The Brief from WABE

Day one of the 2025 legislative session concludes under the Gold Dome; local non-profits look to turn the fundraising heat up after a challenging 2024; and the Atlanta Police Department gets bigger even as crimes decrease.  

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Metro Atlanta braces for a rare winter storm; a state GOP official says he'll support protecting IVF; and former president Jimmy Carter is laid to rest at his lifelong home in Plains, Ga.

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A winter storm is all but guaranteed for Friday into Saturday, although what that will look like is up in the air; Georgia's GOP House Speaker is concerned too many students might be eligible for the state's new education vouchers; and Plains, Ga readies to welcome its most famous resident--former president Jimmy Carter--for the final time.  

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A rare winter storm threatens to hit metro Atlanta; Georiga's GOP outsts former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan; and former President Jimmy Carter's body arrives in Washington.  

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Suspect in killing of MARTA bus driver still on the run; Judge holds Guiliani in contempt of court for failing to turn over assets to two Fulton County election workers he defamed; and thousands pay respects to former president Jimmy Carter in the first 24 hours. 

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Plans are in place for Atlantans to pay respects to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Vincent Fort, the longtime state senator, is remembered as a tireless advocate for those government had left behind; and the Fulton County Jail enters a consent decree with the feds to improve conditions.

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Georgia issues guidelines for Kratom; a local homeslss non-profit sees its relationship with city government get even frostier; and despite frigid weather on its way, Atlanta last year saw its hottest on record (but still not nearly hot enough to call this place "Hotlanta." Please, don't do that.) 

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Atlanta celebrates the legacy of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100; and the Peach Drop is back at Underground Atlanta.  

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A Virginia-based homebuilder says it is set to build hundreds of houses in Gwinnett County; Georgia Tech Football makes its second-straight bowl appearance, as they take on Vanderbilt in the Birmingham Bowl Friday; and the agency that regulates the certification process to become a police officer in Georgia will see several changes in the new year, starting with its leader.

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Gov. Brian Kemp urges GOP lawmakers in DC to pass spending bill with disaster relief funds attached; The 176 people who died this year unhoused are remembered; and why it matters to Atlanta's elder population to see lowered feelings of loneliness and isolation. 

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