The Brief from WABE

A federal judge has again ruled against a man on Georgia's death row who wants to be executed by firing squad instead of by lethal injection; The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is losing about 10 percent of its staff; Georgia lawmakers are beginning to dig into the details of a sweeping school safety bill drafted in the aftermath of the deadly mass shooting at Apalachee High School.

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The chief judge of the largest federal trial court in Georgia is retiring, creating a vacancy for President Donald Trump to potentially fill; Former staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are urging Governor Brian Kemp to protect the Okefenokee Swamp ahead of federal rollbacks; Georgia state lawmakers have started digging into Governor Brian Kemp’s signature policy push of tort reform.

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Georgia's Senate passes tax free period for guns, ammo, and gun safes; The head of Atlanta's City Council will not seek re-election; and the role non-Jews must play in reducing the spread of anti-Semitism.  

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Trans-care in Georgia GOP's crosshairs; Georgia's DC Democratic delegation push back on Trump's CDC cuts; and Coke outlines ways to sidestep Trump tariffs on aluminum. 

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Georgia lawmakers are looking to expand how DNA is collected from migrants in the U.S. without legal status who have been charged with a crime; A bipartisan group of lawmakers have filed legislation at the State Capitol to protect artists from their work being used in criminal proceedings against them; and the voice of Ash Ketchum from the English-dubbed Pokémon series makes an appearance at Atlanta Collect-A-Con.

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Georgia's Senate passes trans sports bill that aligns with Pres. Trump's executive order forbidding trans women from competing on women's sports teams; the state fines the City of Atlanta for a sewage release on the 'Hooch; and why local law enforcement might struggle to be a part of enforcing the Lakin Riley Act.

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State looks to refund, lower income taxes; Communities protest ICE immigraiton detention efforts; and why GALEO says they're unsdure if they'll support Georgia's Democratic U.S. Senators fir reelection after the pair's support of the Laken Riley Act.  

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The Gwinnett County Board of Education voted today 3-2 to terminate Superintendent Calvin Watts' contract; Governor Brian Kemp has rolled out a sweeping package to curb civil lawsuits in Georgia; and we speak to AJC education reporter Martha Dalton about the upcoming implementation of Georgia's school voucher program.

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Party leaders court Gov. Kemp to make a U.S. Senate run in 2026; President Donald Trump's first signed bill of his second administration bears the name of a murdered Georgian, Laken Riley; and bringing back Atlanta's south downtown. 

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