The Brief from WABE

Activists from around the country are making their way to Atlanta to try to shut down construction at a planned public safety training center; A Georgia man has been arrested for allegedly calling in a threat to Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office; Environmental reporter Marisa Mecke takes us to the graduation ceremony for a job training program to clean up lead contamination in Westside Atlanta neighborhoods.

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Judge rules Young Thug's lyrics can count as evidence at upcoming trial; Officials believe a fentanyl-laced envelope was mailed to Fulton County's election office; and actors are ready to get back to Georgia sound stages as the SAG/AFTRA strike ends with a newly-proposed three year contract.

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Georgia's voting system passed its biggest test to date; more arrests among "Stop Cop City" protestors; and Georgia's first sex trafficking CIVIL lawsuit.

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Environmentalists get busy attempting to "Stop Cop City;" GOP state leaders look to ease restrictions on felons seeking a state license; and what's leading Georgia to top the nation in infant mortality?

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Activists charged for their alleged attempts to "Stop Cop City" are arraigned; how the ACLU is banking on Atlanta's local courts to lift Georgia's current abortion law; and why some HBCU students and coaches feel the push to win is coming at the expense of their historic mission.  

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Six opponents of Atlanta's controversial public safety training center are suing the city and the police for allegedly violating their First Amendment rights during a protest in 2021; Georgia lawmakers are being compelled to create more majority-Black political districts to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act; This weekend, some 150 HIV advocates from across the southeast gather to talk strategy and share in successes in slowing the epidemic.

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Georgia will appeal, but not immediately fight, ruling requiring redistricting; Fulton County's Sheriff finds a sympathizer in a state senate subcommittee; and what Georgia officials want folks to know as they navigate the new state-run insurance marketplace. 

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Georgia officials say they've received the first restitution payment from former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell; Babies in Georgia are dying at a higher rate than the national average, which is also on the rise; Today marks one year since Atlanta Medical Center closed its doors and efforts to establish a new hospital on the site continue.

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Police ask for help to find those responsible for putting antiemetic messaging on state traffic boards; One year after Wellstar closed Atlanta Medical Center, and the massive facility remains blocked; and a judge tells Fulton County it's illegal to send inmates to other states to ease crowding. 

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DFACS leader had an idea when too many children found themselves in state care: 'lock 'em up!'; Israeli families appeal to state lawmakers to ensure they're "first priority"; and alerting Atlanta's elderly population that the latest COVID-19 vaccine remains free.

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