The Brief from WABE

A daily news podcast from WABE.

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A daily news podcast from WABE in Atlanta.

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What’s behind a significant drop in the number of voters registering at Georgia’s Department of Driver Services offices? Voting rights advocates want state officials to investigate. Victims of forced labor at the Chattahoochee Brick Company were remembered at a memorial over the weekend as the city of Atlanta mulls plans to purchase the land. New car prices in Atlanta are among the highest in the nation; and students at a Cobb County high school want the name of a Confederate general taken off their school building. 

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Atlanta’s police chief Rodney Bryant says he’ll retire June 1st and the city has announced how it plans to go about picking his replacement; Southern Company touts a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, but a new report says the Atlanta-based company has been working against public policy meant to address climate change. Guns take center stage on the campaign trail this week in Georgia; and a look ahead to a full weekend for Atlanta sports fans.

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CIA director Bill Burns spoke about Russia, China and other geopolitical issues during a talk in front of hundreds of Atlanta college students at Georgia Tech Thursday; former President Donald Trump is helping to pay for ads bashing Gov. Brian Kemp, while another series of ads celebrates the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Plus, how Georgia residents are coping with skyrocketing insulin prices 

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In John Deere Green*, Gov. Brian Kemp inks three ag-related measures into law; state elected officials say they'll inquire into the meteoric rise in housing prices across Georgia; and the not-so-distinct fine line between problematic inflation and just a long-term market adjustment.

*Note: it's unclear (but highly unlikely) whether Gov. Kemp actually signed the farm bills with a dark green ink pen; however, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a good visual, a great early '90s country music hit, or that Billy Bob loves Charlene.

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Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy Georgia no longer requires a concealed carry permit?; Dickens First 100 Days; and WABE mourns the loss of a decades-long voice, Atlanta music scene fixture, and friend.

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Arguments begin in a long-anticipated trial about voting rights in Georgia, and whether the state violated the voting rights of Georgians by making it harder to vote in 2018 and 2020. Scottie Scheffler is the new Masters Champion. And the Atlanta Hawks have secured a spot for the play-in tournament and set a few season records.

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A Georgia Supreme Court trailblazer reacts to the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court. Child care centers in Metro Atlanta have added inflation to their list of ongoing pandemic worries; WABE launches its Georgia Votes 2022 podcast to track this year’s races, plus the Braves and the Masters make for a big sports weekend.

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It's Code Blue for East Point's only inpatient hospital/ER--pulling the plug (mostly) on Wellstar Medical Center-South; Is it just us, or do twisters seem to hate the South more than they used to?; and the Braves ride the wave of a World Series victory for this season's opening day.

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