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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A superior court judge plans to schedule a day for arguments in coming weeks before ruling on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. She finished two days of testimony on Friday. Judge Scott McAfee must determine if a romantic relationship between Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade created a disqualifying conflict. And state lawmakers advanced a bill this week aimed at improving Georgia's maternal and infant healthcare, an issue where the state ranks very poorly. And a new bill targets the American Library Association over books that have a diverse or LGBTQ+ perspective. Fulton County says the cybersecurity incident more than three weeks ago, which is still causing issues, was the result of a ransomware attack.

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The Georgia House overwhelmingly passed Governor Brian Kemp’s proposed $37.5 billion budget. Plus, Georgia Republican senators moved through a bill to prohibit using QR codes to tabulate election ballots. Also, criminal justice advocates say a bill headed to Kemp's desk is a step back from years of reform. And Georgia lawmakers passed a bill backed by Kemp that would make it harder to organize labor unions across the state. 

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A bill to legalize sports betting passed in the Georgia state senate but will now require a constitutional amendment. Plus, Senate Bill 63 aims to crack down on crime by banning judges from ordering what's called an "unsecured judicial release" for people accused of a variety of crimes. And Governor Brian Kemp has approved a controversial new map for the upcoming Cobb County school board elections. Also, we look at the hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement money coming into Georgia and how it could all be spent.

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A bill defining anti-Semitism cleared Georgia's House and Senate Thursday, despite concerns about free speech. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns rolled out a Republican legislative package this week that includes tax relief for homeowners, parents and on income taxes. Plus, a new investigation from WABE and ProPublica shows how the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services uses housing as a key reason for children entering foster care but has provided few resources to help. Also, Snowmageddon remembered!

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Opponents of Atlanta's controversial Public Safety Training Center call for action and the release of more information on the activist who was shot and killed by state troopers at the controversial site one year ago on Thursday. Plus, Governor Brian Kemp's proposed budget includes a four-percent cost of living adjustment for all state employees and even larger raises for child protection workers that manage more than 10,000 kids in Georgia's beleaguered foster care system. And Atlanta's Spelman College has received a $100 million donation, which is the largest single gift ever made to a historically Black college. Plus, we hear from the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bernice A. King on what would have been her father's 95th birthday.

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Governor Brian Kemp had a busy week. In his State of the State address he announced spending priorities of the Georgia's massive surplus, which includes possible tax breaks and increased safety measures. Earlier in the week, Kemp took aim at the labor movement, that has picked up some steam in Georgia, with this legislative session possibly seeing legislation to make unionizing more difficult in the state. Plus, the trial of a Public Safety Training Center protester is delayed as attorneys ask for more time. And Atlanta's City Council approves a rebate program for people buying e-bikes.

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Rudy Giuliani is declaring bankruptcy just days after a judge ordered he pay $148 million in damages for defaming two Fulton County election workers. And Georgia Power rates will increase by about nine dollars per customer when the last new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle goes online next year. Plus, Governor Brian Kemp says Georgia's public educators and state employees will get a one-time supplement of a thousand dollars in the coming weeks. 

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A jury in Washington D.C. is ordering Rudy Giuliani to pay $148 million in damages to two former Fulton County election workers for lies he spread about them after the 2020 election. Also, We look at several angles of the planned and controversial Public Safety Training Center in Atlanta, including whether opponents have the signatures to put it on the ballot. And the civil rights and religious groups that first sued over Georgia's political maps are now challenging the revised maps approved last week by the Republican-led legislature. Plus, Georgia and Alabama have reached a landmark deal in their long-running dispute over water use.

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed new congressional districts into law that maintain state Republicans advantage in Washington. The maps could still face a big challenge ahead. Plus, stats show an increase in the number of people living unsheltered in Dekalb County, but a new partnership is trying to help. And Fulton County Commissioners are still mulling over the $1.7 billion price tag of building a new jail, as they make plans to potentially issue a bond package to fund it. Also, jump in with a slimly creature in Georgia's waters that may or may not be endangered.

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