Public health workers laid off from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pressing Senator Jon Ossoff to push back more forcefully against President Donald Trump’s cuts; A year after Emory University cracked down on protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war, some students and faculty are still dealing with the aftermath of their arrests; The shrimping industry has a long and storied history on the Georgia coast – but it’s in trouble. WABE’s Emily Jones reports local shrimpers are struggling to compete with cheap foreign imports.

Public health workers laid off from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pressing Senator Jon Ossoff to push back more forcefully against President Donald Trump&rsquo;s cuts; A year after Emory University cracked down on protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war, some students and faculty are still dealing with the aftermath of their arrests; The shrimping industry has a long and storied history on the Georgia coast &ndash; but it&rsquo;s in trouble. WABE&rsquo;s Emily Jones reports local shrimpers are struggling to compete with cheap foreign imports.

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