The Brief from WABE

Local journalist detained by ICE for 100 days is ordered deported; Hyundai confirms previous plans to invest billions in Georgia, despite recent immigration arrests; Report finds Georgia Pathways spends less than a third of every dollar on healthcare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peachtree City wants its own police, but it's not the only one; Atlanta is dry and rain is not coming; and Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali reflect on their front row seat to history as Sam says goodbye to WABE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ousted CDC head testifies about turmoil in the organization; South Korean officials call for investigation into Georgia immigrant detainment facility; and the field for the next Georgia governor gets even more crowded.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been permanently barred from continuing the criminal case against President Donald Trump and 18 others; Former Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan and businessman Clark Dean have entered the Georgia gubernatorial race; and an Emory University law professor answers questions about free speech in the workplace following a spate of firings related to socia...

CDC workers return to work at Atlanta headquarters following last month's shooting; Trump healthcare cuts cost hospital its maternity care; and Yellow Jackets bust into AP Top 25.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The long-awaited trial of the accused Atlanta spa shooter is unlikely to take place this year; State officials are urging healthcare providers to be on the lookout for measles; Hundreds of people arrested in the immigration raid at the Hyundai plant near Savannah have landed in South Korea. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia officials react to Charlie Kirk's killing; South Korean natives detained in a massive immigration raid in South Georgia depart Atlanta for Korea with distrust of US; and an Atlanta federal appeals court overturns win for rural sheriff's deputy, who is trans.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Efforts to fire Georgia-born Fed governor could reach the SCOTUS; Korean detainees who were rounded up in raid at South Georgia EV plant were waiting  to be released to Korean officials; and Mary Louise Kelly talks about her new national security podcast.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge tosses 61 RICO indictments against "Stop Cop City" demonstrators; Raid on South Georgia facility has potential to unravel decades of South Korean investment; and iconic but struggling John Portman-designed building could be yours if the price is right! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fallout continues over massive ICE raid at a South Georgia EV factory; Rockdale County dealt judicial setback in efforts to recover funds from BioLab breach; Falcons drop their home opener.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U-S immigration officials say they have conducted their largest ever single-site raid at the Hyundai vehicle plant near Savannah; As Fulton County moves forward with plans to improve jail conditions, county commissioners are also wrestling over money for the magistrate court and public defenders; Biologists with the state of Georgia are playing the waiting game — every month, they’re c...

Apalachee one year later; U.S. Senators from Georgia grill HHS Sec. Kennedy; and Gabe Sterling enters race for Georgia Secretary of State.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top CDC officials resign, sound alarm on Trump public health policy; Georgia's handling of cell phones for 911 calls has lots of room to improve; and what the City of Atlanta wants from all those driverless rideshare vehicles circling the city's streets.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Refugees in Georgia are losing access to food stamps as the Trump Administration’s budget plans kick in; Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is endorsing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley in next year's Republican primary; A bookstore in Marietta is helping serve LGBTQ readers from all over the south, who come looking for characters, and friends, like them. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

How increased immigration enforcement is affecting Georgia's construction industry; lawmakers address concerns over insurance prices in the state; Atlanta-based, New Orleans-born business owners reflect 20 years later on how Hurricane Katrina changed everything See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A day after new CDC Director ousted, an interim is named; Top CDC officials resign in protest; and Atlanta's newspaper of record abandons the printed version. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new head of the CDC is out; Judge issues five-figure daily fine to Fulton Commission; and some who fled Katrina 20 years ago ended up staying in Atlanta.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta condo at center of controversy over Trump's efforts to rid Fed governor Lisa Cook; Atlanta Dogwood Festival in trouble; and an update on the future of Atlanta's beleagured jail.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five major players in aerospace industry form Georgia alliance; State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-Atlanta) files to run for AG; and therapy horses offer calm to cops.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The police officer who died responding to the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta two weeks ago was memorialized Friday; Senior state judge David Emerson has set an emergency hearing for next week after the Fulton County Commission did not follow his order to appoint two Republican nominees to the county's elections board; The national Republican Party elects a ne...

Hundreds of CDC workers expect pink slips; VP JD rallies in PT City; and RIP Taroko the whale shark! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fed-up CDC workers send pointed letter to HHS Sec. Kennedy; Georgia Chamber hosts congressional campaign kick-off in Columbus; and a new report looks at factors influencing Georgia's housing crunch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia GOP leaders push to eliminate state income tax; South Fulton mayor's race sees lots of familiar faces; and The Home Depot reports a slightly off Q2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those who want to run for Georgia office must pay up or shut up; Atlanta's main food charity continues to see demand increase; and the unorthodox reporting style of Hood Anchor Ye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Escalator that dumped Beyonce fans at Vine City MARTA reopens; Georgia Power looks to gas turbines for more energy; and a young woman's unlikely journey to "Graduate of the Year."   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.