The Brief from WABE

Fallout continues over massive ICE raid at a South Georgia EV factory; Rockdale County dealt judicial setback in efforts to recover funds from BioLab breach; Falcons drop their home opener. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

U-S immigration officials say they have conducted their largest ever single-site raid at the Hyundai vehicle plant near Savannah; As Fulton County moves forward with plans to improve jail conditions, county commissioners are also wrestling over money for the magistrate court and public defenders; Biologists with the state of Georgia are playing the waiting game — every month, they’re checking to see how long it takes for fish hooks to rust in water. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apalachee one year later; U.S. Senators from Georgia grill HHS Sec. Kennedy; and Gabe Sterling enters race for Georgia Secretary of State. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Top CDC officials resign, sound alarm on Trump public health policy; Georgia's handling of cell phones for 911 calls has lots of room to improve; and what the City of Atlanta wants from all those driverless rideshare vehicles circling the city's streets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Refugees in Georgia are losing access to food stamps as the Trump Administration’s budget plans kick in; Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is endorsing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Derek Dooley in next year's Republican primary; A bookstore in Marietta is helping serve LGBTQ readers from all over the south, who come looking for characters, and friends, like them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How increased immigration enforcement is affecting Georgia's construction industry; lawmakers address concerns over insurance prices in the state; Atlanta-based, New Orleans-born business owners reflect 20 years later on how Hurricane Katrina changed everythingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A day after new CDC Director ousted, an interim is named; Top CDC officials resign in protest; and Atlanta's newspaper of record abandons the printed version.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The new head of the CDC is out; Judge issues five-figure daily fine to Fulton Commission; and some who fled Katrina 20 years ago ended up staying in Atlanta.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta condo at center of controversy over Trump's efforts to rid Fed governor Lisa Cook; Atlanta Dogwood Festival in trouble; and an update on the future of Atlanta's beleagured jail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five major players in aerospace industry form Georgia alliance; State Rep. Tanya Miller (D-Atlanta) files to run for AG; and therapy horses offer calm to cops. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The police officer who died responding to the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta two weeks ago was memorialized Friday; Senior state judge David Emerson has set an emergency hearing for next week after the Fulton County Commission did not follow his order to appoint two Republican nominees to the county's elections board; The national Republican Party elects a new chairman during a meeting of the Republican National Committee in Atlanta Friday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hundreds of CDC workers expect pink slips; VP JD rallies in PT City; and RIP Taroko the whale shark!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fed-up CDC workers send pointed letter to HHS Sec. Kennedy; Georgia Chamber hosts congressional campaign kick-off in Columbus; and a new report looks at factors influencing Georgia's housing crunch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia GOP leaders push to eliminate state income tax; South Fulton mayor's race sees lots of familiar faces; and The Home Depot reports a slightly off Q2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those who want to run for Georgia office must pay up or shut up; Atlanta's main food charity continues to see demand increase; and the unorthodox reporting style of Hood Anchor Ye.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Escalator that dumped Beyonce fans at Vine City MARTA reopens; Georgia Power looks to gas turbines for more energy; and a young woman's unlikely journey to "Graduate of the Year."  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Obamacare insurance premiums are about to spike; Solar for All grant becomes solar for none; and Atlanta's housing market looking upended: supply is increasing while demand decreases.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After arrest, police seek help to ID three more suspects in Edgewood shooting; GE announces plans to bring manufacturing jobs from Mexico to Georgia; and transit talk makes a comeback in BeltLine planning.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GBI: CDC shooting suspect died of self-inflicted gunshot wound; Army Sgt. accused of opening fire at Ft. Stewart last week charged with attempted murder; and AI meets matchmaker in KSU app to keep isolation from taking over. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CDC employees push back on safety concerns after Friday's deadly shooting; ambivalence dictates mood as Georgia military bases see Confederate names return; and the road to Georgia's Sea Turtle Summer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A shooting suspect and one DeKalb County police officer are dead after an active shooter situation played out near the campuses of the CDC and Emory University; Class action lawsuit seeks to reverse state's denial of transgender care to inmates; and drinking and flushing are about to cost more in Fulton County.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gloves come off in GOP race for Georgia Governor as AG sues Lt. Gov. over campaign finance; National Guard called up to process paperwork for immigration detention; and shareholders win even when the Braves don't.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five soldiers shot at Ft. Stewart; Fulton backs off of property tax hike; and G-DOT gets massive federal loan for Ga 400 project already in the works.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge tells state election board it must welcome two controversial GOPers; Geoff Duncan, long accused of being a RINO [Republican in name only], cleared all that up today by jumping to the Democratic party; and Fulton County seems likely to pass double-digit property tax hike.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia GOP unlikely to follow Texas in mid-decade redistricting push; Hundreds of Georgia houses to get free rooftop solar; and Delta clarifies AI intent following Senatorial pushback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A month after scheduling issues with defense attorneys, there's no new trial date for the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter; GOP members move to strip chair of the Georgia Election Board, a non-partisan position, of some duties; and why one consumer advocate says Delta's AI pricing can only be bad for consumers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atlanta-based CDC funding potentially spared massive cuts; Georgia's congressional delegation unites in criticism over some Israeli actions in Gaza; and a Southwest Atlanta laundromat ensures area kids have clean clothes for first day of class. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20k DACA recipients in Georgia told they need to self deport; No free rides to the polls, state election board rules; and resiliency in a Decatur kitchen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Freight railroad giant Union Pacific announced Tuesday it is set to acquire Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, another major rail operator in an 85 billion dollar deal; Senator Raphael Warnock is among the Democrats in Congress this week reintroducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; For a decade, the Fulton County Public Defender's Office and non-profits have helped people recently released from jail find housing, but now the program faces a difficult path forward as federal funding dries up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most of Georgia is under a heat advisory or extreme heat warning and climate change is fueling this kind of brutal heat; As temperatures soar, a nonprofit says it's deeply concerned about the people being held in Georgia prisons who have little to no access to air conditioning; Veterans who get health care at the VA say they’re worried federal cuts will erode working conditions and quality of care -- especially in Atlanta.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia education officials are scrambling to disburse funds after they were held up by the Trump Administration; Another figure connected to a failed lending firm in Newnan has been subpoenaed; The city of South Fulton is placing its police chief Keith Meadows on-leave, as it plans to start an independent investigation into his department. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms began her statewide tour in DeKalb County as she campaigns for governor; Republican State Insurance Commissioner John King is ending his campaign for U.S. Senate; The search is on for millions of missing dollars from an alleged Ponzi scheme connected to the now-closed lending firm founded and run by a prominent Georgia Republican.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Republican activist Kelvin King, the husband of a controversial State Election Board member, says he’s running for Secretary State of Georgia; The highly-anticipated trial of the father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter will be rescheduled; Unionized workers and labor advocates across the South are rallying for support. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advocates and lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist fighting deportation from Georgia aren't mincing words about what they believe is retaliation for his work; Atlanta beverage giant Coca-Cola says it will make a new product this fall that is made with U.S. cane sugar; MARTA is without a permanent leader after CEO Collie Greenwood announced he was stepping down, but some civic leaders and transit advocates had already soured on his leadership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Concerns are growing over the prolonged detention of a Georgia-based, Spanish-language journalist by federal immigration authorities; Immigration and Customs Enforcement will use medicaid enrollment data to look for people without legal status; and a local scientist's analysis of the meteorite that streaked across the Atlanta sky last month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congress has agreed to President Donald Trump’s request to rescind more than 9 billion dollars in previously appropriated funding for international development and public broadcasting; The state of Georgia is fining BioLab for a chemical fire last September that caused evacuations in Conyers and several days of shelter in place orders; and WABE health reporter Jess Mador takes a look at how work requirements for Medicaid are going in Georgia, now that the policy is set to be expanded.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MARTA head abruptly resigns; A key weather office needs qualified people (if you know any); and a former Clayton County Sheriff's uphill climb. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Hubbard advances as Democratic nominee the state's PSC; Trump claims credit for cane sugar's return to Coca-Cola (unconfirmed); and Fulton Commission Chair Rob Pitts underscores the power of boycotts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Compromise has Ga Power extending renewables, prolonging coal fired plants; Trump loan provision for medical students likely to hurt Georgia; and the latest sex trafficking civil verdict has motel paying former victim $40-million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia GOP leader accused of $140-million Ponzi scheme: "Sorry;" Low-Key COVID; and how much above the average income Atlantans will have to find in the couch seat cusions to afford an average house.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Georgia-based, Spanish-language journalist is back in an Immigration and Customs detention facility; A prominent Georgia Republican is being accused of running a 140-million-dollar Ponzi scheme; and we hear from the founder of Campus, an online two-year college founded by an Atlanta-native, whose backers include Shaquille O'Neal and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Delta Air Lines revises its financial outlook; Gov. Brian Kemp joins calls on Hamas to release hostage; and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has a hefty coffer for his gubernatorial run, but mostly thanks to his personal bank account.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

