Authorities arrested more than a dozen people at Emory University at a demonstration of the Israel-Hamas war after a clash with police. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing whether former President Donald Trump enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, a decision that could impact if and when Trump will face trial in Georgia for alleged election interference. Plus, we hear from the U.S. Secretary of Labor on unions targeting the South for expanding their organizing efforts.

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Students at public institutions will pay more next year after officials with the University System of Georgia voted to increase tuition. And Georgia Power is set to expand a natural gas power plant after state regulators approved the plan that critics say sets the state back when it comes to fighting climate change. Plus, lawmakers deny those wrongfully convicted in Georgia of compensation for at least another year as justice gets political. Also, Kennesaw State gets ready to jump into big-time college football.

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A federal judge has upheld Georgia’s procedures for verifying the citizenship of voters. Voting rights groups argued in a long-running lawsuit that new citizens face discriminatory hurdles when registering to vote. Plus, Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay a $600 million settlement related to the disastrous train derailment in eastern Ohio. And MARTA station at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has closed for refurbishment for the next several weeks.

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A judge this week denied a motion by former President Donald Trump and others to dismiss their Georgia criminal charges on First Amendment grounds. Trump and 14 others are under indictment for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia. And an investigative collaboration between WABE and Propublica shows when housing is a reason for kids to be taken into foster care, it will take parents longer to get their children back than other reasons like substance use or unresolved mental health issues. Plus, wildlife rescuers on Georgia’s coast recently released 34 sea turtles back the ocean, which is the most they’ve ever let back into the wild at once.

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The WABE team breaks down some of the biggest legislation that lived and died at the Capitol this week as officials wrap up the legislative session. Plus, the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery are appealing their federal hate crimes changes. And an Atlanta grant program offers some seniors help paying their property taxes.

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Georgia lawmakers approved a controversial education bill (SB 233) this week that would give parents with students in low-performing schools more than $6,000 to go toward private school or at-home study. Former President Donald Trump and other defendants can appeal a judge’s decision allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the Georgia election interference case. Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation.

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A judge on Friday ruled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on the Georgia election interference case now that special prosecutor Nathan Wade has resigned. Several defendants, including former President Donald Trump, accused Willis of a conflict stemming from a romantic relationship with Wade. We also have a remembrance of the eight people--including six women of Asian descent --killed three years ago March 16 in mass shootings across metro Atlanta. Plus, the Gold Dome Scramble team examines a school voucher bill during the legislative session.

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Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in Georgian on Saturday campaigning ahead of the primary and more importantly, setting the foundation for November. Meantime, Biden faced heckling from controversial Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene at his State of the Union address. Plus, Electric vehicle maker Rivian is pausing construction on its $5 billion EV factory an hour east of Atlanta. And the U.S. Department of Education says as of 2023, more than 1.6 million Georgians have federal student loan debt totaling almost $70 billion.

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reports police shot fewer people in 2023 than the record high from the year before, but the percentage of those who died stayed the same. We take a deep dive on the numbers and what some are trying to do to lower them. Plus, Georgia lawmakers are considering a bill that would give parents more insight into what their children check out from school libraries. And we examine the South Carolina GOP primary and what lessons can be learned as Georgia's primary is just a couple weeks away.

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