The Brief from WABE

A sliver of a special grand jury report's inquiry into former Pres. Donald Trump and his allies' attempts to alter the outcome of Georgia's 2020 election became public info. today; advocates call for overhauling the way police handle tense situations following a record number of police-involved shootings last year; and legislating lower home prices without actually legislating lower home prices. 

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From promoting religious freedom to phone call prohibition, there's a whole lot of lawmaking going on; we're about to get some of the dirt Fulton County's extra-special super-duper grandest of them all jury stirred up about a former president who tried to pressure state officials to change the outcome of 2020's election; and just days after receiving a Congressional Medal of Honor, Atlanta businessman and community leader Tommy Dortch has died.

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Why a memorial statue under the Gold Dome is a partisan question; Georgia's AG adds his name to a legal brief that challenges the FDA's 2000 approval of a drug used to induce abortion; and Cupid, draw back your bow...and let your arrow--actually, Cupid, scratch that. Go ahead and put that bow back in your quiver, get a gun, and shoot it until it won't shoot anymore because you don't need a permit. After all, you're in Georgia. And don't expect that to change this legislative session, either. 

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Fulton County's extra special grand jury report that recommends whether D.A. Fani Willis should file charges against former Pres. Donald Trump and/or his cronies for efforts to overturn 2020's election results [gasp for air to transition from that impossibly long backstory to the meat of the report] will remain hush-hush. Kinda; Now that it has funding, what will Fulton County's Reparations Task Force recommend? "Stay tuned."; and Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, Atlanta's first Black first lady, is laid to rest. 

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Georgia lawmakers debate allowing fattened up payloads--up to an additional five tons-on state roadways; On paper, the state struggles to attract police officers; and Atlanta's entry into this year's Puppy Bowl gives a whole new meaning to Bleu cheese.

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The family of Manuel Teran has serious questions about the body camera footage released by Atlanta Police; the IRS is suggesting Georgia taxpayers hold off on filing their 2022 tax returns; and Georgia rent prices are still climbing, but slower than they were during the height of the pandemic.

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After SOTU, VPOTUS turns focus to GA; the state GOP lawmaker push to make Buckhead a separate city finds traction. Again.; and why Black entrepreneurship is big in the ATL. 

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From state lawmakers' testy exchange about banning a COVID-19 vaccine requirement to a re-do of Georgia's 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, Tuesday proved a busy day of making law under the Gold Dome; state GOP lawmakers hate the idea of expanding Medicaid in Georgia. A new poll finds they're on their own with the issue, as the majority of Georgians support the move; and the astronomical chances Camden, Ga will ever see a space port.

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Anti-Semitic flyers in Sandy Springs and Dunwoody raise concern among the area's Jewish community; The parents of the "Cop City" demonstrator killed in a police shoot-out want more answers; and Georgia's Sec. of State is all about moving up Georgia's presidential primary. In 2028. Problem is the Dems had an earlier date in mind. Like four years earlier.

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Microsoft pumps the brakes on its major tech hub in Atlanta's Westside; Georgia sniffs out what it might be like to run its own health insurance marketplace; and 1,791 reasons to bring back profanity to Forsyth County's school board meetings.

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