The Brief from WABE

How will Georgia be affected by the impending federal government shutdown; The Sweet Auburn Music Festival takes place this weekend in the historic Atlanta neighborhood; A new investigative report by the Atlanta Journal Constitution has found widespread corruption in Georgia prisons. 

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A former Fulton County jailer is facing federal charges for allegedly strangling a female detainee while she was in handcuffs; The updated COVID-19 vaccine's rollout has faced challenges in metro Atlanta; Author Maryemma Graham on her new biography of Margaret Walker, "The House Where My Soul Lives."

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Vice President Kamala Harris made a stop at some of Atlanta's historically Black colleges this week ahead of the 2024 campaign season; The number of immigrant detainees in Georgia has dropped compared to national levels, but that's only after a detention center was shuttered for human rights violations; A two-day investment conference called Venture Atlanta kicks off today, connecting Southern startups with capital from around the world.

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Construction is starting on a new crisis center in downtown Macon for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; City and national officials broke ground on new affordable rentals in the Atlanta University center; Georgia's workforce training program is preparing workers for new careers in the electric vehicle industry.

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VPOTUS to visit ATL's HBCU's; Raffensperger says he's supporting Kemp, not Trump; and handing over the reigns at the Georgia Restaurant Association.

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A judge is now weighing whether to temporarily block a new Georgia law that creates an oversight commission for local prosecutors; The mayor of South Fulton is challenging the city council on its actions surrounding the neglected Camelot Condominiums; and Travel writer Paige Watts just published a book about all the things that make Atlanta unique.

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Weekend court is coming to Fulton; Atlanta sees unemployment tick up; and Morris Brown College welcomes international students for the first time in a generation.

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More Georgia defendants want to take their cases related to alleged efforts to thwart the 2020 election to federal court; Gwinnett wants to spend $17-billion on transit, mainly to bring in busses. Lots of busses; and Fulton County's sheriff bites back when challenged on the county's overcrowded jail.

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Weekend court at the Fulton Co. jail?; Norfolk-Southern has an offer for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio; and a conversation "On Leadership" with the CEO of Atlanta's The Carter Center.

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Cobb County closes a 50-year missing child cold case; Atlanta's City Council says 'count those signatures!'; and smile for that new speeding ticket camera outside of some APS schools!

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