The Brief from WABE

Anti-booting bill DOA, sponsor says; Georgia gets incremental victory in often-called "Water Wars" saga; and 'Figaro! Figaro! Fiiiiiigaro my!' $27.5-million gets the Atlanta Opera one fine future venue.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marietta Police Department confirms its working with ICE; A new housing option for seniors is coming to the heart of downtown Atlanta; and what a million dollar grant can do to help Emory researchers better understand the long-term effects of data centers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Several law enforcement leaders are backing a proposal to build a new state mental health hospital; City of Social Circle officials say they "continue to have more questions than answers" on how federal immigration officials plan to build a detention center there without infrastructure to support it; Democratic leaders are introducing legislation they say will safeguard against acts of voter suppr...

Georgia Power's parent company saw a good fourth quarter thanks largely to data centers; a high-ranking state senator won't seek re-election after more than two decades at the Gold Dome; and President Donald Trump holds his first event in Georgia since winning a second term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State GOP holds on to Macon Senate seat; Georgia sees push to fully eliminate legal abortion; and the Atlanta start-up promising to ease your travel anxiety before you even check out of your hotel.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Several Apalachee High School students testify in day two of Colin Gray trial; Georgia lawmakers remember influence of Rev. Jesse Jackson; and the City of Atlanta honors a Black Little League team of yesteryear.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jury trial begins in the Apalachee High School shooting; Various groups file suit to protect ballots seized in FBI raid on Fulton election office; and an Atlantan brings home the Gold from the Winter Olympics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The State Senate has passed a Republican-backed package of bills to significantly cut state income taxes; The MARTA Board of Directors says they've done nothing wrong after a committee vote behind closed doors to halt work on the Eastside Beltline streetcar project; the National Center for Civil and Humand Rights in Atlanta is offering special programming every Saturday during Black History Month....

Environmental groups challenge state lawmakers to revisit Georgia Power's approved expansion; Can drones stop a school shooting in process?; and Broadway Sideways: a fresh take on show tunes.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A jury is set in the trial of a father whose son is accused of fatal school shooting; Fulton County pressures feds to inventory, provide copies of documents seized in elections office raid; and a look at secrecy surrounding South Carolina's frightening measles outbreak. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Affidavit made public surrounding FBI raid on Fulton Elections office; More police are part of the reason violent crime has fallen, but it's not the only factor; and Atlanta's own Spike Lee turns back the clock to 1988.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DOJ given Tuesday deadline to unseal documents related to FBI raid of Fulton elections office; man falsely charged and detained for kidnapping sues police, prosecutors; and Southwest Atlanta Black bookstore to close after 35 years in business.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Annual 'Latino Day at the Legislature' takes serious tone amid ICE raids; City of Atlanta and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper settle Clean Water Act lawsuit; and the end of a 50-year era. Art Papers announces it will cease publication at the end of the year.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ten-thousand gallons of jet fuel leaked from Hartsfield-Jackson, EPA says; AJC to cut 15% of workforce, half from its newsroom; and a fourth GOP U.S. Representative from Georgia will not be running for re-election to the House.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Memorial details are released for slain Gwinnett County officer; a Georgia billionaire inspired by Donald Trump enters race for governor; and a push for metal detectors for all Georgia schools advances under the Gold Dome.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Gwinnett County police officer is dead, another seriously injured, after a shootout inside a local hotel room; the latest between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney puts Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace at the center of the controversy; and who's at fault after decades of toxic PFAS releases directly into water sources for parts of North Georgia and Alabama? &...

Students at schools and colleges across Metro Atlanta are ‘walking out’ as part of a nationwide strike — which calls for a day of “no work, no school, no shopping”; The Venezuelan man convicted of killing a Georgia nursing student in 2024 is in court Friday requesting a new trial; the commissioner of Georgia's behavioral health agency talks about the state being relea...

Local lawmakers react to FBI raid of Fulton Co. election office; a judge rules against the federal government's stripping of EV charger funding from Georgia and half the other U.S. states; and WABE Arts asks, "What's feeding you?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FBI raids Fulton Elections office over 2020 ballots; ICE quietly opens satellite office in College Park; and outgoing GOP Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols reflects on his 15 years in the job.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Court rules challengers to 2021 Georgia voting law lack standing; more Georgia schools to get funding to test for lead; and a candidate for Georgia Lt. Gov. pushes to change name of local mountain to honor Donald Trump.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta is among dozens of US cities that have seen homicides drop to levels not recorded since before the pandemic; public health giant Dr. William Foege died over the weekend in Atlanta at the age of 89; and a Georgia-based app helps people cut back on drinking, whether for "dry January" or beyond.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meteorologists at the National Weather Service are expecting a major ice storm to hit the Atlanta area this weekend, potentially creating long lasting travel and power interruptions; Officials with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport are incorporating some new equipment in preparation for this weekend’s winter storm; A group of 26-year-old Georgia Southern Graduates are helping Atlant...

Dangerous ice storm setting up for North Georgia over the weekend and could linger into the workweek; Atlanta's airport bolsters efforts to combat human trafficking in advance of FIFA 2026 World Cup; and do you fancy a jennie? Here's a 'hen't: grab your gun.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forecasters say a winter storm is likely to hit North Georgia over the weekend and residents should prepare now; State lawmakers pump the brakes on new data centers; and how a Georgia college student's efforts are helping foster children across the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia opts-in to new federal tax credit for "school choice"; Students from a dozen metro high schools and colleges walk out of class in protest of ICE arrests; and UGA researchers uncover what's making monarch butterflies sick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.