Ogeechee River. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current

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  • News

Riverkeeper monitors Ogeechee ahead of Hyundai boom

As industry booms in Coastal Georgia, a river guardian prepares to protect the Ogeechee.

February 06, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
The shared industrial development in Bryan County where Kiss Products, Inc. plans to build a logistics center.

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  • Economy

Cosmetics corporation to add logistics center in Southeast Georgia's Bryan County, creating 395 jobs

The New York-based company is investing $121 million in a shared facility near Savannah.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Ogeechee River in Georgia

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  • Environment

Amid Hyundai factory development in Bryan County, scientists to study Ogeechee River water quality

Bryan County's economic boom may bear environmental consequences, including along the Ogeechee River.

November 25, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Box of ammunition

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  • Business

Ammunition maker expanding its Georgia operations in Savannah area

A European-owned ammunition maker will build a new manufacturing, assembly, and distribution facility in Bryan County, 

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson gives his 2022 State of the City address on Wednesday at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center in downtown.

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  • Politics

Savannah's mayor urges state to provide local workforce training ahead of Hyundai EV factory opening

Mayor Van Johnson also called on City Council members to act more civil toward each other, amid ‘infighting’ and ‘backbiting.’

November 04, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Plant opening

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians cast votes; Hyundai plant breaks ground; Walker joins Greene

Wednesday on Political Rewind: 1 million Georgians already made their voices heard during the first eight days of early voting. Plus, Hyundai broke ground for a new electric vehicle plant near Savannah. Gov. Brian Kemp touted it as a win for his economic strategy. Meanwhile, Herschel Walker teams up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. 

October 26, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
More than a dozen officials participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking of Hyundai Motor Group's planned electric vehicle plant in Bryan County. Among them were (from left) South Korea ambassador to the U.S. Taeyong Cho, Hyundai chairman Euisun Chung, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, and U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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  • Economy

Hyundai breaks ground on $5.5 billion, 8,100-job factory in Bryan County

The South Korean automaker is moving forward with construction, as it tries to resolve a federal tax credit dispute with the U.S.

October 25, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Hyundai Motor Group president and CEO JaeHoon Chang met at a signing ceremony in Bryan County on Friday, May 20, 2022.

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  • Business

Hyundai to build plant in Bryan County, touted as state's largest-ever economic development project

The planned electric vehicle factory near Savannah is expected to create 8,100 jobs, with construction slated to begin in January 2023.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Governor Kemp Speaks At Georgia GOP Convention on June 5, 2021

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  • Business

Kemp announcement expected to confirm $7B auto plant in Georgia

Governor Brian Kemp is heading to an industrial site outside Savannah to make what his office calls a "special economic development announcement." Sources in Washington and Georgia have told The Associated Press the project is a $7 billion plant where Hyundai Motor Group will manufacture electric vehicles.

May 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Man surveys insulation on the floor in his dining room

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  • Weather

After storms batter Georgia, more severe weather may be coming just one day later

Storms cause widespread damage in Georgia and more bad weather could be on the way.

April 06, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne and
  • Grant Blankenship
Gov. Brian Kemp discusses evacuations and emergency plans for Hurricane Dorian during a news conference Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Atlanta.

Kemp On Hurricane Dorian: 'Get Out Early Before This Thing Hits'

Gov. Brian Kemp and state emergency officials continue to urge coastal resident's east of Interstate 95 to evacuate inland, warning of strong winds,...

September 03, 2019
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Emily Jones

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