The Brief from WABE

Fani Willis gets two (potential) challengers for Fulton DA; Georgia's Black voters get national attention; and on this International Women's Day, we hear about what's changed in the decades Delta's first Black female pilot has been flying.  

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State lawmakers question if Rivian has abandoned Georgia altogether; Housing gets attention from both sides of the isle; and we kick off our young business series with the story of a scrappy entrepreneur who learned to be nimble during the pandemic.  

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Rivian pumps the regenerative brakes on its Georgia factory; Ossoff probes deaths of federal prison inmates; and why you [still] can't vote for Georgia's [voter-chosen] Public Service Commission.

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DA Fani Willis responds to lawmakers' efforts to limit her power; a company gets closer to a permit for mining near one of Georgia's most protected lands; and a warning to those who get behind the wheel after springing their clocks forward an hour.

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Some Georgia Dems look to "blank ballot" a message to Joe Biden; WABE uncovers the role violence played in some Fulton Co. Jail inmates' deaths; and to afford the average home in Atlanta, you'll need to make $115k a year--nearly twice the income needed just four years ago.

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An Atlanta City Council member says she's leaving her post before her term expires; A GOP lawmaker comes under fire from both parties after he engages with an antiemetic, far-right social media account; and the effort to bring disabled workers pay up to minimum wage. 

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Police say they have taken a suspect into custody after a young woman was found dead on the University of Georgia's campus; A Russian national living in Buford has admitted to laundering money to go towards the war against Ukraine; WABE's Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali report from South Carolina on how Saturday’s primary could have lessons for Georgia.

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The decision of whether District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the prosecution of Georgia's election interference case is now before a judge; House lawmakers have passed a bill to add limits to Georgia’s massive film tax credit; and WABE's politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali recap the action leading up to the state legislature's key crossover deadline.

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Two DeKalb police officers have been indicted on charges related to the shooting death of a man inside his own Stone Mountain home; State regulators consider what Georgia Power says is an urgent need to make and buy more energy; and it's Crossover Day under the Gold Dome.

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A Benjamin E. Mays high school student is charged with a recent on-campus shooting; Sports betting gets closer to a statewide referendum; and UGA's big security spend in the aftermath of a murdered student.

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