State lawmakers are moving through a number of bills that would change public schools in the Georgia, including bans on teaching racism, making it easier to ban books and keeping transgender students from participating in sports. We also hear from former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young on turning 90. And how women could be vital in helping Georgia's construction industry.

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A federal judge ruled this week that Georgia's redrawn voting maps will stand for the 2022 election. A lawsuit claimed the maps diluted the vote of minorities in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Meantime the state Senate moved a bill to ban abortion medication by mail, and the state House passed a plan to cut taxes. We also looked a survey of teachers that says 20% are considering leaving the profession, a truck driving school hoping to help with the supply chain backlog and Emory scientists pushing to get kids more pumped about science.

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WABE's Managing Editor Alex Helmick looks at how the murder of Ahmaud Arbery changed Georgia. The high-profile killing led lawmakers to pass a state hate crimes law and gut Georgia's Civil War Era citizen's arrest law. We hear from those in Brunswick who were outside the courthouse for the latest guilty verdict of the three men who murdered him. And we hear about what is next for the case.

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