Marlon Hyde

Atlanta

Business Reporter at WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

WABE Atlanta Business Reporter 🍑National Murrow Award Winning Journalist🏆 Multimedia Storyteller🎤 Vermont public alum

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Georgia Craft Brewer’s Guild says tariff whiplash is impacting local brewers

1 week ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

Georgia brewers say they are stretched thin as the cost to make their products will likely rise under President Donald Trump’s import taxes. Joseph Cortes is the executive director of the Georgia Craft Brewer’s Guild.
The push to legalize sports betting in Georgia faces an uncertain road

3 weeks ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

Legalizing online sports betting has failed once again to pass the Georgia Legislature. The Peach State remains one of only a few that have not fully legalized online sports gambling. Dozens of big-screen TVs and projectors simultaneously show the overlapping NCAA tournament basketball games during March Madness. For many, this time of year is a sports betting holiday. Whenever someone scores, people cheer.
Clark Atlanta University introduces new training initiative dedicated to labor advocacy

4 weeks ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

Clark Atlanta University launched a new program on Tuesday to train young Black and Brown leaders in the labor movement. Organizers say that they aim to educate and empower students, while labor leaders hope to diversify the field. Calvin Cullen, one of the first fellows to join the Institute for the Advancement of Black Strategists, says the initiative was born from a partnership between the HBCU and Jobs with Justice, a nonprofit labor advocacy network.
Trade war will impact Georgia businesses, foreign diplomats say

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde |Meimei Xu

The consuls general of Canada and Mexico say that Georgia businesses that export goods to their countries should be worried about retaliatory tariffs. The World Affairs Council of Atlanta recently hosted Javier Díaz de León, consul general of Mexico in Atlanta, and Rosaline Kwan, consul general of Canada in Atlanta, to talk about how tariffs and the current trade war are impacting our North American neighbors.
John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation commemorates 60th anniversary of first Selma-to-Montgomery March

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

The John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation has unveiled two new plaques to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first Selma-to-Montgomery March. On March 7, 1965, also known as “Bloody Sunday,” 25-year-old John Lewis and fellow Civil Rights leader Hosea Williams stood alongside 600 other marchers at the end of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. After state troopers ordered the group to disperse, marchers were given two minutes to leave.
Georgia economists expect inflation from tariffs and slow job growth

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde |Meimei Xu

Georgia economists expect an economic downturn in the coming year, but they don’t expect it to be as severe as the nation’s. Economists are concerned about tariffs, inflation and workforce development. Many Georgia businesses are uncertain about the economic policies of the Trump administration, especially regarding tariffs. That’s according to Christopher Fagan with Moore Colson, an accounting and advisory firm in Atlanta.
UGA agriculture experts discuss the future of inflation and food production

1 month ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

Georgia growers are concerned about retaliatory tariffs’ impact on the agricultural industry. The year 2025 could be challenging for producers, especially when facing continued inflation and rising input costs. The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences hosted an event at the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot on Feb. 21, bringing together students, alumni and industry leaders to discuss factors impacting food prices and inflation.
Georgia Senate considers new bill to make NIL income tax exempt

2 months ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

Georgia lawmakers want to eliminate state taxes on college athletes who are getting paid for their name, image and likeness to attract more student-athletes to the state. Senate Bill 71 aims to help do just that. “If you are at a Georgia university and you earn your NIL, you would not pay state income tax during that four-year period,”said Republican state Sen. Brandon Beach, the bill’s main author. “College sports, they generate millions of dollars,” he adds.
Waffle House isn't immune from inflation either. There's a new surcharge on eggs

2 months ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Marlon Hyde

Waffle House, the 24-hour roadside diner of the East Coast is charging has started a 50 cent surcharge for eggs because of rapidly rising egg prices.
Rising cost of eggs are hitting Georgia small businesses

2 months ago | wabe.org | Marlon Hyde

This story was updated on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at 6:08 p.m.Georgia businesses are concerned about the rising cost of an essential ingredient for many meals they sell. Moody Albawwab, who runs a coffee shop in Grayson, said it’s been hard keeping up with the demand for eggs for breakfast meals. “The prices, the inflation is too high,” Albawwab said.