The Brief from WABE

MARTA is adding more electric buses to its fleet; Extreme flooding at Florida's Ft. Lauderdale airport is affecting flights out of Atlanta; and Georgia clinics that provide abortions are facing uncertainty in the face of pending court cases.

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They tried to stop Cop City but DeKalb County's zoning board said, "No No NO!"; Fulton County considers a sales tax to pay for hospitals; and the Hawks are in the playoffs!

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Money talks, and that's apparently why Chicago--and not Atlanta--will host next year's Democratic National Convention; "Cop City's" latest complication comes from DeKalb's zoning board, at least that's what opponents hope; and why experts want you to drop your citrus cuttings at the state line.

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A police officer in his patrol car hits and kills a pedestrian; ATL breaks a record for the hottest start to a new year; and is Atlanta's housing stock overpriced? Probably. But is it THE MOST overpriced in the nation? One metric says so.

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Georgia Democrats respond to a Tennessee vote to kick out two state representatives; the Masters Tournament in Augusta is temporarily on hold due to weather; Researchers with the American Cancer Society say there's been a spike in colorectal cancer among younger adults.

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A solar panel order so bright, ya gotta wear shades; Nanny nanny boo boo, we've got a busier airport than you do; and it's been a bitterly wonderful decade for "The Bitter Southerner." Bless your heart if you disagree.

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Georgia's military housing will soon get the 'white glove' test after a private company was found to drop the ball on maintenance and upkeep; Hell Niño it's going to get hot this summer, and that could mean even more tornados for Georgia; and the [media] circus is coming to town! 

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Gov. Kemp fires up that veto pen; DeKalb reopens its pandemic assistance programs; and remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. 55 years after his death.

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As Donald Trump faces an indictment in New York, Fulton County remains mum on plans to charge the former President; After a winter busy with ... getting busy... the North Atlantic right whale readies to head back North; and Hank Klibanoff, host of WABE's podcast Buried Truths, on what justice looks like in civil rights cold cases 65 years later. 

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Housing advocates demonstrate in Atlanta and around the country to protest conditions at the properties of a low-income housing company; Jonesboro High School's marching Cardinals are one of ten bands to land a spot in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; and Senior European Correspondent Sylvia Poggioli joins WABE before giving her final broadcast for NPR.

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