Labor talks between UPS, the world's largest parcel delivery company, and the Teamsters, the union representing some 340,000 employees, broke down this week. Plus, Fulton County officials say it could take a couple weeks to figure what caused one of the county's wastewater treatment plants to malfunction, pumping millions of gallons of partially treated sewage into the Chattahoochee River, one of Georgia's most important waterways. And we hear about an Atlanta nonprofit that helps disabled entrepreneurs achieve success.

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Four families are suing to block Georgia’s restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender children, which took effect July 1. And Atlanta community health advocates slammed Wellstar Health System leaders during an in-person public hearing in Augusta this week as Wellstar eyes a merger with Augusta University Health System (after shuttering facilities in Atlanta). Plus, recent neo-Nazi demonstrations in Georgia have brought new attention to proposed state legislation on anti-Semitism. We also hear from LGBTQ+ rappers in Atlanta about being out and proud in the city's hip hop scene.

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Dekalb's District Attorney pulls out of the multijurisdictional prosecution of more than 40 cases involving opponents of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. The state is now prosecuting solo. We hear from DA Sherry Boston on why she removed her office. Plus, Georgia has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. We look at the impact from the Dobbs decision here, one year later. And Fulton County's Sherriff  is threatening to sue the county board of commissioners over a resolution asking him to give regular updates on the condition of the jail's facilities. 

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State lawmakers are again looking at Georgia's tax credit for the television and film industry, which has made the area a major player in entertainment. And the head Atlanta's Grady Health System says it is still operating over capacity as the only Level 1 Trauma center in the city is seeing an increase in patients following the closure of two Wellstar facilities. Plus, a long-running disagreement over sea turtles between Georgia environmental activists and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is officially over. 

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After a marathon meeting, Atlanta's City Council approved more than $30 million to help build the proposed Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County. Opponents are now gathering signatures to get the measure on the ballot. And we bring you our "Beyond Pride" series, a look at LGBTQ+ issues in Georgia, including a possible new HIV vaccine and the soon-to-be enforced medical care on transgender kids. Plus, we examine the future of nuclear power after the first new reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Georgia.

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Three people who were arrested for their involvement in helping protesters of Atlanta’s proposed Public Safety Training Center were granted bond on Friday. The three were arrested and charged with charity fraud and money laundering. And the debt ceiling vote along with the upcoming Georgia GOP convention this month is highlighting big differences in the party. Plus, the first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in decades is now at full power in Georgia. 

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Atlanta City Council's Finance Committee passed a move to give the Atlanta Police Foundation, a private nonprofit, more than $30 million to help fund the controversial Public Safety Training Center. It now heads to the full Council in June. Georgia-based Daniel Defense faces a lawsuit from parents of kids killed in the Uvalde, Texas school shooting one year ago. Plus, attorneys for the family of a man, who died at the Fulton County Jail covered in bed bugs, say the findings of an independent autopsy show criminal negligence. 

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After seven hours of hearing public opposition to the Public Safety Training Center in South Dekalb County, Atlanta's City Council introduced legislation that would fund about one-third of the controversial $90 million dollar facility. Plus, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis starts scheduling for something "significant" in August. This as we wait for possible indictments against former President Donald Trump and his allies for attempting to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results.

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A week after a mass shooting in Atlanta's midtown, Georgia Democrats demanded Republican Governor Brian Kemp call a special legislative session to address gun violence.  The federal government is proposing new rules to limit climate pollution from power plants as Georgia's largest utility is beginning to phase out coal. And the home of the U.S. Army's Infantry School officially has a new name following a ceremony at what is now Fort Moore in West Georgia.

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A mass shooting in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday left one person dead and four others injured. The suspect was captured after nearly an eight-hour manhunt. Fulton District Attorney tells WABE she is closely watching the New York case against former President Donald Trump as she weighs a possible indictment for election meddling. And immigrant advocates are again calling for the federal government to shut down Stewart Detention Center in Southwest Georgia after another death at the facility. Plus, the family of Lashawn Thompson is asking the Fulton County Board of Commissioners for accountability. The 35-year-old man died last year, covered in bed bugs, in the psychiatric wing of the Fulton County Jail. 

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