1. Newell Brands to move headquarters from Atlanta area to
New Jersey
Newell Brands is a company that many has many products that
are used on a daily basis. The company has around 60,000 employees and many
executive will be moving to New Jersey. There will still be a small office in
the Sandy Springs area, but this move will take jobs away from those living in
Atlanta and will take business out of the state of Georgia. Those living in Sandy
Spring will be directly affected by this move and will need to find new work.
2. Braves’ Aybar back in lineup after chicken-bone scare
Shortstop player for the Atlanta Braves, Erick Aybar, is
back on the field after a medical scare involving a chicken bone lodged within
his throat. Luckily nothing to serious came of the event, but Aybar was able to
tough through and play against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
3. Riverdale psychiatrist charged with murder,
over-prescribing pain meds
Narendra Nagareddy, a local psychiatrist, was indicted
Wednesday for multiple counts of murder and unauthorized distribution of pain
prescriptions. His charged with the deaths of three of his clients who all died
of overdoses under his supervision. Those affected are the three who died of
overdoses and their respective families along with the other clients who were
influenced by his prescriptions.
4. State funding for colleges still lags pre-recession
levels
Many states have been enacting higher budgets for higher
education after the devastating recession of 2007. However, the state of Georgia
is still $8.7 billion below what the budget originally was before the
recession. That state has been on the rise economically, but there are still
massive budget cuts. Those facing the brute of this are students and their parents
who are paying a lot of money on tuition and other school expenses.
5. Rain, mosquito season and Zika
The increase in rain and increasing temperature in Atlanta
is bringing out more mosquitoes. The humid climate and lingering water is a
perfect environment for mosquito to thrive. Along with an annoying bite mosquitoes could also be carrying the Zika virus which while not usually fatal can leave
you sick for multiple weeks. Those living in Atlanta need to be wary of lingering
water and to use bug spray if necessary to avoid bites.
William,
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the assignment. Keep up the great work!
Good articles. I don't even want to hear about misquitos though because they can't be any worse than they are down here around Gainesville. You did a good job summarizing the articles and explaining the problems.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the jobs will be lost in Atlanta, New Jersey has now gained employment for many of the people that live there. Hopefully those that are now looking at unemployment will be able to find something new and better.. And I agree with Christopher, let's not talk about the mosquito--The Zitka issue is in the news daily..
ReplyDeleteWilliam,
ReplyDeleteHopefully Newell Brands is willing to help out all of their dislocated employees with finding new jobs, or at least give good recommendations. That psychiatrist story was very interesting, especially how someone so esteemed in the medical community could be associated with something so horrid. It is serious that mosquitoes could be carrying Zika in the U.S. though thankfully no Florida-borne cases have been reported (if I remember correctly.) Check out my blog at https://ent3003blog.wordpress.com/blog/