Jimmy Carter: Stacey Abrams is 'right leader for our changing state'

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 8:49A Eric Mandel

Former President Jimmy Carter is not shying away from his choice for the next governor of Georgia, giving Stacey Abrams his endorsement for the spot. Carter was last a part of the Georgia gubernatorial campaign circuit in 2014 as a more discreet...

208-townhome project planned on 23 acres in Johns Creek

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 8:42A David Allison

The property is a little more than half a mile west of where State Bridge Road crosses Medlock Bridge Road (U.S. 141).

First Look: Renderings of $61 million Emory Johns Creek Hospital expansion

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 8:10A Mollie Simon

Emory Johns Creek Hospital's expansion will add 40 new beds, pending city and state approval.

MIT study: MI election performance drops, OH & IL increase, MN stays at 2

Northwest GA News 8/14 8:07A By Tyler Arnold Watchdog.org

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently released its rankings of how well each state facilitated its elections in 2016. There were a number of fluctuations in Midwest states from the 2012 results.

Home of the Day: Perfect Virginia Highland Bungalow!

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 7:54A Coldwell Banker Residential Brok

By Sally Westmoreland, Agent Home of the Day is presented by the Atlanta Business Chronicle with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. This is your invitation to view some of Atlanta's most-luxurious properties. Come inside and take a look...

Board of Regents short-lists contractors for Georgia State Convocation Center, Science Park

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 7:44A Dave Williams

A long list of companies were short-listed Tuesday as candidates to design and manage two major buildings planned at Georgia State University and other construction projects on college campuses around the state.

Automotive Minute: 2018 BMW X1 clashes with formidable mass market foes and falls (Photos)

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 7:26A Eileen Falkenberg-Hull

The small but mighty subcompact SUV is a formidable choice for a large segment of the population from teen drivers to city-dwelling singletons to retirees.  The BMW X1 debuted in 2009 and is currently in the second year of its second generation....

SurveyMonkey adds Emory dean to board of directors, balancing its gender representation

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 6:27A Eric Mandel

SurveyMonkey evened the gender scale on its board by adding Erika Hayes James, dean of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, as an independent director. The California-based online survey company picked James after Lee Fixel, a partner at...

Buckhead hotel to be rebranded a Hilton Garden Inn

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 5:52A Amy Wenk

Plans were recently filed in Atlanta to transform the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at Tower Place.

Bill Nordmark, co-founder of Atlanta Friendship Initiative, passes away suddenly

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 5:48A Maria Saporta

Nordmark most recently served as president and CEO of the Nordmark Consulting Group, which works with health care organizations.

UGA incoming freshmen break top marks (again) for GPA, ACT, SAT

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 5:08A Eric Mandel

The University of Georgia's Class of 2022 is entering school with top marks. The University said Tuesday that the approximately 5,750 first-year students in the Class of 2022 have an average weighted high school GPA of 4.04, which is a record at...

UPS, airline mechanics reach labor deal after 4 years of negotiation

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 4:38A David A. Mann

Airline mechanics at United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) say they've secured a significant raise in pay, improved retirement security and protected health care benefits under a tentative five-year contract agreement that recently came out of...

Kroger suspends egg supplier that tortured hens

Atlanta Business Chronicle 8/14 4:29A Steve Watkins

Kroger Co. is suspending use of an egg supplier that’s accused of harshly mistreating hens. Cincinnati-based Kroger (NYSE: KR), the nation’s largest operator of traditional supermarkets, said it is “taking steps to suspend supply” from the Mahard...

Downtown’s “Gulch” Project Gains Momentum With New Development Partnership

Atlanta Tribune Magazine 8/14 3:18A Editorial

For the last several months, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Administration has been working ambitiously and collaboratively to continue the momentum that will transform the downtown area widely known as the “The Gulch.” For 50 years, the site that...

Cabdriver killer Carey Dean Moore recounted how he got to death row

Northwest GA News 8/14 3:07A By Robynn Tysver World-Herald st

From the day in 1979 when he was picked up, driving a stolen red station wagon with a .32-caliber handgun under the driver's seat, Moore has admitted to shooting two cabdrivers.