The Brief from WABE

Fulton County's special purpose grand jury looking into whether Donald Trump illegally attempted to interfere in Georgia's election in 2020 wraps its inquiry; Day one is done under the Gold Dome; and it's a lot of work being number one in college football. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Ga GOP Congressman has a change of heart in his choice for Speaker of the U.S. House; Chick-Fil-A customers cry foul over their fowl app; and the magic that makes the Clarkston Community Health Center special. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will the Georgia primary be early? Both parties have different answers, but GA's Secretary of State seems to say...no. The death penalty trial for a man who shot people at spas across metro Atlanta is being postponed because the judge is busy presiding over the criminal trial of Young Thug. And while access to abortion-inducing medication is about to grow, but state law will likely stymie that for Georgians. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy keeps failing to secure the votes to become Speaker of the House... Athens Congressman Andrew Clyde is one Republican who is making McCarthy a loser. And for the first time, there's a price cap on insulin for Medicare beneficiaries. That goes into effect with help from Georgia Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock. And a look at post-new year events in Atlanta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know how MTG had like no, as in zero, power in the last House session? Yeah. Probably not the cast this time; Speaking of the powerful, that Brian Kemp. He's #winning in a big way; and what a difference a half-page ad will make in the AJC when you're president of the Atlanta City Council. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The FBI asks for help in ID'ing a group they say is responsible for vandalizing Ebeneezer Baptist Church this summer; Clayton County's had a week of it in terms of getting the water flowing again; and the 'Dugdown Corridor' sounds like Paulding County's got itself a pretty swell secret. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clayton County says it's restored water to almost all residents; A case of NIMBI-ism (Not in my back island!) comes to the Georgia coast; and why watching UGA in the flesh in the Peach Bowl will cost you the prettiest penny of all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The federal Bureau of Prisons will have to tighten up following a Georgia Senator's investigation; Georgia puts its EV cart before its battery-operated horse, so to speak; and we revisit a February conversation with one of Delta Air Lines' first Black flight attendants, Casey Grant, about her efforts to establish "IBAD."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Christmas snow and ice melt, everything from pipes to airlines melt down; the North Atlantic Right Whale is anything but alright; and we revisit a conversation with former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) about Russia as a nuclear threat. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Governor Brian Kemp is issuing a state of emergency as Georgia prepares for freezing weather; Georgia congress members have mixed feelings as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the U.S. Capitol; Dr. Sandy Magnus is among three whom NASA inducted this year into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia Power gets permission to hike your power bill (and its shareholders' ROI); Clayton County pumps the brakes on pandemic relief funds because of overwhelming demand; and we revisit a conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young as he turned 90. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia is at the center of the final Congressional committee hearing on the January 6th insurrection; The body that governs what Georgia Power can charge customers is set to vote on a rate hike (one of many to come); and state education officials ask state lawmakers for more cash, saying it's necessary to catch Georgia's students up post-covid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pushing for better protections for people who send remittances abroad; The Grady Health Foundation board has named Shan Cooper as its new chairperson; and Georgia State University will confer honorary degrees to three women who helped desegregate higher education in Georgia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No time for TikTok if you're a state employee; Georgia Power dramatically drops its rate hike ask of the PSC; and G-DOT's gift to motorists this holiday season. fSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta-based Rapper Gunna has pleaded guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge; Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling for an end to General Election Runoffs; and Mark Meadows’ texts reveal new details about alleged 2020 election interference.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The late Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is set to get his own stamp; A U.S. Senate investigation led by Georgia's Jon Ossoff has found widespread sexual abuse in prisons; and longtime WSB-TV journalist Richard Belcher recently spoke to All Things Considered host Jim Burress about his decision to call it quits after 50 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emory University Hospital in Midtown has fired several nurses who went viral on social media for making fun of their patients; Georgia's Secretary of State has been subpoenaed in the federal investigation into former President Trump; Emory Business School Professor Dan McCarthy talks about how companies are still feeling the effects of the pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will the balance of power look in the U.S. Senate now that Raphael Warnock has won reelection and Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema has declared as independent; a man who killed two Cobb County sheriffs earlier this year is set to spend the rest of life in prison; the Georgia Votes 2022 team reflects on what the most recent election results mean for about Georgia's political makeup.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrived in Atlanta today to testify for the Fulton County special grand jury; The city of Atlanta is developing its first labor department in an effort to boost the city's economic capacity; and Governor Brian Kemp announced he is extending the state gas tax suspension one last time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Voting in Georgia's senate runoff election went smoothly despite record turnout numbers and results are expected by Tuesday night; WABE politics reporter Sam Gringlas reports live from Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock's campaign event; and UGA's Stetson Bennett is up for the top trophy in college football.