The Brief from WABE

Georgia lawmakers are considering another round of bills focused on transgender kids; the number of people staying at Georgia hotels is expected to remain below pre-pandemic levels this year; and WABE's politics team reviews the week at the state capitol. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A run along the Atlanta beltline commemorates three years since Ahmaud Arbery was murdered; Donald Trump’s defense lawyers are blasting the Fulton special grand jury after the foreperson went public; and WABE follows up with the state's first free pre-school in DeKalb county. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Speeding up an anti-semitisim bill in the Georgia House; the Tara Theater's next chapter will look a lot like its previous ones, just with a storyline a bit closer to home; and Atlanta's newest record low February temperatures aren't what you think. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlanta Hawks decide to go coach shopping; Health insurance is expensive, so sorry about your luck local school districts. You're gonna have to pay more for increasing premiums; and the well-wishes continue to flood Plains, Ga as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter surrounds himself with loved ones in his final days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As former President Jimmy Carter enters hospice, folks across the metro share their memories and respects; Carter's progressive stance on racial equality; and DeKalb prosecutors' newly-discovered favorite charge: domestic terrorism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new FDA rule could make a life-saving overdose reversal drug available over the counter; the WABE Politics team reacts to the partial release of a Fulton special grand jury investigation into Donald Trump; and Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young's All-star snub.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A sliver of a special grand jury report's inquiry into former Pres. Donald Trump and his allies' attempts to alter the outcome of Georgia's 2020 election became public info. today; advocates call for overhauling the way police handle tense situations following a record number of police-involved shootings last year; and legislating lower home prices without actually legislating lower home prices.&n...

From promoting religious freedom to phone call prohibition, there's a whole lot of lawmaking going on; we're about to get some of the dirt Fulton County's extra-special super-duper grandest of them all jury stirred up about a former president who tried to pressure state officials to change the outcome of 2020's election; and just days after receiving a Congressional Medal of Honor, Atlanta busines...

Why a memorial statue under the Gold Dome is a partisan question; Georgia's AG adds his name to a legal brief that challenges the FDA's 2000 approval of a drug used to induce abortion; and Cupid, draw back your bow...and let your arrow--actually, Cupid, scratch that. Go ahead and put that bow back in your quiver, get a gun, and shoot it until it won't shoot anymore because you don't need a permit....

Fulton County's extra special grand jury report that recommends whether D.A. Fani Willis should file charges against former Pres. Donald Trump and/or his cronies for efforts to overturn 2020's election results [gasp for air to transition from that impossibly long backstory to the meat of the report] will remain hush-hush. Kinda; Now that it has funding, what will Fulton County's Reparations Task F...

Georgia lawmakers debate allowing fattened up payloads--up to an additional five tons-on state roadways; On paper, the state struggles to attract police officers; and Atlanta's entry into this year's Puppy Bowl gives a whole new meaning to Bleu cheese. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The family of Manuel Teran has serious questions about the body camera footage released by Atlanta Police; the IRS is suggesting Georgia taxpayers hold off on filing their 2022 tax returns; and Georgia rent prices are still climbing, but slower than they were during the height of the pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After SOTU, VPOTUS turns focus to GA; the state GOP lawmaker push to make Buckhead a separate city finds traction. Again.; and why Black entrepreneurship is big in the ATL.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From state lawmakers' testy exchange about banning a COVID-19 vaccine requirement to a re-do of Georgia's 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Tuesday proved a busy day of making law under the Gold Dome; state GOP lawmakers hate the idea of expanding Medicaid in Georgia. A new poll finds they're on their own with the issue, as the majority of Georgians support the move; and the...

Anti-Semitic flyers in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody raise concern among the area's Jewish community; The parents of the "Cop City" demonstrator killed in a police shoot-out want more answers; and Georgia's Sec. of State is all about moving up Georgia's presidential primary. In 2028. Problem is the Dems had an earlier date in mind. Like four years earlier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Microsoft pumps the brakes on its major tech hub in Atlanta's Westside; Georgia sniffs out what it might be like to run its own health insurance marketplace; and 1,791 reasons to bring back profanity to Forsyth County's school board meetings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Picture it. The calendar says you're more than half-way through your current pay period, but your bank account is still full. Like, absurdly full. You're rolling in the green. Drippin', even. What do you do? [I have absolutely no idea. Nary a clue. It's never happened to me, and it's safe to say it likely never will. But.] If you need some advice, the state of Georgia can offer a few ideas, appare...

More trimming at Rivian, even before it begins construction on a multi-billion-dollar factory just east of Atlanta; You'll need four minimum-wage jobs to afford the rent for an average one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta; and safe, for now: dogs scheduled for euthanasia in DeKalb County make it to forever homes, just in time.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gov. Kemp rolls out the red carpet for EV manufacturers, even if the state hasn't quite figured out how to regulate them; the public safety training facility dubbed "Cop City" by its detractors is one step closer to being constructed; and fond of the South? So are a lot of Yankees--a million of 'em last year alone. Bless their hearts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Imminent." That's what describes the poo that's about to hit the proverbial air rotator related to Fulton County's indictment of those accused of attempting to undo Georgia's 2020 election results [not to name any names, but Donald Trump]; Former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan, now a CNN political commentator, says he thinks the aforementioned person is going down in the aforementioned sweep; and dogs...

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is again catching heat; A majority of Georgians now support legalizing medical and recreational marijuana; and a fond farewell to WABE Deputy Managing Editor Susanna Capelouto. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following the violence at the future site of a police training facility, Gov. Brian Kemp declares Georgia is in a state of emergency; Dems push for Georgia to move up its presidential primary; and maybe next year, Mr. Jones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The GBI decides on a special prosecutor to investigate an officer-involved fatal shooting involving a state trooper; the state's public colleges and universtities hope to get a reshaken (never stirred) state funding model; and the state of the state through the eyes of Gov. Brian Kemp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guinea worm disease declines thanks to help from the Carter Center; Smyrna-based Glock guns are found at more crime scenes nationwide than any other gun manufacturer; and will the report from the special grand jury investigating Trump's 2020 claims of election fraud in Georgia be released? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge is preparing to hear arguments on whether to release a special grand jury report on the investigation into efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results; Georgia Department of Corrections plans to downsize the state’s largest women’s prison; and we hear from a residential housing expert with the Federal Reserve about Atlanta's housing market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...