The Brief from WABE

Cobb County's DA declines to re-try Ross Harris on murder and chlid cruelty charges; more pharmacies across Georgia could sell medical cannabis under a proposal from state pharmacists; and how the City of Atlanta's spending of more than a million dollars might help some residents find affordable housing.

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A Georgia family makes an emotional case for their lawsuit against officers who failed to buckle in their loved one before driving off, ejecting and killing her; "Cop City" gets the Atlanta City Council's green light and greenbacks; and the wheels on the bus might still go 'round and 'round, but that's about the only thing it has in common with your mama's school bus. 

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Medicaid unwinds; the exchange formerly known as the Obamacare marketplace expands; and striking bus drivers in North Georgia chill.

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The family of a man found dead at the Fulton County Jail, his body riddled with bed bugs, releases the results of an independent autopsy; Business in Georgia, so far, is responsible for reductions in greenhouse gasses; and PETA's focus on primates. 

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is hinting at a possible time frame for charging former President Trump; Fulton County officials say they're making progress on reducing its massive backlog of cases; and how communities in Georgia are competing for grants to protect against climate change.

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Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Congresswoman Lucy McBath were again calling for stricter gun control laws in Washington D.C.; Drivers should expect major delays if traveling between 285 and 400 northbound this weekend; and the weekly segment of How Do You Atlanta for the latest events around the metro.

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A Republican nominated to chair Fulton County’s election board has withdrawn following backlash from Democrats; School buses in Metro Atlanta are getting cleaner; and Atlanta has a lot of vacant office space.

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How high can they go? Georgia's Public Service Commission gives Georgia Power the greenlight to find out (read: your light bill is going up); Atlanta's City Council votes to fund the next step in creating "Cop City."; and tuition is staying flat at just about all of the state's public colleges/universities.

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"Cop City" opponents flood Atlanta City Council meeting; More Georgians plan to hit the road this summer; and UGA lands the number one recruit in the nation.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is in Atlanta to kick off her circuit of events leading up to President Biden's reelection; workers at Georgia school bus-maker Bluebird are some of the few in the South to successfully unionize; and a Georgia blood bank president will have his first chance to donate blood following new guidance from the FDA.

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