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A racial discrimination complaint leads to a federal investigation at an APS elementary; Why Election Day's weather is such a focus of academic scholars; and why monkeypox wasn't as bad as it could've been. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Houston Police have arrested and charged a suspect in the shooting death of Migos member Takeoff; the federal government has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations of racial discrimination at an Atlanta elementary school; and the Georgia Votes 2022 Podcast team looks into U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker's refusal to speak with the media.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Voters continue to brave long lines to cast a ballot in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff; Former President Barack Obama continues to energize Georgia Dems in that race; and on this World AIDS Day, HIV continues to threaten Georgia, already one of the epidemic's hardest-hit states.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A second juvenile dies following a weekend shootout near Atlantic Station, and APD wants the public's help in IDing those they suspect are responsible; Early voting continues to set records in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia; and if Georgia Power gets all its asking the sate Public Service Commission for in terms of rate increases, the average customer will hand over an extra $45-ish a month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia Power, in making its case why regulators should allow a bump on your power bill--about $14 a month--to better please shareholders; The head of Georgia's election board opens an investigation into Herschel Walker after he reportedly took a homestead exemption in Texas, but voted in Georgia (that's a no-no, apparently); and the flu, man. That flu. It's like really, really bad this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jail inmates, eligible to vote as long as they're not actively under a conviction, face roadblocks to absentee ballots; the face of this year's General Assembly looks different as parties elect their leaders; and Georgia expands Medicaid a smidge, but if you qualify, be ready to work for it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOGA was smokin' (or smokin' something, depending on your politics) this day before Thanksgiving. Quick recap: Georgia's abortion law stands, but no, now it doesn't. Oh wait. Yeah, I suppose it does; Not as controversial is whether you can vote early this Saturday. The answer is, yes. Yes, you can!; and finally, that annual travel/turkey/scam story because, Thanksgiving. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three South Georgia jail guards are arrested and charged with beating a detainee after video of the incident goes viral; A woman Herschel Walker says he doesn't know and didn't pay for her abortion comes forward with letters and phone messages that indicate otherwise; and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) sure didn't want to, but today he sure did appear before a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County looking into whether efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia violated state law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia's Court of Appeals deals the state's GOP a blow by refusing to close Saturday voting in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs; The City of Atlanta settles with the family of Rayshard Brooks for a million dollars two years after an APD officer shot and killed Brooks in a local Wendy's parking lot; and we return to Atlanta's Benteen Elementary five years after last checking in to see what's changed (spoiler: the answer is a lot. A. LOT.)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston will be laid to rest next weekend after lying in state at the Capitol; advocates want more information on widespread medical abuse at the Irwin immigrant detention center; and the Georgia Votes 2022 team discusses how the campaign trail is shaping up for the Senate runoff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Anytime the government is giving large amounts of money away, you're going to have fraud and abuse and theft," says Gov. Brian Kemp as he defends the roll out of a program giving $350 checks to low-income Georgians; A former Trump aide is behind political ads relying on racism and transphobia to motivate Georgia voters; and after two long months, you're again allowed to get all tooled up with firearms before entering Zoo Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kennesew State student among those killed in stampede in Seoul; New email shows how lawyer involved in attempts to reverse Georgia's 2020 election outcome saught to "target" Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas; and the story behind making former incarcerated status a protected class in the city of Atlanta. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS tells Sen. Lindsay Graham to start singin'; Member of Atlanta rap group stand-out Migos is killed in Houston; and for the first time in more than a century, Atlanta Medical Center is not saving lives in the city's Old 4th Ward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta will have a permanent police chief for the first time since June, and it's a familiar face; what matters to young voters who could make the difference in the upcoming midterm elections; and today is the final day for Atlanta Medical Center, leaving a single level 1 trauma center in the city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley dies; Obama rallies Dems in Atlanta; and Doraville shows us the Monet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MARTA gets new top leader; a local school system will give its students free healthcare; and it's a good time to be a Georgia-based utility megacorporation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New revelations about another alleged abortion are further complicating the candidacy of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Herschel Walker; former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is the latest that will be hauled in front of a Fulton County grand jury; and a federal jury has convicted Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill on six counts of civil rights violations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One thing Republicans and Democrats in Georgia seem able to agree on... the importance of electric vehicle manufacturing; Georgia's Secretary of State's office is taking steps to protect poll workers; and Georgia's 2019 abortion law enters its second day of trial pitting the state against abortion rights advocates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.