ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Alston & Bird represented Corpay Inc., a global business payments and expense management company, in its agreement to acquire Paymerang LLC, an invoice and payment solution software company and portfolio company of Aldrich Capital Partners. The approximately $475 million transaction is set to close in the second quarter of 2024, pending regulatory approvals and customary closing conditio  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 (TNSres) -- Alston and Bird, a law firm, issued the following news release: Alston & Bird will sponsor 2024 Equal Justice Works Fellow Rachel Fox, a Juris Doctor candidate at LMU Loyola Law School. During her two-year fellowship, Rachel will work with the Shriver Self-Help Center at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles, which often sees over 50 default judgments in a week. Funded by Alston & Bird, Rachel's project will provide rapid relief to low-income  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- The Democratic Party of Georgia issued the following news release: A new report from KFF Health News (https://www.wabe.org/abortion-bans-in-georgia-and-other-states-are-repelling-the-nations-future-doctors/) of data from the Association of American Medical Colleges says that "for the second year running, fewer graduating U.S. medical students applied for residency training in states with abortion bans or restrictions than in the previous year." The report states tha  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 (TNSres) -- Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health researchers, in partnership with the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC), have been awarded a five-year, $6 million award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to conduct a study aimed at improving health outcomes for pregnant Black women. The study will assess post-traumat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that Jameesha Harris, 21, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years for assisting in the trafficking of a 16-year-old female in the Metro Atlanta area. The victim, who had been reported missing out of South Carolina, was recovered on Aug. 2, 2023, following a traffic stop initiated by the Greene County Sheriff's Off  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- The Georgia Secretary of State issued the following news: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger congratulates county election officials for pulling off another successful General Primary and Nonpartisan Election, attributing much of the success to infrastructure improvements put in place with the new GARViS system, upgraded poll pads, and county-state relationships developed since 2019. Secretary Raffensperger is thankful for the diligent work, clear communication, a  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release: State Representative Matt Reeves (R-Duluth) applauds Gwinnett County voters for approving two homeowner property relief referenda on the May 21, 2024, ballot. House Bill 711, which Rep. Reeves sponsored alongside a group of bipartisan Gwinnett legislators, doubles the homestead exemption for all Gwinnett County homeowners and was approved by 73.81 percent of voters. Additionally, House Bill 748, providing further h  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 (TNSres) -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy's Internet Governance Project issued the following article: * * * By Karim Farhat, Tech Policy Analyst Serving as Assistant Director of IGP and Instructor of Telecommunications Policy An important new research paper by IGP Director Dr. Milton Mueller conducts the first systematic evaluation of the assumptions and logic underlying the fears around Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The urgency  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Arizona State University's McCain Institute issued the following news on May 22, 2024: Today, the McCain Institute, George W. Bush Institute, and Freedom House called on the United States and European allies to impose restrictions and sanctions on Georgian Dream officials and their families who threaten democratic development in the Republic of Georgia. The three organizations issued the following joint statement: "We call on the United States and its European allies to i  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 (TNSres) -- Mercer University issued the following news: Mercer University 2024 graduates Leila Kelly and Kennedy Mays have been accepted into the GEM Fellowship Program. GEM recruits high-quality, underrepresented students looking to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in applied science and engineering and matches their specific skills to the needs of GEM employer partners. Kelly, from Aurora, Colorado, was an environmental engineering major. "I feel incredibly ble  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- Sage Group, a provider of cloud business management solutions, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Sage, the trusted software provider for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in the construction industry, today announces the launch of Sage Intacct Paperless, a cloud-based solution that delivers an easy way to store, retrieve, and route Accounts Payable (AP) documents. The add-on solution integrates with Sage Intacct Construction, the best-in-class na  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23 -- Coca-Cola issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The Coca Cola system, consisting of The Coca Cola Company and its authorized bottler Coca Cola Beverages Africa, has announced its intention to grow its investment in Kenya by up to $175 million over the next five years, should the business achieve its anticipated growth targets in the country. Hosting the Kenyan President H.E. Dr William Ruto at The Coca Cola Company headquarters in Atlanta, Sunil Gupta,   more