The Brief from WABE

Georgia is at the center of the final Congressional committee hearing on the January 6th insurrection; The body that governs what Georgia Power can charge customers is set to vote on a rate hike (one of many to come); and state education officials ask state lawmakers for more cash, saying it's necessary to catch Georgia's students up post-covid. 

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Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pushing for better protections for people who send remittances abroad; The Grady Health Foundation board has named Shan Cooper as its new chairperson; and Georgia State University will confer honorary degrees to three women who helped desegregate higher education in Georgia.

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No time for TikTok if you're a state employee; Georgia Power dramatically drops its rate hike ask of the PSC; and G-DOT's gift to motorists this holiday season. f

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Atlanta-based Rapper Gunna has pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling for an end to General Election Runoffs; and Mark Meadows’ texts reveal new details about alleged 2020 election interference.

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The late Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is set to get his own stamp; A U.S. Senate investigation led by Georgia's Jon Ossoff has found widespread sexual abuse in prisons; and longtime WSB-TV journalist Richard Belcher recently spoke to All Things Considered host Jim Burress about his decision to call it quits after 50 years.

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Emory University Hospital in Midtown has fired several nurses who went viral on social media for making fun of their patients; Georgia's Secretary of State has been subpoenaed in the federal investigation into former President Trump; Emory Business School Professor Dan McCarthy talks about how companies are still feeling the effects of the pandemic.

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How will the balance of power look in the U.S. Senate now that Raphael Warnock has won reelection and Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has declared as independent; a man who killed two Cobb County sheriffs earlier this year is set to spend the rest of life in prison; the Georgia Votes 2022 team reflects on what the most recent election results mean for about Georgia's political makeup.

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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrived in Atlanta today to testify for the Fulton County special grand jury; The city of Atlanta is developing its first labor department in an effort to boost the city's economic capacity; and Governor Brian Kemp announced he is extending the state gas tax suspension one last time.

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Voting in Georgia's senate runoff election went smoothly despite record turnout numbers and results are expected by Tuesday night; WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas reports live from Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock's campaign event; and UGA's Stetson Bennett is up for the top trophy in college football.

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