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Warnock: Georgia ports need more resources after Baltimore bridge wreck
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock on Wednesday will ask both Gov. Brian Kemp and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “to deploy all necessary additional resources” to Georgia’s ports to help them handle the shift of cargo from Baltimore following the bridge disaster that closed that port.
Ohio derailment costs continue to hit Norfolk Southern’s bottom line
Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern reported a precipitous decline in first quarter profit, tallying hundreds of million of dollars of expenses in the fallout of its fiery derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, more than a year ago.
Cobb renames county administration building in honor of David Hankerson
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday renamed the county building off Marietta Square in honor of the late David Hankerson, the county’s first Black county manager who died earlier this year.
Metro Atlanta’s spring housing market: Peak demand, limited supply
With the coming end of the school year, wannabe homebuyers and potential sellers alike are in the housing market. Not that everyone is trying to lock in a location so they can move before the start of the next academic calendar, but even non-parents know that late spring is the peak of the market, the time when the most homes are listed for sale and the largest number of people looking to buy.Mike Courtois has had his Cumming home on the market for two weeks. So far, modest interest, a number of visits, but no offers. Chris Eriquezzo listed his Buchanan home on Thursday and had a contract to sell it by the weekend.
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