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The politics behind the very outside-of-Buckhead campaign to split Buckhead from Atlanta; Why the airport had to report a recent fuel spill to state officials, but the agency it reports to didn't have to inform those near the spill; and Hollylanta union workers vote to authorize a strike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A judge rules against the defense in the upcoming Ahmaud Arbery murder trial; the New Georgia Project works to register the last frontier of the unregistered voters--young people; and the Braves win! Now what? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A big, but hush-hush, weekend fuel spill at Atlanta's airport leaves its environmental mark; Atlanta's bustling film industry could authorize a strike as soon as tomorrow; and why models say COVID could be waning--but it's unlikely to go away. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gov. Brian Kemp defends his handling of the 19-month pandemic; a federal appeals court rules against a group wanting to parade the Confederate Flag; and Fulton's DA secures lots of indictments at the last minute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two of the three killed when a train derailed in Montana this weekend were from Georgia; one metro family hopes the R. Kelly guilty verdict on federal sex trafficking charges might lead their daughter to return home; and why three-year-high oil prices could keep Atlantans shelling out more at the pump for some time to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at former President Donald Trump's middle Georgia rally this weekend; a conversation with the author of a report concluding Trump faces a "serious" legal battle for his alleged interference in the 2020 election; and if you're a first responder, you and 79,999 of your colleagues are getting a cool one-time, one grand bonus from Georgia's federal stimulus funds. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Donald Trump plans for a Georgia rally this weekend. It comes a day after a damning report indicates he could face more than a dozen charges in Georgia related to election interference; the director of the CDC explains her choice to sanction a wider swath of the population for a COVID booster; and Cobb County charges students for defacing school property with anti-Semitic messages. See omnystudio....

A CDC panel gives the nod for a COVID booster to those 65 and older; an update on the investigation into a Dunwoody apartment explosion; and a group of candidates running for Atlanta mayor say they're getting no attention. They get some today on the Thursday edition of The Brief from WABE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The confusion about whether to get a COVID booster; Gwinnett County's police department faces a lawsuit for failing to discipline an officer; and state troopers are in short supply. The head of the GSP tells state lawmakers it's largely because of the salary. It's all on today's Brief from WABE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia has a record surplus in its coffers; Clayton County Schools provides COVID-19 vaccines to eligible students and teachers; and a teen weighs in on new restrictions at a local shopping center. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The FBI joins the investigation into a Georgia State Police trooper's killing of a Black man during a traffic stop; what last month's mortgage activity tells us about where Atlanta's housing market is headed; and a conversation with Joyette Holmes, the former Cobb DA, about the upcoming Ahmaud Arbery murder trial. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Gov. Brian Kemp looks to increase protections for those working Covid-19 vaccination events after reports of harassment in recent weeks; Atlanta drops its ban on gatherings of 50,000 people or more; and a new basketball league in Atlanta will pay teenagers to play and promises to prepare them for the NBA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First-time unemployment claims in Georgia drop even as coronavirus cases near record levels again.; the former district attorney in Brunswick now faces charges and a historian remains skeptical of a federal plan that aspires to rebuild Black communities devastated by the building of highways in the 1950s. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Georgia State instructor reflects on the decision to risk her job rather than hold in-person classes amid a spike in Covid-19 cases; Georgia is among the tops states in the country when it comes to the percentage of low-income residents who are having trouble paying rent; and another water supply win for Metro Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida continue soaking parts of Georgia; an endangered fish that was once the subject of a Supreme Court case has made a comeback; and how the recent Covid-19 surge is affecting Atlanta-area nurses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.