The Brief from WABE
The Brief from WABE
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The Brief for Monday, December 8, 2025
Defiant, Fani Willis continues to push for separation of power between the legislative and judicial branches of government; a Democratic state representative from Covington pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges; and why Georgia's Medicaid work requirement might not set the best example for oth…
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The Brief for Friday, December 5, 2025
CDC committee votes to end decades-long recommendation to vaccinate at birth for Hepatitis-B; Insurance company sues BioLab, parent company, after massive warehouse fire; and the future of safety net healthcare in Georgia amid planned federal cuts, short-term funding.
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The Brief for Thursday, December 4, 2025
A new shelter for women in DeKalb County will provide housing and wraparound services to those experiencing homelessness; more people in Metro Atlanta were killed in traffic crashes than because of homicides in 2024; and how people with disabilities and their families are bracing for financial hard…
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The Brief for Wednesday, December 3, 2025
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has vacated a ruling by a lower court that stopped a portion of a controversial law barring giving any food or water to voters waiting at the ballot box; A group of Georgia state lawmakers are recommending measures to compel chronically absent students t…
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The Brief for Tuesday, December 2, 2025
A bipartisan State Senate study committee looking at the issue of college affordability is recommending the state create a comprehensive need-based aid program; According to a new analysis of Trump administration health care cuts, Georgia is facing steep job and tax-revenue losses as well as more p…
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The Brief for Monday, December 1, 2025
Fulton County taxpayers might see the bill for the now-dismissed Trump election interference case; Grady is opening new medical centers in Dekalb County; and a new North Atlantic Right Whale calf was spotted off the coast of Georgia
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The Brief for Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Georgia's federal election interference case dropped; how Atlanta small businesses are preparing for holiday sales amid economic uncertainty; and reparations for Black Americans in Fulton County
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The Brief for Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Georgia immigration judges granted only four percent of asylum cases in fiscal year 2025; Dekalb County is heading toward mediation in a federal Clean Water Act lawsuit; on WABE Arts Atlanta’s holiday stages are alive, from the Alliance Theater's "A Christmas Carol" to Terminus Modern Ballet Theatr…
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The Brief for Monday, November 24, 2025
Potential candidates to succeed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene consider their runs; Ft. Benning in Georgia on short list for Army nuclear power plant; and the year's busiest travel week at the world's busiest airport--what you can expect if you're flying this Thanksgiving.
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The Brief for Friday, November 21, 2025
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is anticipating millions of passengers over the Thanksgiving holiday, just over a week after the government shutdown ended; Employees at the Centers for Disease Control say the Trump administration is ignoring the federal government’s own scientists; and the Fed…
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