WABE's Week In Review

The massive Microsoft Crowdstrike outage that hampered communications worldwide, including forcing flights to be grounded at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International, which was again recently named "World's busiest airport." And we talk to Governor Brian Kemp at the Republican National Convention about how he was received, especially after receiving the ire of former President and current nominee...

We breakdown the latest over the Fulton County Jail, where commissioners decided to revamp the facility instead of a $1.7 billion rebuild. Plus, we have a one-one-one interview with the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on how the organization is transitioning from the Covid pandemic. And a new group is putting the focus on fatherhood as a way to empower Black men a...

We look at new laws surrounding housing, schools and voting. Plus, a south Georgia immigrant detention center leads the country in deaths in custody, and a new report shows most of those fatalities could have been prevented with better medical care. And a years-long dispute between the City of Atlanta and two then-college students who were pulled from their car and tased by police in 2020 is endin...

We breakdown some of the health-related topics topics at the debate and the impact that could have on Georgians. Plus, hotel chain Red Roof Inn has settled a civil lawsuit alleging the company was aware of sex trafficking taking place at two metro Atlanta locations. And immigrants detained in Georgia’s two detention centers are losing access to their main source of pro-bono representation. Also, a...

Small businesses in Atlanta are getting financial help to recover from devastating water main breaks that began a few weeks ago. Plus, two former Trump Administration officials will be the Republican nominees for a pair of Congressional seats along the Alabama border. And United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is laying the groundwork in Atlanta to combat fentanyl trafficking through the so...

MARTA officials say the transit agency will move forward with a renovation of the Five Points station in downtown Atlanta set to begin next month, despite a call from Mayor Andre Dickens to pause the project. Plus a national nonprofit helping to bail poor and low-income people out of jail is leaving Georgia, blaming a controversial new state law set to go into effect next month. And local environm...

Atlantans suffered a series of water main breaks beginning last Friday that caused outages and boil advisories running well into this week. We hear from some of those impacted, why the infrastructure failed and the possible fallout from the emergency. Plus, racial disparities in housing persist even as Atlanta saw an increase in homeownership by Black residents since the pandemic. And a group of r...

We look at how the guilty verdict in New York against former President Donald Trump on hiding hush money payments before the 2016 election could shape the presidential election in Georgia. Plus, despite costing more than twice its original budget and finishing years behind schedule, Governor Brian Kemp is calling for another expansion of nuclear Plant Vogtle. And Atlanta's inspector general says t...

We look at the results from the some of the high-profile primary races. Plus, the trial of the Atlanta rapper Young Thug has become the longest in state history, and it is snarling court cases for others waiting justice. And we look at a program to help those advance in the EV sector that got a lot of hype and set expectations perhaps unrealistically high. Also, we profile Andre 3000 at the Atlant...

Both the judge and district attorney in Georgia's criminal case against former President Donald Trump are on the ballot and facing challengers in the primary. Plus, longtime Congressman David Scott is facing multiple challengers claiming he doesn't represent the changing district. And we get reaction from on-campus at Morehouse where President Joe Biden is set to give the commencement address on S...

The Georgia Court of Appeals has granted oral arguments after former President Donald Trump appealed Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis staying on his criminal case. This could mean the trial does not begin this year. Meantime, we examine both Willis and the judge in the case facing election challengers for their seats. Plus, a student referendum on Emory University's President Greg Fenves...

Protests continue on campuses around the country including at Emory. We hear more about the demonstrations that garnered national attention are playing out. Plus, New legislation in Georgia bans so-called foreign agents from buying certain land in the state.  Lawmakers say this champions national security, but critics warn the legislation is reminiscent of old, discriminatory laws agains...

Authorities arrested more than a dozen people at Emory University at a demonstration of the Israel-Hamas war after a clash with police. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing whether former President Donald Trump enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, a decision that could impact if and when Trump will face trial in Georgia for alleged election interference. Plus, we hear from t...

Students at public institutions will pay more next year after officials with the University System of Georgia voted to increase tuition. And Georgia Power is set to expand a natural gas power plant after state regulators approved the plan that critics say sets the state back when it comes to fighting climate change. Plus, lawmakers deny those wrongfully convicted in Georgia of compensation fo...

A federal judge has upheld Georgia’s procedures for verifying the citizenship of voters. Voting rights groups argued in a long-running lawsuit that new citizens face discriminatory hurdles when registering to vote. Plus, Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay a $600 million settlement related to the disastrous train derailment in eastern Ohio. And MARTA station at Atlanta Hartsfield...

A judge this week denied a motion by former President Donald Trump and others to dismiss their Georgia criminal charges on First Amendment grounds. Trump and 14 others are under indictment for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia. And an investigative collaboration between WABE and Propublica shows when housing is a reason for kids to be taken into foster care, it w...

The WABE team breaks down some of the biggest legislation that lived and died at the Capitol this week as officials wrap up the legislative session. Plus, the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery are appealing their federal hate crimes changes. And an Atlanta grant program offers some seniors help paying their property taxes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia lawmakers approved a controversial education bill (SB 233) this week that would give parents with students in low-performing schools more than $6,000 to go toward private school or at-home study. Former President Donald Trump and other defendants can appeal a judge’s decision allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the Georgia election interference case. Republican lawmakers in...

A judge on Friday ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the Georgia election interference case now that special prosecutor Nathan Wade has resigned. Several defendants, including former President Donald Trump, accused Willis of a conflict stemming from a romantic relationship with Wade. We also have a remembrance of the eight people--including six women of Asian descent -...

Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in Georgian on Saturday campaigning ahead of the primary and more importantly, setting the foundation for November. Meantime, Biden faced heckling from controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene at his State of the Union address. Plus, Electric vehicle maker Rivian is pausing construction on its $5 billion EV factory an...

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reports police shot fewer people in 2023 than the record high from the year before, but the percentage of those who died stayed the same. We take a deep dive on the numbers and what some are trying to do to lower them. Plus, Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would give parents more insight into what their children check out from school libraries...

A superior court judge plans to schedule a day for arguments in coming weeks before ruling on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. She finished two days of testimony on Friday. Judge Scott McAfee must determine if a romantic relationship between Willis and pr...

The Georgia House overwhelmingly passed Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed $37.5 billion budget. Plus, Georgia Republican senators moved through a bill to prohibit using QR codes to tabulate election ballots. Also, criminal justice advocates say a bill headed to Kemp's desk is a step back from years of reform. And Georgia lawmakers passed a bill backed by Kemp that would make it harder to organiz...

A bill to legalize sports betting passed in the Georgia state senate but will now require a constitutional amendment. Plus, Senate Bill 63 aims to crack down on crime by banning judges from ordering what's called an "unsecured judicial release" for people accused of a variety of crimes. And Governor Brian Kemp has approved a controversial new map for the upcoming Cobb County school board...