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#1. Last month, over 1,500 Fort Valley workers at this Georgia-based electric school bus company ratified their first union contract.
It’s Blue Bird.
The previous year, employees at the nearly 100-year-old company voted overwhelmingly to join the United Steel Workers, a major win for unions in the South and one of Georgia’s most notable labor victories in 2023.
#2. On May 31, The Edwin Moses Legends Meet was held at _______________, the first exclusively pro track meet to be held on an HBCU campus.
It’s Morehouse.
From 1977 to 1987, athlete and former Morehouse student Edwin Moses went undefeated in the 400-meter hurdles for 122 consecutive races. He set four world records in those years and won two Olympic Gold medals.
Morehouse’s track was first laid in the early 1980s. Though it was resurfaced for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games, Moses says it “fell into disrepair” as the century turned.
In 2022, he helped bring it back to life.
#3. Due to unpaid funds, an Alpharetta-based technology company has recently filed a lawsuit against which prominent Georgia sheriff?
It’s Patrick Labat.
The dispute, filed in Fulton County Superior Court on May 30, stems from questions raised by some county commissioners about Labat’s relationship with the Alpharetta-based software company Talitrix.
According to the lawsuit, Labat in his official capacity as sheriff of Fulton County never paid Talitrix the $865,000 bill for that work, and the company canceled the contract.
#4. For the first time, wild American flamingos have been seen in a couple of locations in Georgia, including which coastal island?
It’s Little St. Simons Island.
Last year, Hurricane Idalia blew American flamingos, which are native to the Caribbean and South America, to all kinds of unusual places; they were showing up as far away as Kansas.
Rare Georgia visitors like magnificent frigatebirds get birders excited. But the flamingos, with their wide recognition, are something else.
#5. The mayor’s office announced early Thursday morning that the boil water advisory in place for parts of Atlanta affected by major water main breaks had been lifted entirely. This was shortly after repairs on a water main break in ___________ were completed on Wednesday.
It’s Midtown.
The announcement came after seven days of water main breaks in numerous areas caused outages, low water pressure and boil water advisories.
The water main break at the intersection of West Peachtree Street and 11th Street in Midtown caused a geyser-like eruption of water to shoot out of the ground, shutting down the street for days.
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