The Brief from WABE

A Georgia Republican Representative gives a tour of Congress on Monday. Those constituents riot on Tuesday; From Bottoms to top: Atlanta's former mayor gets a gig in DC; and a conversation with a rural Georgia sheriff's deputy who sued--and won--her landmark transgender healthcare case.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 10th Congressional District, it's a race of, "GOP, You Know Me;" those early voting locations are lookin' pretty sparse this go-around; and the heat is on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A key Georgian testifies at the Jan. 6th hearings in Washington, saying he told the President there was no fraud; an area academic says it's too soon to judge whether the hearings will change peoples' political minds; and the Walker campaign 'clarifies' what it means to be considered law enforcement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When absentee ballots don't favor your party, one approach is to limit their use and change the rules. An analysis shows it worked for Georgia's GOP anyway; the weather is supposed to get hot, hot, hot over the weekend. And while a dip in the pool in Fulton County is one way to deal with this weekend's heat, you might have to wait a bit. Fulton County's pool inspectors apparently can't keep up wit...

The state has money to burn as tax revenues are on fire ; the City of Atlanta will give more cash to those who put out fires if the mayor has his way; and House Democrats are ready to fire the filibuster after gun control legislation that passed their chamber is doomed on arrival in the Senate.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to debating gun laws on The Hill, you'll be hard-pressed to find a state with more polar representation than Georgia; the Muscogee Creek Nation is successful in protecting the land they were purged from hundreds of years ago--for now, anyway; and the fed's investigation into China's efforts to eclipse U.S. trade laws on solar components has all but pulled the plug on new instillation...

Life for two fomer Atlanta reality TV stars is about to get REALLY real after a federal jury found them guilty of swindling banks of about $30-million; Parents object to the closing of their Southeast Atlanta neighborhood elementary school, but APS isn't fazed; and competition is stiff, but the payoff is big. What the region could gain if FIFA picks ATL. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Turns out lots of Georgia Dems got all strategic in the recent primary, crossing party lines and voting against Trump-backed candidates. It worked. And now, some in the Trump GOP arena are calling for Georgia to do away with its open primary system; Starbucks employees at a store in NW Atlanta vote overwhelmingly to unionize; and Georgia confirms its first case of Monkeypox. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Georgia's voting machines have holes, a study finds; Forest Cove residents get keys to new places and opportunities; and remembering the Orly air disaster sixty years later. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia's Sec. of State spends about four hours in front of a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump broke state election laws; Seventy congregations in Georgia's United Methodist denomination are released from the church; and Cobb County's sheriff seeks to slow the rate of inmates dying while under his care by putting a bracelet on them. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Covid-19 cases continue their upward trend in Georgia; Atlanta Housing says it’s undeterred after a developer abruptly pulled out of a mixed-use development planned for the Civic Center site. The voting rights group Fair Fight says record turnout during last week’s primary election is a reflection of voter determination and outreach; and WABE’s Molly Samuel chats with Dan Chapman about his new boo...

Atlanta’s mayor says residents at the troubled Forest Cove apartment complex should be able to start moving out in the next week or so; technology is helping some Atlanta companies keep up with the region's fast-paced real estate market; Pride Month starts this week with many in-person events in Atlanta returning this year. Plus, we’re with scientists on the Georgia coast counting migrating whimbr...

There will not be a runoff in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor. State Senator Burt Jones is the winner, after his senate colleague, Butch Miller conceded the race Friday. The Georgia Votes 2022 podcast crew looks back at this week’s primaries; members of the Atlanta City Council met this week to discuss ways to keep renters in their homes; and another effort is underway to block a pr...

Hundreds of new solar panel jobs are coming to North Georgia; a rule change being considered in Europe could significantly diminish the amount of wood pellets being imported from Georgia; the gas tax suspension that Atlanta-area drivers have been enjoying since mid-March has been extended through mid-July; and Memorial Day weekend once again means jazz at Piedmont Park. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker were among the big winners in Tuesday night’s primaries; while several candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump failed to unseat their incumbent opponents. WABE’s politics team helps us break down the results. Plus, some shareholders voice their concerns with Atlanta-based Southern Company;...

It's primary day in Georgia and officials say voter turnout is approaching record levels for a midterm election. WABE caught up with voters on Tuesday to hear what's on their minds; Tech Cast takes a look at online election misinformation and what's being done to fight it. Stephannie Stokes reports on record home prices in Metro Atlanta; and two Georgia Army bases will likely have new names by 202...

Georgia's primary elections are Tuesday. WABE's Rahul Bali profiles the GOP race for Senate; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens makes a final push for voters to approve $750 million in infrastructure spending; Molly Samuel has a look at Public Service Commission races. Plus, Morehouse School of Medicine honors a longtime Georgia State Representative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the worst kept economic development news in Georgia history, Hyundai announced plans for a massive electric vehicle manufacturing plant in coastal Georgia; Early voting is apparently what all the cool kids are doing this year; and we do a little 'Civics 101' lesson WABE style to round out the week. We could call it, "PSC You Know Me?' (We don't, but we could if we wanted to.) See omnystudio.com...

Georgia's transportation and trade sectors are off the chain; Herschel Walker is making more public appearances as the state's primary nears; and why you pay more for car insurance than other drivers in other states pay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A week before the Georgia Primary sees one GOP gubernatorial candidate pumping the brakes on campaign spending; A Democratic congresswoman gets personal in the abortion debate; and tag along for our version of House Hunters ATL (er, ATC?). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Demonstrators who’ve camped out for months in protest of a planned police training center in Southeast Atlanta clash with cops; Heritage? Hate? Either way, students at a North Georgia high school sue the district claiming there’s a decidedly divisive double standard; and Georgia’s ports are all like, “What global supply chain slowdown inflation pandemic-y thing are you talking about? We’re good.”...

Georgia's 7th District: Three women. Two incumbents. One seat; Atlanta's mayor finds the money to move residents from dilapidated Forest Cove; and the new president of Southface Institute has something to tell you about sustainability, no matter who you are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With one week left for early voting in Georgia's 2022 primary election cycle, Gov. Brian Kemp heads to Elijay to make the case why he and his opponent (and used-to-be bud)--former U.S. Sen. David Perdue--are like apples and oranges; The case against Young Thug, Gunna, and two dozen or so others indicted for racketeering this week is a 'stretch,' says WABE legal analyst Page Pate; and forever's gon...

Hyundai to Rivian: "Anything you can do I can do better; I can do anything better than you;" To support the state for the next year, Georgia officials will spend $2,796.29-ish for every man, woman and child in its borders; and why coastal Georgia residents are once bitten, twice shy three times over again. Spoiler: the answer is hurricanes.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

COVID is a creepin' again; a Spelman graduate becomes the first Black woman to hold a seat on the Federal Reserve Board; and DeKalb County's school board applies a Band-Aid after the state's top education official calls for a full organ transplant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.