A South Korean company has begun production at a huge new solar panel factory in Georgia even as industry leaders say surging Asian imports could dampen efforts to make more solar components in the United States. read more >
Arkansas-based Walmart said the plant will provide milk to more than 750 Walmart and Sam's Club stores in Georgia and neighboring states. read more >
Executives for the Walmart subsidiary said the project in Douglas County along the Interstate 20 corridor west of Atlanta will enhance its ability to distribute goods to customers in Georgia and across the Southeast. read more >
Experts aren't sure at this point if the dramatic pull of the South is a short-term change spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic or a long-term trend, or even what impact it will have on the reallocation of political power through redistricting after the 2030 census. read more >
The funds are provided through the state's Capital Projects Fund Grant Program, which allocates federal dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act. read more >