East Point's mayor says no thanks to a third term; SCAD student identified as Texas flooding victim; and turnout for pivotal PSC primary is zero or near zero in several Georgia counties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Bert Jones officially files to become governor; Despite high interest rates and increasing prices, Atlanta housing prices continue to grow; and a conversation with the first ever Chamblee Police Dept. LGBTQI+ liaison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mistrial issued in long-standing "Stop Cop City" RICO trial; Interested in a green energy rebate? Act quickly; and Amir Farokhi's exit interview.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All nine Republicans in Georgia’s Congressional delegation voted today [THURS] to send the sweeping tax and spending bill to President Donald Trump’s desk ahead of the July 4th holiday; Atlanta after-school and summer program providers are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration abruptly paused their federal funding; A new report finds that for the first time in over a decade, Atlanta is losing more office space than it's adding.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the massive tax and spending package backed by President Donald Trump and most Republicans heads for a vote in the U.S. House, there are concerns that federal funding cuts and policy changes will negatively affect Georgia's current state budget; Tens of thousands more people in Georgia could lose health insurance as a result of changes in the Republican-backed budget bill moving through Congress; A state law taking effect this week will require employers to pay people with disabilities minimum wage or higher.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A tied U.S. Senate passes Trump's budget bill; Georgia Power agrees to maintain current rates for three years (kinda); and meet the person behind Atlanta's newest streaming radio, "Audio GayTL." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Group of North Koreans charged in identidy theft case;The Home Depot diversifies its spin-offs; and Panola Mountain State Park adds some girth.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reworked vaccine advisory board gathers in Atlanta; A judge blocks Georgia's law aimed at limiting kids' access to social media; and Lois Reitzes signs off for the final time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.