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Georgia is among the states hardest hit by a pandemic-related labor shortage; Tenure at Georgia's public colleges and universities could lose some of its bite; and Georgia's Sec. of State holds responsible Fulton County officials after two elections employees shed 300 voter registration applications. Fulton Commission Chair Robb Pitts isn't having it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

On the eve of early voting for November's municipal elections, Fulton County is under the election microscope again after it announced the firing of two election workers, suspected of destroying voter registration applications. When will supply chain issues end? And how are they affecting Atlanta companies? We put those question to Pervinder Johar with Blume Global. And the Braves take a lead in t...

A firey plane crash claims the lives of all four aboard the Cessna 210, shutting down the airport for most of the afternoon; Getting a COVID vaccine puts pregnant people at a slightly higher risk of complications, but the CDC is urging them to get innoculated anyway; and the pandemic last year forced the cancellation of the state fair. Not this time, though. So, to all the Georgia State Fair fans...

Atlanta mayoral hopefuls talk transit at a BeltLine forum; Forumed out? That fatigue, and the fact that upcoming races are non-partisan, could be behind the high number of undecideds in the city; and two of the 18 former NBA players indicted for insurance fraud have ties to the Atlanta area. Those stories and much more are on today's edition of The Brief from WABE. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

That flu nobody got last season? Yeah, it's coming; Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Green's district comes nowhere close to Buckhead. Doesn't' matter. She's throwing her support behind the campaign to make it a separate city anyway; and $1.1-million to buy all state Department of Labor employees lunch, daily, for more than a year is money well spent Commissioner Mark Butler tells WABE. That's all in today's...

SCOGA to GDOT on a sovereign immunity claim: You didn't seize it, so shut it--the lawsuit can move forward; Wait for it. WAIT for it. WAIT FOR IT... the CDC isn't *quite* ready to offer holiday recommendations related to the pandemic; and a vaccine mandate comes and goes, but hospital systems are mum on how many called their bluffs, quit, or were fired. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

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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