The Brief from WABE

Clayton County's head educator is all like, "Time to go!"; what it will take to get the latino vote in a run-off elelction; and we remember Republican House Speaker David Ralston.

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Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, a Blue Ridge Republican, dies at age 68; Former President Donald Trump's influence on Georgia's U.S. Senate race now that he's announced his candidacy for a second term; and a U.S. Senate investigation finds evidence female detainees at Georgia's Irwin Detention Center were subjected to widespread medical abuse.

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Georgia's abortion ban falls; Kemp testifies before the committee investigating whether Donald Trump influenced the Jan. 6th riot; and an early employee of Atlanta's Tara Theater remembers how it was back in the day.

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Ga's GOP selects its Gold Dome Gatekeepers; Ossoff investigates alleged medical abuses at ICE facilities; and two box cutters make it onto a Frontier flight, leading to its diversion to Atlanta. The TSA is investigating. 

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Fans and loved ones celebrate the life of Migos rapper Takeoff at State Farm Arena; the highly touted electric vehicle plant to be built by Rivian is delaying the start of production; and the latest episode of Georgia Votes 2022 looks at how the parties will prepare for the upcoming midterm runoffs on December 6.

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As Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker head to a Dec. 6 runoff, questions arise around which high-profile Republicans will show up on the campaign trail; with voting in the general election come to an end, election officials are now preparing to check the tallies; and new state lawmakers, including at several high-level position, could change the makeup of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Republicans keep control of statewide offices in Georgia, even as Senator Raphael Warnock and challenger Republican Herschel Walker are headed to a runoff (...and you thought the commercials going into Election Day were bad.); Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has some choice words for some in his own party; and COVID cases sharply increase in just a week's time. 

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On this Election Day 2022 you can check WABE.org for all the latest election news, meanwhile in Atlanta inflation is leading to some transportation companies to see higher costs, an Atlanta-area man has been found guilty of a $12 million tax-refund scheme; and a lawsuit has caused the Public Service Commissioner race to not appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.

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A judge relaxes Georgia's absentee deadline for a thousand Cobb County voters after their ballots didn't quite make it through the system as intended; Georgia Power is making its case to raise your light bill; and funeral arrangements for the Migos member killed in Houston last week are announced.

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Georgia is one early votin' kinda place. Like, really. We're talking a quarter of the state and it's still days from the election. If it can be done, to pay homage, someone should compose new lyrics for an additional stanza of "Georgia On My Mind" -- something like, "Georgia, Georgia. My vote's for you. For a ballot cast, the future ours, just waiting in that line." OK. So maybe that needs some work. I'll get back to you on it; Clayton County settles a lawsuit that led to a landmark SCOTUS decision protecting LGBTQ people from job discrimination; and in Atlanta, the rent is damn high. 

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