WABE's Week In Review

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have filed new motions to disqualify Fulton County's District Attorney from investigating him. Meantime, the Department of Justice says it is investigating the Fulton County Sheriff's Office for civil rights violations at the county jail. Plus, Georgia’s massive film and TV industry is bracing for the impacts of an historic double strike. And the...

Labor talks between UPS, the world's largest parcel delivery company, and the Teamsters, the union representing some 340,000 employees, broke down this week. Plus, Fulton County officials say it could take a couple weeks to figure what caused one of the county's wastewater treatment plants to malfunction, pumping millions of gallons of partially treated sewage into the Chattahoochee River, one of...

Four families are suing to block Georgia’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender children, which took effect July 1. And Atlanta community health advocates slammed Wellstar Health System leaders during an in-person public hearing in Augusta this week as Wellstar eyes a merger with Augusta University Health System (after shuttering facilities in Atlanta). Plus, recent neo-Nazi...

Dekalb's District Attorney pulls out of the multijurisdictional prosecution of more than 40 cases involving opponents of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The state is now prosecuting solo. We hear from DA Sherry Boston on why she removed her office. Plus, Georgia has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. We look at the impact from the Dobbs decision here, one...

State lawmakers are again looking at Georgia's tax credit for the television and film industry, which has made the area a major player in entertainment. And the head Atlanta's Grady Health System says it is still operating over capacity as the only Level 1 Trauma center in the city is seeing an increase in patients following the closure of two Wellstar facilities. Plus, a long-running disagreement...

After a marathon meeting, Atlanta's City Council approved more than $30 million to help build the proposed Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County. Opponents are now gathering signatures to get the measure on the ballot. And we bring you our "Beyond Pride" series, a look at LGBTQ+ issues in Georgia, including a possible new HIV vaccine and the soon-to-be enforced medical care on trans...

Three people who were arrested for their involvement in helping protesters of Atlanta’s proposed Public Safety Training Center were granted bond on Friday. The three were arrested and charged with charity fraud and money laundering. And the debt ceiling vote along with the upcoming Georgia GOP convention this month is highlighting big differences in the party. Plus, the first new nuclear reactor b...

Atlanta City Council's Finance Committee passed a move to give the Atlanta Police Foundation, a private nonprofit, more than $30 million to help fund the controversial Public Safety Training Center. It now heads to the full Council in June. Georgia-based Daniel Defense faces a lawsuit from parents of kids killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting one year ago. Plus, attorneys for the family of a...

After seven hours of hearing public opposition to the Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County, Atlanta's City Council introduced legislation that would fund about one-third of the controversial $90 million dollar facility. Plus, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis starts scheduling for something "significant" in August. This as we wait for possible indictments against former P...

A week after a mass shooting in Atlanta's midtown, Georgia Democrats demanded Republican Governor Brian Kemp call a special legislative session to address gun violence.  The federal government is proposing new rules to limit climate pollution from power plants as Georgia's largest utility is beginning to phase out coal. And the home of the U.S. Army's Infantry School officially has a new name...

A mass shooting in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday left one person dead and four others injured. The suspect was captured after nearly an eight-hour manhunt. Fulton District Attorney tells WABE she is closely watching the New York case against former President Donald Trump as she weighs a possible indictment for election meddling. And immigrant advocates are again calling for the federal government t...

The first two medical cannabis stores in Georgia are now open in Macon and Marietta. Grady Health System opens two new clinics along I-20 to account for the closing of the Atlanta Medical Center. The developer for Atlanta's $90-million police and firefighter training center says a soft opening for the controversial project is now scheduled for the end of next year.  See omnystudio.com/listene...

The family of a 35-year-old man who died at the Fulton County jail says his death highlights the need for the facility to be shut down and replaced. And immigrants in Georgia who face unsafe work conditions are now able to secure visa protections through a new federal rule. Plus, we look at a new rule proposed by the Biden Administration that would likely conflict with a Georgia High Sch...

As the the media, politicians, protesters and others descended on New York for the plea of former President Donald Trump on the 34 counts he faces, we look at what could happen here if Fulton County's district attorney indicts him too. Plus, a diversion center in Atlanta is set to offer an alternative to jail. And we find out more about how parents and guardians from Guatemala, El Salvador and Hon...

We look at the last day of the legislative session when lawmakers did not bring scores of bills to a final floor vote. Plus, Georgia's Supreme Court hears oral arguments over the state's restrictive abortion law. And a WABE protagonist in a major series gets the city of Atlanta's highest honor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lawmakers blocked transgender kids from receiving some gender-affirming care in Georgia. We hear from 15-year-old Adam, who was set to have top surgery. Some Dekalb County residents say the blighted areas are out of control and are calling on officials to clean it up. Plus, environmental groups say they plan to sue the federal government over a big, wrinkly reptile that lives in south Georgia.&nbs...

Thursday marked two years since eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, were killed in Fulton and Cherokee Counties. One man is serving life in prison for the Cherokee murders and awaits a death penalty trial for the killings in Fulton. We hear remembrances of the victims and calls for action to protect the AAPI community from future attacks. Plus, former Clayton County Sheriff Victor i...

Georgia officials are charging more people with domestic terrorism after a demonstration at the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County turns violent. It's a relatively new charge for such actions. And in a Northeast Georgia hospital, medical experts are trying a new way to treat those battling addiction in what could be the future of such treatment. See omnystudio.com/listene...

Two controversial bills are not advancing for now at the state Capitol: a push to separate the neighborhood of Buckhead from Atlanta and a bill banning schools from talking sexuality or gender. Plus, we look at why Georgia Power is set to raise rates again. And an effort to expand and protect Atlanta's urban forest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former President Jimmy Carter decided to no longer get care at a local hospital and spend his final days in hospice at his home in Plains, Georgia. The move prompted a series of remembrances over the week. And we have an update on the Dekalb County School District, which became the first in Georgia to offer free preschool for three- and four-year-olds. Plus, treating veterans to baby showers in pa...

A portion of Fulton County's special grand jury summary into 2020 election meddling is released but nothing yet on criminal recommendations. Plus, state lawmakers are pitching a number of ideas to combat the highprices of housing and rent in Georgia. And as the Atlanta area deals with a recent high-profile officer-involved shooting, we look at 2022 when such incidents hit a record high and what ad...

Body camera footage from the January 18th fatal officer-involved shooting at the proposed south Dekalb County police training site doesn't show incident, but sound reveals scores of shots. And we look at the movements at the state Capitol as lawmakers look to expand Georgia's hate crimes law after antisemitic flyers are spewed in metro Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta and Dekalb County leaders move forward with an agreement on the so-called "Cop City" training facility as protesters call for Mayor Andre Dickens to resign . Meantime, State lawmakers are eyeing giving GBI more power over terrorism cases, banning Covid-19 rules permanently and allowing online sports betting in the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dekalb County's district attorney is recusing herself from the investigation into the shooting at the site of a proposed police facility. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a special prosecutor will be assigned. Plus, we fact check Governor Brian Kemp's state of the state address. And an animal-rights-turned-zoning case just southeast of Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The on-going protest at the proposed site in South Dekalb County for a police training center turned deadly with law enforcement shooting and killing one protester after authorities say a state trooper was shot and injured. Plus, Governor Brian Kemp meets the world's richest and most powerful in Davos, Switzerland touting Georgia as model for economic success. And we look at a honeybee vaccine tes...