The Brief from WABE

Trump's Georgia trial delayed as SCOGA agrees to hear challenge; Georgia's MTG finds a cold reception from House colleagues as she tries (again) to remove the House speaker; and Music Midtown goes "on hiatus."

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Georiga gets a budget; Kemp vetos a dozen provisions; and they City of Atlanta settles a civil rights lawsuit and pays the family of a church deacon tased to death $3.8-million.

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"No Patient Left Behind" provision gets Gov. Kemp's signature; the ACLU sues on behalf of Georgia's deaf and hard-of-hearing populations; and the "Rent Is Too Damn..." low? No. Nobody said that ever. But the rent is lower than it was at the height of the pandemic. Sot that's good.

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A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted a California man for making death threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced several key leadership changes in his administration; New legislation in Georgia bans so-called foreign agents from buying certain land in the state. 

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When it comes to bird flu, nothing to see here folks... keep moving; Climate change is likely to cause lots more people to move to Atlanta--too bad we won't have the infrastructure to support everyone; and an influx of cash means some lead water pipes might be replaced with safer materials.

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As Florida's stricter abortion ban takes effect, even fewer options exist for Georgians; Georgia could get its first ever national park; and a young athlete cashes in on young athletes cashing in. How name, image and likeness (NIL) is making some young sports stars into millionaires.

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How many GOPers running for Congress in one Georgia district believe Donald Trump won the 2020 Presidential election, and not Joe Biden? All of them [which is the incorrect answer]; Remember when Georgia Power said its two new nuclear reactors would be online, heating up steam to generate as much power as you could think of? Neither do we, it's been so long. But, the last one went online this week; and hope the one out of six Georgians who relied on a federal program to connect to the web enjoyed the access, because they just lost it.  

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Demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war continue at Georgia's colleges and universities; Early voting for the upcoming election is underway; and the reason the conditions are so bad at the Fulton County Jail? [An answer that surprises absolutely no one] Overcrowding.

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Governor Brian Kemp signed more than 100 pieces of legislation into law this week, including bills dealing with the online and personal safety of Georgia's kids; Protestors have returned to the Emory University campus this evening, after police arrested more than 2 dozen demonstrators yesterday; WABE business reporter Marlon Hyde speaks with U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su.

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Demonstrators and police clash on Emory University's campus; Gov. Kemp signs an anti-squatting bill into law; and Arizona follows Georgia with indictments of 'fake electors' and former Pres. Donald Trump.

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