The Brief from WABE

Will the Georgia primary be early? Both parties have different answers, but GA's Secretary of State seems to say...no. The death penalty trial for a man who shot people at spas across metro Atlanta is being postponed because the judge is busy presiding over the criminal trial of Young Thug. And while access to abortion-inducing medication is about to grow, but state law will likely stymie that for Georgians.

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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy keeps failing to secure the votes to become Speaker of the House... Athens Congressman Andrew Clyde is one Republican who is making McCarthy a loser. And for the first time, there's a price cap on insulin for Medicare beneficiaries. That goes into effect with help from Georgia Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock. And a look at post-new year events in Atlanta.

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You know how MTG had like no, as in zero, power in the last House session? Yeah. Probably not the cast this time; Speaking of the powerful, that Brian Kemp. He's #winning in a big way; and what a difference a half-page ad will make in the AJC when you're president of the Atlanta City Council.

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The FBI asks for help in ID'ing a group they say is responsible for vandalizing Ebeneezer Baptist Church this summer; Clayton County's had a week of it in terms of getting the water flowing again; and the 'Dugdown Corridor' sounds like Paulding County's got itself a pretty swell secret. 

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Clayton County says it's restored water to almost all residents; A case of NIMBI-ism (Not in my back island!) comes to the Georgia coast; and why watching UGA in the flesh in the Peach Bowl will cost you the prettiest penny of all. 

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The federal Bureau of Prisons will have to tighten up following a Georgia Senator's investigation; Georgia puts its EV cart before its battery-operated horse, so to speak; and we revisit a February conversation with one of Delta Air Lines' first Black flight attendants, Casey Grant, about her efforts to establish "IBAD."

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As the Christmas snow and ice melt, everything from pipes to airlines melt down; the North Atlantic Right Whale is anything but alright; and we revisit a conversation with former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) about Russia as a nuclear threat.

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Governor Brian Kemp is issuing a state of emergency as Georgia prepares for freezing weather; Georgia congress members have mixed feelings as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the U.S. Capitol; Dr. Sandy Magnus is among three whom NASA inducted this year into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

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Georgia Power gets permission to hike your power bill (and its shareholders' ROI); Clayton County pumps the brakes on pandemic relief funds because of overwhelming demand; and we revisit a conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young as he turned 90. 

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