The Brief from WABE

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.

Obamacare insurance premiums are about to spike; Solar for All grant becomes solar for none; and Atlanta's housing market looking upended: supply is increasing while demand decreases.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After arrest, police seek help to ID three more suspects in Edgewood shooting; GE announces plans to bring manufacturing jobs from Mexico to Georgia; and transit talk makes a comeback in BeltLine planning.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GBI: CDC shooting suspect died of self-inflicted gunshot wound; Army Sgt. accused of opening fire at Ft. Stewart last week charged with attempted murder; and AI meets matchmaker in KSU app to keep isolation from taking over.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CDC employees push back on safety concerns after Friday's deadly shooting; ambivalence dictates mood as Georgia military bases see Confederate names return; and the road to Georgia's Sea Turtle Summer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shooting suspect and one DeKalb County police officer are dead after an active shooter situation played out near the campuses of the CDC and Emory University; Class action lawsuit seeks to reverse state's denial of transgender care to inmates; and drinking and flushing are about to cost more in Fulton County.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gloves come off in GOP race for Georgia Governor as AG sues Lt. Gov. over campaign finance; National Guard called up to process paperwork for immigration detention; and shareholders win even when the Braves don't.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five soldiers shot at Ft. Stewart; Fulton backs off of property tax hike; and G-DOT gets massive federal loan for Ga 400 project already in the works.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge tells state election board it must welcome two controversial GOPers; Geoff Duncan, long accused of being a RINO [Republican in name only], cleared all that up today by jumping to the Democratic party; and Fulton County seems likely to pass double-digit property tax hike.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia GOP unlikely to follow Texas in mid-decade redistricting push; Hundreds of Georgia houses to get free rooftop solar; and Delta clarifies AI intent following Senatorial pushback.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A month after scheduling issues with defense attorneys, there's no new trial date for the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter; GOP members move to strip chair of the Georgia Election Board, a non-partisan position, of some duties; and why one consumer advocate says Delta's AI pricing can only be bad for consumers.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta-based CDC funding potentially spared massive cuts; Georgia's congressional delegation unites in criticism over some Israeli actions in Gaza; and a Southwest Atlanta laundromat ensures area kids have clean clothes for first day of class.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20k DACA recipients in Georgia told they need to self deport; No free rides to the polls, state election board rules; and resiliency in a Decatur kitchen.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Freight railroad giant Union Pacific announced Tuesday it is set to acquire Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, another major rail operator in an 85 billion dollar deal; Senator Raphael Warnock is among the Democrats in Congress this week reintroducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; For a decade, the Fulton County Public Defender's Office and non-profits have helped people recently rele...

Most of Georgia is under a heat advisory or extreme heat warning and climate change is fueling this kind of brutal heat; As temperatures soar, a nonprofit says it's deeply concerned about the people being held in Georgia prisons who have little to no access to air conditioning; Veterans who get health care at the VA say they’re worried federal cuts will erode working conditions and quality o...

Georgia education officials are scrambling to disburse funds after they were held up by the Trump Administration; Another figure connected to a failed lending firm in Newnan has been subpoenaed; The city of South Fulton is placing its police chief Keith Meadows on-leave, as it plans to start an independent investigation into his department.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms began her statewide tour in DeKalb County as she campaigns for governor; Republican State Insurance Commissioner John King is ending his campaign for U.S. Senate; The search is on for millions of missing dollars from an alleged Ponzi scheme connected to the now-closed lending firm founded and run by a prominent Georgia Republican. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Republican activist Kelvin King, the husband of a controversial State Election Board member, says he’s running for Secretary State of Georgia; The highly-anticipated trial of the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter will be rescheduled; Unionized workers and labor advocates across the South are rallying for support.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advocates and lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist fighting deportation from Georgia aren't mincing words about what they believe is retaliation for his work; Atlanta beverage giant Coca-Cola says it will make a new product this fall that is made with U.S. cane sugar; MARTA is without a permanent leader after CEO Collie Greenwood announced he was stepping down, but some civic leaders and...

Concerns are growing over the prolonged detention of a Georgia-based, Spanish-language journalist by federal immigration authorities; Immigration and Customs Enforcement will use medicaid enrollment data to look for people without legal status; and a local scientist's analysis of the meteorite that streaked across the Atlanta sky last month.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Congress has agreed to President Donald Trump’s request to rescind more than 9 billion dollars in previously appropriated funding for international development and public broadcasting; The state of Georgia is fining BioLab for a chemical fire last September that caused evacuations in Conyers and several days of shelter in place orders; and WABE health reporter Jess Mador takes a look at how...